Isaiah 43:5

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“Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east and gather you from the west.”

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“Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east and gather you from the west.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“Fear not; for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“Be not afraid, for I <FI>am<Fi> with thee, From the east I bring in thy seed, And from the west I gather thee.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Isaiah 43:5 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 30:3then He will restore you from captivity and have compassion on you and gather you from all the nations to which the LORD your God has scattered you.
  2. 1 Kings 8:46When they sin against You—for there is no one who does not sin—and You become angry with them and deliver them to an enemy who takes them as captives to his own land, whether far or near,
  3. Psalms 22:27All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the nations will bow down before Him.
  4. Psalms 106:47Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name, that we may glory in Your praise.
  5. Psalms 107:3and gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south.
  6. Isaiah 11:11On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
  7. Isaiah 27:12In that day the LORD will thresh from the flowing Euphrates to the Wadi of Egypt, and you, O Israelites, will be gathered one by one.
  8. Isaiah 41:8“But you, O Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, descendant of Abraham My friend—
  9. Isaiah 41:10Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My right hand of righteousness.
  10. Isaiah 41:14Do not fear, O worm of Jacob, O few men of Israel. I will help you,” declares the LORD. “Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
  11. Isaiah 43:2When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you go through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched; the flames will not set you ablaze.
  12. Isaiah 44:2This is the word of the LORD, your Maker, who formed you from the womb and who will help you: “Do not be afraid, O Jacob My servant, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.
  13. Isaiah 49:12Behold, they will come from far away, from the north and from the west, and from the land of Aswan.”
  14. Isaiah 54:7“For a brief moment I forsook you, but with great compassion I will bring you back.
  15. Isaiah 60:1Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.
  16. Isaiah 66:19I will establish a sign among them, and I will send survivors from among them to the nations—to Tarshish, Put, and the archers of Lud; to Tubal, Javan, and the islands far away who have not heard of My fame or seen My glory. So they will proclaim My glory among the nations.
  17. Jeremiah 3:18In those days the house of Judah will walk with the house of Israel, and they will come together from the land of the north to the land that I gave to your fathers as an inheritance.
  18. Jeremiah 23:7So behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when they will no longer say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives, who brought the Israelites up out of the land of Egypt.’
  19. Jeremiah 23:8Instead they will say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives, who brought and led the descendants of the house of Israel up out of the land of the north and all the other lands to which He had banished them.’ Then they will dwell once more in their own land.”
  20. Jeremiah 30:10As for you, O Jacob My servant, do not be afraid, declares the LORD, and do not be dismayed, O Israel. For I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their captivity! Jacob will return to quiet and ease, with no one to make him afraid.
  21. Jeremiah 30:18This is what the LORD says: “I will restore the fortunes of Jacob’s tents and have compassion on his dwellings. And the city will be rebuilt on her own ruins, and the palace will stand in its rightful place.
  22. Jeremiah 31:8Behold, I will bring them from the land of the north and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth, including the blind and the lame, expectant mothers and women in labor. They will return as a great assembly!
  23. Jeremiah 46:27But you, O Jacob My servant, do not be afraid, and do not be dismayed, O Israel. For I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their captivity! Jacob will return to quiet and ease, with no one to make him afraid.
  24. Ezekiel 36:24For I will take you from among the nations and gather you out of all the countries, and I will bring you back into your own land.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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