Bible Confirmations

NOTE:  After the exile of the Northern Ten Tribes of Israel in the 8th century BCE,  the Scriptures generally differentiate between "Judah" and "Israel",  as between "the House of Judah" and "the House of Israel".  The latter is also commonly referred to as "the House of Ephraim" or "the House of Joseph".  The "House of Jacob" refers to all the Tribes of Israel.   The “House of Israel”,  in some instances,  when it appears not paired with a reference to Judah,   could also refer to all 12 Tribes.  The context should confirm which is meant.

Jeremiah 3:14-18  "Return, faithless people," declares HaShem, "for I am your Husband. I will choose you—one from a town and two from a clan—and bring you to Zion.  Then I will give you shepherds after My own Heart, who will lead you with knowledge and understanding.  In those days, when your numbers have increased greatly in the land," declares HaShem, "men will no longer say, 'The Ark of the Covenant of HaShem.' It will never enter their minds or be remembered; it will not be missed, nor will another one be made.  At that time they will call Jerusalem The Throne of HaShem, and all nations will gather in Jerusalem to honor the name of HaShem. No longer will they follow the stubbornness of their evil hearts.  In those days the House of Judah will join the House of Israel, and together they will come from a northern land to the land I gave your forefathers as an inheritance.."

Yechezk'El (Ezekiel) 37:15-19  "And the Word of HaShem came to me saying, 'And you, son of man, take one stick to yourself and write on it, For Judah, and for his companions, the sons of Israel. And take another stick and write on it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim and all the house of Israel, his companions. And draw them one to one for yourself, into one stick. And they shall become one in your hand.  And when the sons of your people shall speak to you, saying, 'Will you not declare to us what these mean to you?'  Say to them, 'So says HaShem: Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel, his companions. And I will put them with him, with the stick of Judah, and I will make them one stick, and they shall be one in My hand.'

Yechezk'El (Ezekiel) 37:20-28 And the sticks shall be in your hand, the ones on which you write before their eyes. And say to them, 'So says HaShem: Behold, I will take the sons of Israel from among the nations, there where they have gone, and will gather them from all around, and will bring them into their own land. And I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel, and one King shall be for a king to all of them. And they shall not be two nations still. And they will not be split into two kingdoms any more.  And they will not still be defiled with their idols, even with their filthy idols, nor with all of their transgressions. But I will save them out of all their dwelling places where they have sinned in them, and I will cleanse them. So they shall be for a people to Me and I will be their G-d.  And My Servant, David, shall be King over them. And there shall be one Shepherd to all of them. And they shall walk in My judgments and keep My statutes, and do them.  And they shall dwell on the land that I have given to my servant, to Jacob, there where your fathers dwelt in it. And they shall dwell on it, they and their sons, and the sons of their sons, forever. And My Servant David shall be a ruler to them forever.  And I will cut a covenant of peace with them, an everlasting covenant it shall be with them, And I will place them and multiply them, and I will put My sanctuary in their midst forever.  And My tabernacle shall be with them, and I will be their G-d, and they shall be My people.  And when My sanctuary shall be in their midst forever, the nations shall know that I, HaShem, sanctify Israel.'"

Yechezk'El (Ezekiel) 39:23-24 And the nations will know that the people of Israel went into exile for their sin, because they were unfaithful to Me. So I hid My Face from them and handed them over to their enemies, and they all fell by the sword.  I dealt with them according to their uncleanness and their offenses, and I hid My Face from them.

25-29 "Therefore this is what the Sovereign HaShem says: I will now bring Jacob back from captivity  and will have compassion upon the whole House of Israel, and I will be zealous for My Holy Name. They will forget their shame and all the unfaithfulness they showed toward Me when they lived in safety in their land with no one to make them afraid. When I have brought them back from the nations and have gathered them from the countries of their enemies, I will show Myself holy through them in the sight of many nations. Then they will know that I am HaShem their G-d, for though I sent them into exile among the nations, I will gather them to their own land, not leaving any behind. I will no longer hide My Face from them, for I will pour out My Spirit on the house of Israel, declares the Sovereign HaShem."

 Yechezk'El  (Ezekiel) 36  "Son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel and say, 'O mountains of Israel, hear the word of HaShem. 2 This is what the Sovereign HaShem says: The enemy said of you, "Aha! The ancient heights have become our possession." ' 3 Therefore prophesy and say, 'This is what the Sovereign HaShem says: Because they ravaged and hounded you from every side so that you became the possession of the rest of the nations and the object of people's malicious talk and slander, 4 therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Sovereign HaShem : This is what the Sovereign HaShem says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys, to the desolate ruins and the deserted towns that have been plundered and ridiculed by the rest of the nations around you- 5 this is what the Sovereign HaShem says: In my burning zeal I have spoken against the rest of the nations, and against all Edom, for with glee and with malice in their hearts they made my land their own possession so that they might plunder its pastureland.' 6 Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel and say to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys: 'This is what the Sovereign HaShem says: I speak in my jealous wrath because you have suffered the scorn of the nations. 7 Therefore this is what the Sovereign HaShem says: I swear with uplifted hand that the nations around you will also suffer scorn.

 8 " 'But you, O mountains of Israel, will produce branches and fruit for my people Israel, for they will soon come home. 9  I am concerned for you and will look on you with favor; you will be plowed and sown, 10 and I will multiply the number of people upon you, even the whole house of Israel. The towns will be inhabited and the ruins rebuilt. 11 I will increase the number of men and animals upon you, and they will be fruitful and become numerous. I will settle people on you as in the past and will make you prosper more than before. Then you will know that I am HaShem. 12 I will cause people, my people Israel, to walk upon you. They will possess you, and you will be their inheritance; you will never again deprive them of their children.

 13 " 'This is what the Sovereign HaShem says: Because people say to you, "You [Mountains of Israel] devour men and deprive your nation of its children," 14 therefore you will no longer devour men or make your nation childless, declares the Sovereign HaShem. 15 No longer will I make you hear the taunts of the nations, and no longer will you suffer the scorn of the peoples or cause your nation to fall, declares the Sovereign HaShem.' "

 16 Again the word of HaShem came to me: 17 "Son of man, when the people of Israel were living in their own land, they defiled it by their conduct and their actions. Their conduct was like a woman's monthly uncleanness in my sight. 18 So I poured out my wrath on them because they had shed blood in the land and because they had defiled it with their idols. 19 I dispersed them among the nations, and they were scattered through the countries; I judged them according to their conduct and their actions. 20 And wherever they went among the nations they profaned My Holy Name, for it was said of them, 'These are HaShem's people, and yet they had to leave His land.' 21 I had concern for My Holy Name, which the House of Israel profaned among the nations where they had gone.

 22 "Therefore say to the House of Israel, 'This is what the Sovereign HaShem says: It is not for your sake, O House of Israel, that I am going to do these things, but for the sake of My Holy Name, which you have profaned among the nations where you have gone. 23 I will show the holiness of My Great Name, which has been profaned among the nations, the Name you have profaned among them. Then the nations will know that I am HaShem, declares the Sovereign H