Jeremiah 29:10
29:10 “For the Lord says, ‘Only when the seventy years of Babylonian rule are over will I again take up consideration for you. Then I will fulfill my gracious promise to you and restore you to your homeland.
Zephaniah 2:7
2:7 Those who are left from the kingdom of Judah will take possession of it.
By the sea they will graze,
in the houses of Ashkelon they will lie down in the evening,
for the Lord their God will intervene for them and restore their prosperity.
Acts 15:14
15:14 Simeon
has explained
how God first concerned himself
to select
from among the Gentiles
a people for his name.