will gather him, and keep him as a shepherd doth his flock. 17. There is hope in thine end, that thy children shall come again to their own border. 31. Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: 32. Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers, &c. 33. But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel: After those days saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts: and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 38. Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that the city shall be built to the Lord, from the tower of Hananeel, unto the gate of the corner. See the whole chapter.

Jer. xxxii. 41. Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly, with my whole heart, and with my whole soul. See from ver. 37, to the end.

Jer. xxxiii. 7. And I will cause the captivity of Judah, and the captivity of Israel, to return, and will build them as at the first. 8. And I will cleanse them from all their iniquities, &c. 9. And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honour before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear of all the good I do unto them, &c. 15. In those days, and at that time, will I cause the branch of righteousness to grow up unto David, and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land. 16. In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The Lord our Righteousness. 24. Considerest thou not, what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the Lord hath chosen, he hath even cast them off; &c. 25. Thus saith the Lord, If my covenant be not

with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth: 26. Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob and David my servant, so that I will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy upon them. To the same purpose see the whole chapter. See also chap. 1. 4, 5, 19, 20.

Ezek. xvi. 60. Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant. 61. Thou shalt remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when thou shalt receive thy sisters, thine elder and thy younger; Sodom and Samaria, ver [55.] and I will give them unto thee for daughters, but not by thy covenant. Ver. 62, 63.

Ezek. xx. 34. I will bring you out from the people, and will gather you out of the countries wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty hand. 35. And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people and there will I plead with you face to face. 37. And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant. 38. And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me. 40. In my holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, saith the Lord God, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, serve me; there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the first-fruits of your oblations, with all your holy things. See also ver. 41, 44.

Ezek. xxxiv. 23. And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them and be their shepherd. 24. And I the Lord will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them. I the Lord have

spoken it. 28. And they shall no more be a prey to the heathens, neither shall the beasts of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make them afraid. 29. And I will raise up for them a plant of renown. See also ver. 11, 16. and from ver. 22. to the end of the chapter.

Ezek xxxvi. 11. I will multiply upon you [the mountains of Israel] man and beast, and they shall increase and bring fruit; and I will settle you after your old estates, and will do better unto you than at your beginnings, and ye shall know that I am the Lord. 24. I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land. 25. Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean; from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. 26. A new heart also will I give you, &c. 33. In the day that I shall have cleansed you from all your iniquities, I will also cause you to dwell in the cities, and the wastes shall be builded. See the whole chapter; as also chap. xxxvii.

Ezek. xxxvii. 25. And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children's children, for ever, and my servant David shall be their prince for ever.

Hos. i. 10. Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God. 11. Then shall the children of Judah, and the children of Israel be gathered together, and appoint themselves

one head, and they shall come up out of the land; for great shall be the day of Jezreel.

Hos. ii. 14. Behold I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her. 15. And I will give her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope; and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt. 19. And I will betroth thee unto me for ever, &c. See from ver. 16. to the end.

Hos. iii. 4. The children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim. 5. Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the Lord their God, and David their king, and shall fear the Lord and his goodness in the latter days. See also chap. xiv.

Joel iii. 1. Behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah, and of Jerusalem: 2. I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them for my people, &c. 17. So shall ye know that I am the Lord your God, dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more. 20. Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation. See also ver. 7, 14, 16, 18, 21.

Amos ix. 14. And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them-15. And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall be no more pulled up out of their land, which I have given them, saith the Lord thy God.

Obad. ver. 17. Upon mount Zion shall be deliv

erance, and there shall be holiness, and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions. 21. And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau, and the kingdom shall be the Lord's. Mic. ii. 12. I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee I will surely gather the remnant of Israel, I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as the flock in the midst of their fold; they shall make great noise by reason of the multitude of men. The breaker is come up before them; they have broken up, and have passed through the gate, and are gone out by it; and their king shall pass before them, and the Lord on the head of them.

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Mic. v. 3 Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which travaileth hath brought forth; then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel. 4. And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God, and they shall abide, for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth. 7. And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people, as a dew from the Lord, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men. 13. Thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy standing images out of the midst of thee, and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine hands. See the whole chapter; and chap. iv. and chap vii. 14, 17. See also Zeph. iii. 9. to the end.

Zech. ii. 10. Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion; for lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the Lord. 12. And the Lord shall inherit Judah, his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again.

Zech. x. 6. And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I