Deuteronomy 30:3

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“then He will restore you from captivity and have compassion on you and gather you from all the nations to which the LORD your God has scattered you.”

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BSBPD

“then He will restore you from captivity and have compassion on you and gather you from all the nations to which the LORD your God has scattered you.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“That then the Lord thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the Lord thy God hath scattered thee.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“that then Jehovah thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the peoples, whither Jehovah thy God hath scattered thee.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“then hath Jehovah thy God turned back <FI>to<Fi> thy captivity, and pitied thee, yea, He hath turned back and gathered thee out of all the peoples whither Jehovah thy God hath scattered thee.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Deuteronomy 30:3 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Chronicles 16:35Then cry out: ‘Save us, O God of our salvation; gather and deliver us from the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name, that we may glory in Your praise.’
  2. Ezra 1:1In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD stirred the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia to send a proclamation throughout his kingdom and to put it in writing as follows:
  3. Psalms 106:45And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.
  4. Psalms 106:47Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name, that we may glory in Your praise.
  5. Psalms 126:1When the LORD restored the captives of Zion, we were like dreamers.
  6. Psalms 147:2The LORD builds up Jerusalem; He gathers the exiles of Israel.
  7. Isaiah 27:12In that day the LORD will thresh from the flowing Euphrates to the Wadi of Egypt, and you, O Israelites, will be gathered one by one.
  8. Isaiah 43:5Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east and gather you from the west.
  9. Isaiah 54:7“For a brief moment I forsook you, but with great compassion I will bring you back.
  10. Isaiah 56:8Thus declares the Lord GOD, who gathers the dispersed of Israel: “I will gather to them still others besides those already gathered.”
  11. Jeremiah 23:3Then I Myself will gather the remnant of My flock from all the lands to which I have banished them, and I will return them to their pasture, where they will be fruitful and multiply.
  12. Jeremiah 29:14I will be found by you, declares the LORD, and I will restore you from captivity and gather you from all the nations and places to which I have banished you, declares the LORD. I will restore you to the place from which I sent you into exile.”
  13. Jeremiah 31:10Hear, O nations, the word of the LORD, and proclaim it in distant coastlands: “The One who scattered Israel will gather them and keep them as a shepherd keeps his flock.
  14. Jeremiah 32:37I will surely gather My people from all the lands to which I have banished them in My furious anger and great wrath, and I will return them to this place and make them dwell in safety.
  15. Lamentations 3:22Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail.
  16. Lamentations 3:32Even if He causes grief, He will show compassion according to His abundant loving devotion.
  17. Ezekiel 11:17Therefore declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you from the countries to which you have been scattered, and I will give back to you the land of Israel.’
  18. Ezekiel 34:12As a shepherd looks for his scattered sheep when he is among the flock, so I will look for My flock. I will rescue them from all the places to which they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness.
  19. Ezekiel 36:24For I will take you from among the nations and gather you out of all the countries, and I will bring you back into your own land.
  20. Ezekiel 39:28Then they will know that I am the LORD their God, when I regather them to their own land, not leaving any of them behind after their exile among the nations.
  21. Micah 7:19He will again have compassion on us; He will vanquish our iniquities. You will cast out all our sins into the depths of the sea.
  22. Zechariah 8:7This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I will save My people from the land of the east and from the land of the west.
  23. Zechariah 10:9Though I sow them among the nations,they will remember Me in distant lands;they and their childrenwill live and return.
  24. Romans 11:23And if they do not persist in unbelief, they will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.

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