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Future Blessings for Zion

Isaiah 54:7

In 11 translations

BSB
“For a brief moment I forsook you, but with great compassion I will bring you back.
KJV
For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.
WEB
“For a small moment I have forsaken you, but I will gather you with great mercies.
ASV
For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.
LSV
“In a small moment I have forsaken you, || And in great mercies I gather you,
YLT
In a small moment I have forsaken thee, And in great mercies I do gather thee,
DBY
For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.
DRC
For a, small moment have I forsaken thee, but with great mercies will I gather thee.
GNV
For a litle while haue I forsaken thee, but with great compassion will I gather thee.
JPS
For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great compassion will I gather thee.
LXXE
For a little while I left thee: but with great mercy will I have compassion upon thee.

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Original-language editions

WLC
בְּרֶ֥גַע קָטֹ֖ן עֲזַבְתִּ֑יךְ וּבְרַחֲמִ֥ים גְּדֹלִ֖ים אֲקַבְּצֵֽךְ׃
LXX-Br
Χρόνον μικρὸν κατέλιπόν σε, καὶ μετʼ ἐλέους μεγάλου ἐλεήσω σε.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 30:5For His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning.
  • Isaiah 26:20Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourselves a little while until the wrath has passed.
  • Micah 4:6“On that day,” declares the LORD, “I will gather the lame; I will assemble the outcast, even those whom I have afflicted.
  • 2 Peter 3:8Beloved, do not let this one thing escape your notice: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.
  • 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.
  • Isaiah 60:4Lift up your eyes and look around: They all gather and come to you; your sons will come from afar, and your daughters will be carried on the arm.
  • Isaiah 66:18“And I, knowing their deeds and thoughts, am coming to gather all nations and tongues, and they will come and see My glory.
  • 2 Corinthians 4:17For our light and momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal glory that is far beyond comparison.
  • Matthew 23:37O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!
  • Isaiah 56:8Thus declares the Lord GOD, who gathers the dispersed of Israel: “I will gather to them still others besides those already gathered.”
  • Isaiah 43:5–6Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east and gather you from the west. I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’ and to the south, ‘Do not hold them back!’ Bring My sons from afar,…
  • 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.
  • Isaiah 40:11He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Isaiah 60:10Foreigners will rebuild your walls, and their kings will serve you. Although I struck you in anger, yet in favor I will show you mercy.

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