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Jews' Return to PalestineJehovah : thus saith the Lord Jehovahto the mountains and tothe hills, to the watercourses andto the valleys, to the desolatewastes and to the cities that areforsaken, which are become aprey and derision to the residueof the nations that are roundabout . Therefore thus saith theLord Jehovah : I have sworn, saying,Surely the nations that areround about you, they shall beartheir shame. But ye, 0 mountainsof Israel, ye shall shoot forthyour branches, and yield yourfruit to my people Israel ; for theyare at hand to come . For, behold,I am for you, and I willturn unto you, and ye shall betilled and sown ; and I will multiplymen upon you, all the houseof Israel, even all of it ; and thecities shall be inhabited, and thewaste places shall be builded .Therefore say unto the house ofIsrael, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I do not this for yoursake, 0 house of Israel, but formy holy name, which ye haveprofaned among the nations,whither ye went. And I will sanctifymy great name, which hathbeen profaned among the nations,which ye have profaned in themidst of them ; and the nationsshall know that I am Jehovah,saith the Lord Jehovah, when Ishall be sanctified in you beforetheir eyes . For I will take youfrom among the nations, andgather you out of all the countries,and will bring you into yourown land. Thus saith the LordJehovah : For this, moreover, willI be inquired of by the house ofIsrael, to do it for them : I willincrease them with men like aflock . As the flock for sacrifice,as the flock of Jerusalem in herappointed feasts, so shall thewaste cities be filled with flocks ofmen ; and they shall know that Iam Jehovah ."Jer . 29 :10 "For thus saith Jehovah,after seventy years are accomplishedfor Babylon, I willvisit you, and perform my good212word toward you, in causing youto return to this place ."Second Desolation a CompleteDispossession of the LandA.D . 70, as ForetoldDeut . 28 :63-67 "And it shallcome to pass, that, as Jehovah rejoicedover you to do you good,and to multiply you, so Jehovahwill rejoice over you to cause youto perish, and to destroy you ;and ye shall be plucked from offthe land whither thou goest into possess it . And Jehovah willscatter thee among all peoples,from the one end of the eartheven unto the other end of theearth ; and there thou shalt serveother gods, which thou hast notknown, thou nor thy fathers, evenwood and stone. And among thesenations shalt thou find no ease,and there shall be no rest forthe sole of thy foot : but Jehovahwill give thee there a tremblingheart, and failing of eyes, andpining of soul ; and thy life shallhang in doubt before thee ; andthou shalt fear night and day,and shalt have no assurance ofthy life . In the morning thoushalt say, Would it were even!and at even thou shalt say, Wouldit were morning! for the fear ofthy heart which thou shalt fear,and for the sight of thine eyeswhich thou shalt see ."Luke 19:43, 44 "Because thedays will come upon you whenyour enemies will build aroundyou a fortification with pointedstakes and will encircle you anddistress you from every side, andthey will dash you and your childrenwithin you to the ground,and they will not leave a stoneupon a stone in you, because youdid not discern the time of yourbeing inspected."Luke 21 :20-24 "Furthermore,when you see Jerusalem surroundedby encamped armies,then understand that the desolatingof her has drawn near. . . .because these are days for metingout justice that all the things