Isaiah 14:1
For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.
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Leviticus 26:42Then 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.
Deuteronomy 30:3That then the LORD your God will turn your captivity, and have compassion upon you, and will return and gather you from all the nations, where the LORD your God has scattered you.
Ruth 1:16And Ruth said, Implore me not to leave you, or to return from following after you: for where you go, I will go; and where you lodge, I will lodge: your people shall be my people, and your God my God:
Esther 8:17And in every province, and in every city, anywhere the king's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And many of the people of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews fell upon them.
Psalms 102:13You shall arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, has come.
Psalms 136:10To him that stroke Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercy endures for ever:
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 14:1
In this chapter, I. More weight is added to the burden of Babylon, enough to sink it like a mill-stone; I. It is Israel's cause that is to be pleaded in this quarrel with Babylon, ver. 1-3 . 2. The king of Babylon, for the time being, shall be remarkably brought down and triumphed over, ver. 4-20 . 3. The whole race of the Babylonians shall be cut off and extirpated, ver. 21-23 . II. A confirmation of the prophecy of the destruction of Babylon, which was a thing at a distance, is here given in the prophecy of the… Read the whole commentary →