西番雅書3:18-20

3:18 那些屬你、為無大會愁煩、因你擔當羞辱的，我必聚集他們。

3:19 那時，我必罰辦一切苦待你的人，又拯救你瘸腿的，聚集你被趕出的。那些在全地受羞辱的，我必使他們得稱讚，有名聲。

3:20 那時，我必領你們進來，聚集你們；我使你們被擄之人歸回的時候，就必使你們在地上的萬民中有名聲，得稱讚。這是耶和華說的。

I will gather those of you who mourn for the festival,

so that you will no longer suffer reproach.

  Behold, at that time I will deal

with all your oppressors.

And I will save the lame

and gather the outcast,

and I will change their shame into praise

and renown in all the earth.

  At that time I will bring you in,

at the time when I gather you together;

for I will make you renowned and praised

among all the peoples of the earth,

when I restore your fortunes

before your eyes,” says the Lord.

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    對以色列人而言，被擄歸回，是他們莫大的盼望！正如我們今日的基督徒是盼望主耶穌的再臨，上帝國的實現！