United Israel and the Coming Redemption:

Four Major Themes

1. YHVH's Merciful, Unconditional Covenant Initiative

Deuteronomy 4:27-31

27 And YHVH will scatter you among the peoples, and you shall be left few in number among the nations, where YHVH shall lead you away.

28 And there you shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.

29 But from thence you shall seek YHVH your God, and you shall find him, when you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul.

30 When you are in tribulation, and all these things are come upon you,in the latter days you shall return to YHVH your God, and hearken unto his voice:

31 for YHVH your God is a merciful God; he will not fail you, neither destroy you, nor forget the covenant of your fathers which he swore unto them.

Leviticus 26:40-45

40 And they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, in their trespass which they trespassed against me, and also that, because they walked contrary unto me,

41 I also walked contrary unto them, and brought them into the land of their enemies: then only their uncircumcised heart be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity;

42 then will I remember my covenant with Jacob; and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land.

43 The land also shall be left by them, and shall enjoy its sabbaths, while it lies desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity; because, even because they rejected mine ordinances, and their soul abhorred my statutes.

44 And yet for all that, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject them, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them; for I am YHVH their God;

45 but I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations, that I might be their God: I am YHVH.

Jeremiah 3:11-18

11 And Jehovah said unto me, Backsliding Israel has showed herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.

12 Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, you backsliding Israel, says Jehovah; I will not look in anger upon you; for I am merciful, says Jehovah, I will not keep (anger) for ever.

13 Only acknowledge your iniquity, that you have transgressed against Jehovah your God, and have scattered your ways to the strangers under every green tree, and you have not obeyed my voice, says Jehovah.

14 Return, O backsliding children, says Jehovah; for I am a husband unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:

15 and I will give you shepherds according to my heart, who shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.

16 And it shall come to pass, when you are multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, says Jehovah, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of Jehovah; neither shall it come to mind; neither shall they remember it; neither shall they miss it; neither shall it be made any more.

17 At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of Jehovah; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of Jehovah, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the stubbornness of their evil heart.

18 In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I gave for an inheritance unto your fathers.

Jeremiah 16:14-18

14 Therefore, behold, the days come, says YHVH, that it shall no more be said, As YHVH lives, that brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;

15 but, As YHVH lives, that brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the countries where he had driven them. And I will bring them again into their land that I gave unto their fathers.

16 Behold, I will send for many fishers, says YHVH, and they shall fish them up; and afterward I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the clefts of the rocks.

17 For mine eyes are upon all their ways; they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity concealed from mine eyes.

18 And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double, because they have polluted my land with the carcasses of their detestable things, and have filled mine inheritance with their abominations.

Jeremiah 23:3-8

3 And I will gather the remnant [She'erit] of my flock out of all the countries where I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and multiply.

4 And I will set up shepherds over them, who shall feed them; and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall any be lacking, says YHVH.

5 Behold, the days come, says YHVH, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.

6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely; and this is his name whereby he shall be called: YHVH our righteousness.

7 Therefore, behold, the days come, says YHVH, that they shall no more say, As YHVH lives, who brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;

8 but, As YHVH lives, who brought up and who led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all the countries whither I had driven them. And they shall dwell in their own land.

Jeremiah 30:1-3, 18-22

1 The word that came to Jeremiah from YHVH, saying,

2 Thus speaks YHVH, the God of Israel, saying, Write you all the words that I have spoken unto you in a book.

3 For, lo, the days come, says YHVH, that I will turn again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, says YHVH; and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it. . . .

18 Thus says YHVH: Behold, I will turn again the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have compassion on his dwelling-places; and the city shall be built upon its own hill, and the palace shall be inhabited after its own manner. . . .

19 And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.

20 Their children also shall be as before time, and their congregation shall be established before me; and I will punish all that oppress them.

21 And their prince shall be of themselves, and their ruler shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto me: for who is he that has had boldness to approach unto me? says YHVH.

22 And you shall be my people, and I will be your God.

Jeremiah 31:1-3; 10, 27-28, 35-37

1 At that time, says YHVH, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.

2 Thus says YHVH, The people that were left of the sword found favor in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.

3 YHVH appeared of old unto me, (saying), Yea, I have loved you with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn you. . . .

10 Hear the word of YHVH, O you nations, and declare it in the isles afar off; and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as shepherd does his flock. . . .

27 Behold, the days come, says YHVH, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of beast.

28 And it shall come to pass that, like as I have watched over them to pluck up and to break down and to overthrow and to destroy and to afflict, so willI watch over them to build and to plant, says YHVH. . . .

35 Thus says YHVH, who gives the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, who stirs up the sea, so that the waves thereof roar; YHVH of hosts is his name:

36 If these ordinances depart from before me, says YHVH, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever.

37 Thus says YHVH: If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, then will I also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, says YHVH.

Jeremiah 32:37-41

37 Behold, I will gather them out of all the countries, where I have driven them in mine anger, and in my wrath, and in great indignation; and I will bring them again unto this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely:

38 and they shall be my people, and I will be their God:

39 and I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:

40 and I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from following them, to do them good; and I will put my fear in their hearts, that they may not depart from me.

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.

42 For thus says YHVH: Like as I have brought all this great evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised them.

Ezekiel 11:14-21

14 And the word of YHVH came unto me, saying,

15 Son of man, your brethren, even your brethren, the men of your kindred, and all the house of Israel, all of them, (are they) unto whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Get you far from YHVH; unto us is this land given for a possession.

16 Therefore say, Thus says the Lord YHVH: Whereas I have removed them far off among the nations, and whereas I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them a sanctuary for a little while in the countries where they are come.

17 Therefore say, Thus says the Lord YHVH: I will gather you from the peoples, and assemble you out of the countries where you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.

18 And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence.

19 And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh;

20 that they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.

21 But as for them whose heart walks after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will bring their way upon their own heads, says the Lord YHVH.

Ezekiel 34:11-15; 22-24

11 For thus says the Lord YHVH: Behold, I myself, even I, will search for my sheep, and will seek them out.

12 As a shepherd seeks out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered abroad, so will I seek out my sheep; and I will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.

13 And I will bring them out from the peoples, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them into their own land; and I will feed them upon the mountains of Israel, by the watercourses, and in all the inhabited places of the country.

14 I will feed them with good pasture; and upon the mountains of the height of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie down in a good fold; and on fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.

15 I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I will cause them to lie down, says the Lord YHVH. . . .

23 And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.

24 And I, YHVH, will be their God, and my servant David prince among them; I, YHVH, have spoken it.

Ezekiel 37:15-23

15 The word of YHVH came again unto me, saying,

16 And you, son of man, take you one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and (for) all the house of Israel his companions:

17 and join them for you one to another into one stick, that they may become one in thy hand.

18 And when the children of your people shall speak unto you, saying, Will you not show us what you mean by these?

19 say unto them, Thus says the Lord YHVH: Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his companions; and I will put them with it, (even) with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in my hand.

20 And the sticks whereon you write shall be in your hand before their eyes.

21 And say unto them, Thus says the Lord YHVH: Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the nations, whither they are gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land:

22 and I will make them one nation in the land, upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all; and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all;

23 neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions; but I will save them out of all their dwelling-places, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.

Hosea 2:14-23

14 Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak to her heart.

15 And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope; and she shall make answer there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.

16 And it shall be at that day, says YHVH, that you will call me Ishi, and will call me no more Baali.

17 For I will take away the names of the Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be mentioned by their name.

18 And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the birds of the heavens, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the land, and will make them to lie down safely.

19 And I will betroth you unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth you unto me in righteousness, and in justice, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.

20 I will even betroth you unto me in faithfulness; and you shall know YHVH.

21 And it shall come to pass in that day, I will answer, says YHVH, I will answer the heavens, and they shall answer the earth;

22 and the earth shall answer the grain, and the new wine, and the oil; and they shall answer Jezreel.

23 And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them that were not my people, You art my people; and they shall say, (You art) my God.

Amos 9:14-15

14 And I will bring back the captivity of my people Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them.

15 And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be plucked up out of their land which I have given them, says YHVH your God.

Micah 2:12-13

12 I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of you; I will surely gather theremnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as a flock in the midst of their pasture; they shall make great noise by reason of (the multitude of) men.

13 The breaker is gone up before them: they have broken forth and passed on to the gate, and are gone out there; and their king is passed on before them, and YHVH at the head of them.

Zechariah 10:6-12

6 And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them back; for I have mercy upon them; and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am YHVH their God, and I will hear them.

7 And (they of) Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heart shall rejoice as through wine; yea, their children shall see it, and rejoice; their heart shall be glad in YHVH.

8 I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them; and they shall increase as they have increased.

9 And I will sow them among the peoples; and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and shall return.

10 I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt, and gather them out of Assyria; and I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon; and (place) shall not be found for them.

11 And he will pass through the sea of affliction, and will smite the waves in the sea, and all the depths of the Nile shall dry up; and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the scepter of Egypt shall depart.

12 And I will strengthen them in YHVH; and they shall walk up and down in his name, says YHVH.

2. The Dire Straits of Israel Before the Regathering

Deuteronomy 4:27-31

27 And YHVH will scatter you among the peoples, and you shall be left few in number among the nations, where YHVH shall lead you away.

28 And there you shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.

29 But from thence you shall seek YHVH your God, and you shall find him, when you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul.

30 When you are in tribulation, and all these things are come upon you,in the latter days you shall return to YHVH your God, and hearken unto his voice:

31 for YHVH your God is a merciful God; he will not fail you, neither destroy you, nor forget the covenant of your fathers which he swore unto them.

Deuteronomy 32:20-21, 35-36

20 And he [YHVH] said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: For they are a very perverse generation, Children in whom is no faithfulness.

21 They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; They have provoked me to anger with their vanities: And I will move them to jealousy with those that are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation. . . .

35 Vengeance is mine, and recompense, At the time when their foot shall slide: For the day of their calamity is at hand, And the things that are to come upon them shall make haste.

36 For YHVH will judge his people, And repent himself for his servants; When he sees that (their) power is gone, And there is none (remaining), shut up or left at large.

Jeremiah 23:3

3 And I will gather the remnant [She'erit] of my flock out of all the countries where I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and multiply.

Jeremiah 30:4-10

4 And these are the words that YHVH spoke concerning Israel and concerning Judah.

5 For thus says YHVH: We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.

6 Ask you now, and see whether a man does travail with child: wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?

7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.

8 And it shall come to pass in that day, says YHVH of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off your neck, and will burst your bonds; and strangers shall no more make him their bondman;

9 but they shall serve YHVH their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them.

10 Therefore fear not, O Jacob my servant, says YHVH; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save you from afar, and your seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be quiet and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.

Jeremiah 31:1-2; 8-9

1 At that time, says YHVH, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.

2 Thus says YHVH, The people that were left of the sword found favor in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest. . . .

8 Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the uttermost parts of the earth, (and) with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travails with child together: a great company shall they return here.

9 They shall come with weeping; and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters, in a straight way wherein they shall not stumble; for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my first-born.

Isaiah 10:20-23

20 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant [She'ar]of Israel, and they that are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again lean upon him that smote them, but shall lean upon YHVH, the Holy One of Israel, in truth.

21 A remnant shall return, (even) the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God.

22 For though your people, Israel, be as the sand of the sea, (only) a remnant of them shall return: a destruction (is) determined, overflowing with righteousness.

23 For a full end, and that determined, will the Lord, YHVH of hosts, make in the midst of all the earth.

Isaiah 11:10-12

10 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the root [Shoresh] of Jesse, that stands for an ensign [Nes] of the peoples, unto him shall the nations seek; and his resting-place shall be glorious.

11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that ADONAI [DSS/MT]will set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant [She'ar] of his people, that shall remain, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

12 And he will set up an ensign [Nes] for the nations, and will assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.

Hosea 2:2-131

2 Contend with your mother, contend; for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband; and let her put away her whoredoms from her face, and her adulteries from between her breasts;

3 lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst.

4 Yea, upon her children will I have no mercy; for they are children of whoredom;

5 for their mother has played the harlot; she that conceived them has done shamefully; for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink.

6 Therefore, behold, I will hedge up your way with thorns, and I will build a wall against her, that she shall not find her paths.

7 And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now.

8 For she did not know that I gave her the grain, and the new wine, and the oil, and multiplied unto her silver and gold, which they used for Baal.

9 Therefore will I take back my grain in the time thereof, and my new wine in the season thereof, and will pluck away my wool and my flax which should have covered her nakedness.

10 And now will I uncover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of my hand.

11 I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feasts, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn assemblies.

12 And I will lay waste her vines and her fig-trees, whereof she has said, These are my hire that my lovers have given me; and I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them.

13 And I will visit upon her the days of the Baalim, unto which she burned incense, when she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and went after her lovers, and forgot me, says YHVH.

1It is extremely important to note that this section of Hosea (2:2-13) does not refer to Northern Israel's initial punishment and captivity by the Assyrians in the 8th century B.C.E. That is covered in the previous chapter, where Israel is declared "not my people" (LoAmi). This is a subsequent punishment, when Exiled Israel (as LoAmi) finds herself living in prosperity, but wedded to paganism. The total and bitter loss she then suffers directly leads to her restoration, which is tenderly and vividly described in vv. 14-23.

Hosea 5:14- 15; 6:1-3

14 For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will carry off, and there shall be none to deliver.

15 I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offense, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me earnestly.

6:1 Come, and let us return unto YHVH; for he has torn, and he will heal us; he has smitten, and he will bind us up.

2 After two days will he revive us: on the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live before him.

3 And let us know, let us follow on to know YHVH: his going forth is sure as the morning; and he will come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain that waters the earth.

Micah 5:2-4

2 But you, Beth-lehem Ephrathah, which are little to be among the thousands of Judah, out of you shall one come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth are from of old, from everlasting.

3 Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she who travails has brought forth: then the residue of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel.

4 And he shall stand, and shall feed (his flock) in the strength of YHVH, in the majesty of the name of YHVH his God: and they shall abide; for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.

3. The Judgment and Conversion of Remnant Israel

Deuteronomy 30:1-6

1 And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon you, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before you, and you shall call them to mind among all the nations, where YHVH your God has driven you,

2 and shall return unto YHVH your God, and shall obey his voice according to all that I command you this day, you and your children, with all your heart, and with all your soul;

3 that then YHVH your God will turn your captivity, and have compassion upon you, and will return and gather you from all the peoples, where YHVH your God has scattered you.

4 If (any of) your outcasts be in the uttermost parts of heaven, from thence will YHVH your God gather you, and from thence will he fetch you:

5 and YHVH your God will bring you into the land which your fathers possessed, and you shall possess it; and he will do you good, and multiply you above your fathers.

6 And YHVH your God will circumcise your heart, and the heart of your seed, to love YHVH your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, that you may live.

Jeremiah 31:31-34

31 Behold, the days come, says YHVH, 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 in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was a husband unto them, says YHVH.

33 But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says YHVH: I will put my law in their inward parts, and in their heart will I write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people:

34 and they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know YHVH; for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, says YHVH: for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin will I remember no more.

Jeremiah 32:37-41

1 37 Behold, I will gather them out of all the countries, where I have driven them in mine anger, and in my wrath, and in great indignation; and I will bring them again unto this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely:

38 and they shall be my people, and I will be their God:

39 and I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:

40 and I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from following them, to do them good; and I will put my fear in their hearts, that they may not depart from me.

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.

42 For thus says YHVH: Like as I have brought all this great evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised them.

Ezekiel 11:14-21

14 And the word of YHVH came unto me, saying,

15 Son of man, your brethren, even your brethren, the men of your kindred, and all the house of Israel, all of them, (are they) unto whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Get you far from YHVH; unto us is this land given for a possession.

16 Therefore say, Thus says the Lord YHVH: Whereas I have removed them far off among the nations, and whereas I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them a sanctuary for a little while in the countries where they are come.

17 Therefore say, Thus says the Lord YHVH: I will gather you from the peoples, and assemble you out of the countries where you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.

18 And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence.

19 And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh;

20 that they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.

21 But as for them whose heart walks after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will bring their way upon their own heads, says the Lord YHVH.

Ezekiel 20:33-44

33 As I live, says the Lord YHVH, surely with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with wrath poured out, will I be king over you:

34 and I will bring you out from the peoples, and will gather you out of the countries wherein you are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with wrath poured out;

35 and I will bring you into the wilderness of the peoples, and there will I enter into judgment with you face to face.

36 Like as I entered into judgment with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I enter into judgment with you, says the Lord YHVH.

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; I will bring them forth out of the land where they sojourn, but they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and you shall know that I am YHVH.

39 As for you, O house of Israel, thus says the Lord YHVH: Go you, serve every one his idols, and hereafter also, if you will not hearken unto me; but my holy name shall you no more profane with your gifts, and with your idols.

40 For in my holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, says the Lord YHVH, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them, serve me in the land: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the first-fruits of your oblations, with all your holy things.

41 As a sweet savor will I accept you, when I bring you out from the peoples, and gather you out of the countries wherein you have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you in the sight of the nations.

42 And you shall know that I am YHVH, when I shall bring you into the land of Israel, into the country which I swore to give unto your fathers.

43 And there shall you remember your ways, and all your doings, wherein you have polluted yourselves; and you shall loathe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that you have committed.

44 And you shall know that I am YHVH, when I have dealt with you for my name's sake, not according to your evil ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, O you house of Israel, says the Lord YHVH.

Ezekiel 36:24-32

24 For I will take you from among the nations, and gather you out of all the countries, and will bring you into your own land.

25 And I will sprinkle clean water upon you, and you shall be clean: from all your filth, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you.

26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.

27 And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep mine ordinances, and do them.

28 And you shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and you shall be my people, and I will be your God.

29 And I will save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will call for the grain, and will multiply it, and lay no famine upon you.

30 And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that you may receive no more the reproach of famine among the nations.

31 Then shall you remember your evil ways, and your doings that were not good; and you shall loathe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations.

32 Nor for your sake do I (this), says the Lord YHVH, be it known unto you: be ashamed and confounded for your ways, O house of Israel.

Ezekiel 37:15-23

15 The word of YHVH came again unto me, saying,

16 And you, son of man, take you one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and (for) all the house of Israel his companions:

17 and join them for you one to another into one stick, that they may become one in thy hand.

18 And when the children of your people shall speak unto you, saying, Will you not show us what you mean by these?

19 say unto them, Thus says the Lord YHVH: Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his companions; and I will put them with it, (even) with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in my hand.

20 And the sticks whereon you write shall be in your hand before their eyes.

21 And say unto them, Thus says the Lord YHVH: Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the nations, whither they are gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land:

22 and I will make them one nation in the land, upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all; and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all;

23 neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions; but I will save them out of all their dwelling-places, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.

4. The Agency of the Davidic Figure

Genesis 49:10

10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, Nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, Until Shiloh1 come: And unto him shall the obedience of the peoples be.

1 T his reference to a ruler from the tribe of Judah likely refers to the Davidic ruler.

Jeremiah 33:14-16, 25-26

14 Behold, the days come, says YHVH, that I will perform that good word which I have spoken concerning the house of Israel and concerning the house of Judah.

15 In those days, and at that time, will I cause a Branch [Tzemach] of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.

16 In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely; and this is (the name) whereby she shall be called: YHVH our righteousness. . . .

25 Thus says YHVH: If my covenant of day and night (stand) not, if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth;

26 then will I also cast away the seed of Jacob, and of David my servant, so that I will not take of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and will have mercy on them.

Isaiah 11: 1-4, 10-13

1 And there shall come forth a shoot out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch [Netzer] out of his roots shall bear fruit.

2 And the Spirit of YHVH shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of YHVH.

3 And his delight shall be in the fear of YHVH; and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither decide after the hearing of his ears;

4 but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked. . . .

10 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the root [Shoresh] of Jesse, that stands for an ensign [Nes] of the peoples, unto him shall the nations seek; and his resting-place shall be glorious.

11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that ADONAI [DSS/MT]will set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant [She'ar] of his people, that shall remain, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

12 And he will set up an ensign [Nes] for the nations, and will assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.

13 The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and they that vex Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.

Jeremiah 23:3-8

3 And I will gather the remnant [She'erit] of my flock out of all the countries where I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and multiply.

4 And I will set up shepherds over them, who shall feed them; and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall any be lacking, says YHVH.

5 Behold, the days come, says YHVH, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch [Tzemach], and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.

6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely; and this is his name whereby he shall be called: YHVH our righteousness.

7 Therefore, behold, the days come, says YHVH, that they shall no more say, As YHVH lives, who brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt;

8 but, As YHVH lives, who brought up and who led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all the countries where I had driven them. And they shall dwell in their own land.

Jeremiah 30:4-10

4 And these are the words that YHVH spoke concerning Israel and concerning Judah.

5 For thus says YHVH: We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.

6 Ask you now, and see whether a man does travail with child: wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness?

7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.

8 And it shall come to pass in that day, says YHVH of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off your neck, and will burst your bonds; and strangers shall no more make him their bondman;

9 but they shall serve YHVH their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them.

10 Therefore fear not, O Jacob my servant, says YHVH; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save you from afar, and your seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be quiet and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.

Ezekiel 34:11-15; 22-24

11 For thus says the Lord YHVH: Behold, I myself, even I, will search for my sheep, and will seek them out.

12 As a shepherd seeks out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered abroad, so will I seek out my sheep; and I will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.

13 And I will bring them out from the peoples, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them into their own land; and I will feed them upon the mountains of Israel, by the watercourses, and in all the inhabited places of the country.

14 I will feed them with good pasture; and upon the mountains of the height of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie down in a good fold; and on fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel.

15 I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I will cause them to lie down, says the Lord YHVH. . . .

23 And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.

24 And I, YHVH, will be their God, and my servant David prince among them; I, YHVH, have spoken it.

Ezekiel 37:21-27

21 And say unto them, Thus says the Lord YHVH: Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the nations, where they are gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land:

22 and I will make them one nation in the land, upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all; and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all;

23 neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions; but I will save them out of all their dwelling-places, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.

24 And my servant David shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in mine ordinances, and observe my statutes, and do them.

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

26 Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them; and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.

27 My tabernacle also shall be with them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Hosea 3:4-5

4 For the children of Israel shall abide many days without king, and without prince, and without sacrifice, and without pillar, and without ephod or teraphim:

5 afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek YHVH their God, and David their king, and shall come with fear unto YHVH and to his goodness in the latter days.

Amos 9:11-15

8 Behold, the eyes of the Lord YHVH are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; save that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, says YHVH.

9 For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all the nations, like as (grain) is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least kernel fall upon the earth.

10 All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, who say, The evil shall not overtake nor meet us.

11 In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up its ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old;

12 that they may possess the remnant of Edom, and all the nations that are called by my name, says YHVH that does this.

13 Behold, the days come, says YHVH, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that sows seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.

14 And I will bring back the captivity of my people Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them.

15 And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be plucked up out of their land which I have given them, says YHVH your God.

Micah 5:2-4

2 But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, which are little to be among the thousands of Judah, out of you shall one come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth are from of old, from everlasting.

3 Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she who travails has brought forth: then the residue of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel.

4 And he shall stand, and shall feed (his flock) in the strength of YHVH, in the majesty of the name of YHVH his God: and they shall abide; for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.