Jeremiah 2:4
The Lord Reminds Them of the Unfaithfulness of Their Ancestors
2:4 Now listen to what the Lord has to say, you descendants of Jacob,
all you family groups from the nation of Israel.
Jeremiah 9:26
9:26 That is, I will punish the Egyptians, the Judeans, the Edomites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, and all the desert people who cut their hair short at the temples.
I will do so because none of the people of those nations are really circumcised in the
Lord’s sight.
Moreover, none of the people of Israel
are circumcised when it comes to their hearts.”
Jeremiah 31:31
31:31 “Indeed, a time is coming,” says the Lord, “when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and Judah.
Jeremiah 33:14
The Lord Reaffirms His Covenant with David, Israel, and Levi
33:14 “I, the Lord, affirm: ‘The time will certainly come when I will fulfill my gracious promise concerning the nations of Israel and Judah.
Ezekiel 34:30
34:30 Then they will know that I, the
Lord their God, am with them,
and that they are my people, the house of Israel, declares the sovereign
Lord.
Ezekiel 39:25-29
39:25 “Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Now I will restore the fortunes of Jacob, and I will have mercy on the entire house of Israel. I will be zealous for my holy name.
39:26 They will bear their shame for all their unfaithful acts against me, when they live securely on their land with no one to make them afraid.
39:27 When I have brought them back from the peoples and gathered them from the countries of their enemies, I will magnify myself among them in the sight of many nations.
39:28 Then they will know that I am the Lord their God, because I sent them into exile among the nations, and then gathered them into their own land. I will not leave any of them in exile any longer.
39:29 I will no longer hide my face from them, when I pour out my Spirit on the house of Israel, declares the sovereign Lord.”
Zechariah 13:1
The Refinement of Judah
13:1 “In that day there will be a fountain opened up for the dynasty of David and the people of Jerusalem to cleanse them from sin and impurity.
Romans 9:3-6
9:3 For I could wish
that I myself were accursed – cut off from Christ – for the sake of my people,
my fellow countrymen,
9:4 who are Israelites. To them belong
the adoption as sons,
the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the temple worship,
and the promises.
9:5 To them belong the patriarchs,
and from them,
by human descent,
came the Christ,
who is God over all, blessed forever!
Amen.
9:6 It is not as though the word of God had failed. For not all those who are descended from Israel are truly Israel,