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RESTORATION OF ISRAEL. 169
the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall
be king to them ALL; and they shall be NO MORE two nations,
neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more
at all." Ezek. 37:15-22.
At the first restoration they returned to be overthrown
and driven out again. But in the second, they shall return
to remain, no more to go out. They shall be exalted and
dwell safely, and the Gentile nations shall flow unto them.
Permanent Restoration.
"I will plant them upon their land, and they SHALL NO
MORE BE PULLED UP out of their land which I have given
them, saith the Lord their God." Amos 9:15.
"And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither
shall the beasts of the land devour them: but they shall
DWELL SAFELY, and none shall make them afraid." Ezek.
34:28.
"And I will settle you after your old estates, and will do
better unto you than at your beginnings: yea, I will cause
men to walk upon you, even my people Israel; and thou
Shalt NO MORE HENCEFORTH BEREAVE THEM OF MEN." Ezek.
36:11-12.
"Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no
man went through thee, I will make thee an eternal excel-
lency, a joy of many generations. Thou shalt also suck
the milk of the Gentiles, and shall suck the breast of kings;
and thou shalt know that I the Lord am thy Saviour and thy
Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob." Isa, 60:15-16.
All Nations Shall Tlow Unto Israel.
"As I LIVE, saith the Lord, thou shalt surely clothe thee
with them all, as with an ornament, and bind them on thee,
as a bride doeth.. . . I will lift up my hand to the Gen-
tiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they shall
bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be
carried upon their shoulders, and kings shall be thy nursing
fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers; they shall
bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and
lick up the dust of thy feet." Isa. 49:18, 22, 23.
"But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the
mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established in
the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the
hills; and people shall flow into it. And many nations
shall .come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the moun-
tain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob;
and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in His
paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word
of the Lord from Jerusalem." Mic. 4:1-2.