“The Redeemer will come to Jerusalem to buy back those in Israel who have turned from their sins,” says the Lord.
Parallel translations
- WEB “A Redeemer will come to Zion, and to those who turn from disobedience in Jacob,” says Yahweh.
- KJV And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD.
- BSB “The Redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who turn from transgression,” declares the LORD.
- NKJV “TheRedeemer will come to Zion, And to those who turn from transgression in Jacob,” Says the Lord.
- NASB “A Redeemer will come to Zion, And to those in Jacob who turn from wrongdoing,” declares the Lord.
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Quick answer
A Redeemer will come to Zion and to those in Jacob who turn from sin. God promises a deliverer for the repentant.
Overview
The Lord promises that a Redeemer will come to Zion for those who turn from transgression. Paul quotes this in Romans 11:26 in connection with the salvation of Israel, applying it to Christ. The verse is a clear messianic promise, pointing to Jesus the Redeemer who delivers His repentant people from sin and brings them to God.
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- Rom 11:26–27and so all Israel will be saved. Even as it is written, “There will come out of Zion the Deliverer, and he will turn away ungodliness from Jacob.
- Titus 2:11–14For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men,
- Acts 3:19“Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, so that there may come times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord,
- Ezek 18:30–31“Therefore I will judge you, house of Israel, everyone according to his ways,” says the Lord Yahweh. “Return, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.
- Heb 12:14Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord,
- Joel 2:32It will happen that whoever will call on Yahweh’s name shall be saved; for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be those who escape, as Yahweh has said, and among the remnant, those whom Yahweh calls.
- Obad 1:17–21But in Mount Zion, there will be those who escape, and it will be holy. The house of Jacob will possess their possessions.
- Acts 26:20but declared first to them of Damascus, at Jerusalem, and throughout all the country of Judea, and also to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, doing works worthy of repentance.
- Isa 40:9You who tell good news to Zion, go up on a high mountain. You who tell good news to Jerusalem, lift up your voice with strength. Lift it up. Don’t be afraid. Say to the cities of Judah, “Behold, your God!”
- Dan 9:13As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil has come on us: yet have we not entreated the favor of Yahweh our God, that we should turn from our iniquities, and have discernment in your truth.
- Deut 30:1–10It shall happen, when all these things have come on you, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before you, and you shall call them to mind among all the nations, where Yahweh your God has driven you,
- Acts 3:26God, having raised up his servant Jesus, sent him to you first to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your wickedness.”
- Acts 2:36–39“Let all the house of Israel therefore know certainly that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified.”
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