Psalms 147:2
Psalms · Old Testament · Chapter 147
“The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.”Psalms 147:2
What Does Psalms 147:2 Mean?
Psalms 147:2 is found in the book of Psalms, chapter 147, verse 2 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Restoration.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Psalms 147:2 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Deuteronomy 30:3“That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee.”Isaiah 56:8“The Lord GOD, which gathereth the outcasts of Israel saith, Yet will I gather others to him, beside those that are gathered unto him.”Psalms 51:18“Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.”Psalms 102:20“To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;”Isaiah 11:12“And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.”Isaiah 62:7“And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.”Isaiah 14:32“What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.”Jeremiah 32:37“Behold, I will gather them out of all countries, whither I have driven them in mine anger, and in my fury, and in great wrath; and I will bring them again unto this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely:”Ezekiel 38:8“After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them.”Ezekiel 39:27“When I have brought them again from the people, and gathered them out of their enemies’ lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations;”Ephesians 2:12“That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:”Isaiah 27:13“And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem.”Jeremiah 31:4“Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.”Ezekiel 36:24“For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.”Ezra 2:64“The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore,”Nehemiah 1:9“But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there.”Nehemiah 3:1“Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel.”Nehemiah 7:4“Now the city was large and great: but the people were few therein, and the houses were not builded.”Psalms 102:13“Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.”Psalms 102:16“When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.”
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