What other biblical instances show God restoring nations after judgment? Jeremiah 48:47 — A Glimpse of Hope for Moab “Yet in the latter days I will restore the captivity of Moab,” declares the LORD. Here ends the judgment on Moab. (Jeremiah 48:47) Israel and Judah — Captivity Does Not Have the Last Word • Jeremiah 29:10, 14 — “When seventy years for Babylon are complete, I will attend to you and confirm My promise to restore you to this place … I will be found by you, declares the LORD, and I will restore you from captivity.” • Amos 9:14 — “I will restore My people Israel from captivity; they will rebuild and inhabit the ruined cities.” • Ezekiel 37:21-22 — “I will take the Israelites out of the nations … and bring them into their own land. I will make them one nation in the land.” Egypt — Struck, Yet Healed • Jeremiah 46:26 — “Afterward, however, Egypt will be inhabited as in ancient times,” declares the LORD. • Isaiah 19:22 — “The LORD will strike Egypt with a plague; He will strike them but heal them. They will turn to the LORD, and He will hear their prayers and heal them.” • Isaiah 19:24-25 — “In that day Israel will join a three-party alliance with Egypt and Assyria … ‘Blessed be Egypt My people, Assyria the work of My hands, and Israel My inheritance.’” Ammon — The Neighbor Given a Future • Jeremiah 49:6 — “Yet afterward I will restore the captivity of the Ammonites,” declares the LORD. Elam — Hope in the Latter Days • Jeremiah 49:39 — “Yet in the latter days I will restore Elam from captivity,” declares the LORD. Sodom and Samaria — Restoration Beyond Imagination • Ezekiel 16:53 — “I will restore Sodom and her daughters and Samaria and her daughters to their former state. Then you and your daughters will be restored along with them.” Pattern to Notice • Judgment is real, severe, and deserved. • Yet God repeatedly reserves a “later” season for mercy, calling nations to repentance and renewal. • Each restoration magnifies His faithfulness, His sovereignty, and His longing that all peoples know Him. Living in Light of This Pattern • Divine discipline aims at redemption, not annihilation. • The God who restored Moab, Egypt, and Israel still holds out restoration to any nation that turns to Him today. |
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