‘Rabbi (Jesus) You are the Son of God, You are the King of Israel.’ John 1:49 Image Courtesy: Daily Rabbi
This Word came to Jeremiah from the Lord: Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Write down on a scroll all the Words I have spoken to you. For indeed, the days are coming–of the Lord, when I will restore the fortunes of My people Israel and Judah…I will bring them back to the land which I gave to their ancestors and they shall take possession of it.
These are the Words of the Lord spoke to Israel and to Judea.
For thus says the Lord. Incurable is your wound, grievous your injury. There is none to plead your case, no remedy for your running sore, no healing for you. All your lovers have forgotten you, they do not seek you out. I struck you as an enemy would strike, punishing you cruelly. Why cry out over your wound? There is no relief for your pain because of your great guilt, your numerous sins, I have done this to you.
Yet all who devour you shall be devoured, all your enemies shall go into exile. All who plunder you shall become plunder, all who pillage you I will hand over to be pillaged.
For I will restore your health, I will heal your injuries– ‘The outcast’ they have called you, ‘whom no one looks for.’
Thus says the Lord: See, I will restore the fortunes of Jacob tents on his dwellings I will have compassion. A city shall be rebuilt upon its own ruins, a citadel restored where it should be.
From them will come praise, the sound of people rejoicing. I will increase them, they will not decrease, I will glorify them, they will not be insignificant. His children shall be as old, his assembly shall stand firm in My presence. I will punish all his oppressors. His leader shall be one of his own and his ruler shall emerge from his ranks. He shall approach Me when I summon him. Why else would he dare approach me? — You shall be My people and I will be your God. Jeremiah 30:1-4, 12-22
The nations shall fear Your name, Lord, all the kings of the earth, Your glory – Once the Lord has rebuilt Zion and appeared in glory. Heeding the plea of the lowly, not scorning their prayer.
Let this be written for the next generation, for a people not yet born, that they may praise the Lord.
The Lord looked down from the holy heights, viewed the earth from heaven – To attend to the groaning of the prisoners, to release those doomed to die.
Then the Lord’s name will be declared on Zion, His praise in Jerusalem. When peoples and kingdoms gather to serve the Lord. Psalm 102:16-23
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