15 Bible Verses About Restoration, and What God Promises to Give Back

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Resumo

  • In most of the Old Testament verses, restore translates shuv, to turn back or return, and Zechariah 1:3 uses it in both directions: the people return to God, and God returns to them.
  • Joel 2:25 promises back the years a locust plague ate, answering a literal agricultural disaster with a literal harvest.
  • Psalm 80 asks “Restore us, O God” three times and closes without recording an answer, which is why it is a fair prayer for anyone still waiting.
  • Galatians 6:1 uses katartizo, the word Matthew uses for mending nets, and turns its warning back on the person doing the mending.
  • Acts 3:21 is the only New Testament use of apokatastasis, the restoration of all things, which Peter places in the future.

In the Bible, restoring usually means bringing back what was lost, and the promises reach from one person’s soul to the whole creation. The passages below include a soul brought back (Psalm 23:3), the years a locust plague ate (Joel 2:25), a land healed (2 Chronicles 7:14), and “the time for restoring all the things” (Acts 3:21). In most of the Old Testament passages below, the Hebrew verb is shuv, to turn back or return, and it can run in…

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As citações das Escrituras são da English Standard Version.

The Church of England. The Book of Common Prayer: The Psalter, Psalms 22–23. Coverdale’s rendering of Psalm 23:3, “He shall convert my soul.” churchofengland.org

Strong’s Hebrew 7725, שׁוּב (shuv): to return, turn back, restore. biblehub.com/hebrew/7725

Strong’s Greek 2675, καταρτίζω (katartizo): to mend, repair, restore; used of fishermen mending nets in Matthew 4:21. biblehub.com/greek/2675

Strong’s Greek 605, ἀποκατάστασις (apokatastasis): restoration; its only New Testament occurrence is Acts 3:21. biblehub.com/greek/605

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