The Restoration of Jerusalem
(Micah 4:6–13)
Again the word of the LORD of Hosts came to me, saying: This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I am jealous for Zion with great zeal; I am jealous for her with great fervor.” Jol 2:18Psa 78:58-59Zec 1:14-16Isa 42:13-14Nam 1:2Ezk 36:5-6Isa 59:17Isa 63:15
This is what the LORD says: “I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD of Hosts will be called the Holy Mountain.” Jhn 1:14Zec 1:162Co 6:16Col 2:9Eph 2:21-22Isa 1:26Isa 66:20Jer 30:10-11
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Old men and old women will again sit along the streets of Jerusalem, each with a staff in hand because of great age. Isa 65:20-22Job 42:171Sa 2:31Heb 12:22Job 5:26Lam 5:11-15Lam 2:20-22 And the streets of the city will be filled with boys and girls playing there.” Jer 31:13Jer 30:19-20Jer 31:27Jer 33:11Lam 2:19Mat 11:16-17Psa 128:3-4Psa 144:12-15
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “If this is impossible 1in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be impossible in My eyes?” declares the LORD of Hosts. Jer 32:27Luk 1:37Luk 18:27Rom 4:20-212Ki 7:2Gen 18:14Jer 32:17Luk 1:20
This 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. Jer 31:8Amo 9:14-15Isa 27:12-13Isa 43:5-6Isa 49:12Mal 1:11Ezk 37:19-25Hos 11:10-11 I will bring them back to dwell in Jerusalem, where they will be My people, and I will be their faithful and righteous God.” Ezk 36:28Ezk 11:20Jer 31:33Jer 4:2Rev 21:3Rev 21:72Co 6:16-18Zec 13:9
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Let your hands be strong, you who now hear these words spoken by the prophets who were present when the foundations were laid to rebuild the temple, the house of the LORD of Hosts. Isa 35:41Ch 22:132Ti 2:1Eph 6:10Ezr 5:1-2Hag 2:211Ch 28:20Hag 1:1 For before those days neither man nor beast received wages, nor was there safety from the enemy for anyone who came or went, for I had turned every man against his neighbor. Hag 1:6-11Amo 9:4Isa 19:2Amo 3:6Hag 2:16-18Jdg 5:11Jdg 5:6-7Jer 16:16 But now I will not treat the remnant of this people as I did in the past,” declares the LORD of Hosts. Isa 12:1Hag 2:19Psa 103:9Zec 8:8-9Isa 11:13Mal 3:9-11
“For the seed will be prosperous, the vine will yield its fruit, the ground will yield its produce, and the skies will give their dew. To the remnant of this people I will give all these things as an inheritance. Lev 26:4-5Deu 33:13Gen 27:28Mat 6:33Ezk 34:26-27Ezk 36:30Hag 1:10Hag 2:19 As you have been a curse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so I will save you, and you will be a blessing. Do not be afraid; let your hands be strong.” 1Co 16:13Gen 12:2-3Psa 72:17Zec 8:9Zep 3:20Ezk 5:15Rut 4:11-12Gal 3:28-29
For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Just as I resolved to bring disaster upon you when your fathers provoked Me to anger, and I did not relent,” says the LORD of Hosts, Ezk 24:14Jer 31:28Jer 4:282Ch 36:16Isa 14:24Jer 15:1-6Jer 20:16Psa 33:11 “so now I have resolved to do good again to Jerusalem and Judah. Do not be afraid. Zec 8:13Mic 7:18-20Luk 12:32Jer 29:11-14Jer 32:42Mic 4:10-13Isa 43:1-2Zep 3:16-17 These are the things you must do: Speak truth to one another, render true and sound judgments in your gates, Eph 4:25Zec 7:9Psa 15:2Deu 10:12-13Luk 3:8-14Isa 9:7Mat 5:9Pro 12:17 do not plot evil in your hearts against your neighbor, and do not love to swear falsely, for I hate all these things,” declares the LORD. Pro 6:16-19Hab 1:13Jer 4:14Jer 44:4Mal 3:5Mic 2:1-3Pro 3:29Psa 10:3
Then the word of the LORD of Hosts came to me, saying, “This is what the LORD of Hosts says: The fasts of the fourth, the fifth, the seventh, and the tenth months will become times of joy and gladness, cheerful feasts for the house of Judah. Therefore you are to love both truth and peace.” Jer 39:2Zec 8:16Zec 7:3Zec 7:52Ki 25:25Jer 52:4Psa 30:112Ki 25:3-4
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Peoples will yet come—the residents of many cities— Isa 2:2-3Mic 4:1-2Zec 2:11Isa 60:3-12Jer 16:19Mat 8:111Ki 8:411Ki 8:43 and the residents of one city will go to another, saying: ‘Let us go at once to plead before the LORD and to seek the LORD of Hosts. I myself am going.’ Zec 7:2Psa 146:1-2Hos 6:3Psa 103:22Psa 122:1-9 And many peoples and strong nations will come to seek the LORD of Hosts in Jerusalem and to plead before the LORD.” Zec 8:21Isa 25:7Isa 60:3-22Rev 15:4Rev 21:24Gal 3:8Isa 55:5Hag 2:7
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “In those days ten men from the nations of every tongue will tightly grasp the robe of a Jew, saying, ‘Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.’” Isa 55:51Co 14:25Isa 45:14Isa 60:3Act 13:47-481Ki 8:42-43Isa 66:18Jos 2:9-13