The Promise of Restoration

(Nehemiah 1:1–11)

When all these things come upon you— the blessings and curses I have set before you— and you call [them] to mind in all the nations to which the LORD your God has banished you, 2 and when you and your children return to the LORD your God and obey His voice with all your heart and all your soul according to everything I am giving you today, 3 then [He] will restore you from captivity[fn] and have compassion on you and gather you from all the nations to which the LORD your God has scattered you. 4 Even if you have been banished to the farthest horizon,[fn] He will gather you and return you from there.[fn]

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And the LORD your God will bring you into the land your fathers possessed, and you will take possession of it. He will cause you to prosper and multiply more than your fathers. 6 The LORD your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, and you will love Him with all your heart and with all your soul, so that you may live.

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Then the LORD your God will put all these curses upon your enemies who hate you and persecute you. 8 And you will again obey the voice of the LORD and follow all His commandments I am giving you today 9 So the LORD your God will make you abound in all the work of your hands [and] in the fruit of your womb, the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your land Indeed, the LORD will again delight in your prosperity, as He delighted in that of your fathers, 10 if you obey the LORD your God by keeping His commandments and statutes that are written in this Book of the Law, [and] if you turn to Him with all your heart and with all your soul.

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