Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation But God will have mercy on his people again, and he will bring them back to the land of Israel. They will rebuild the Temple, but it will not be as splendid as the first Temple, not until the proper time has come. But when that time does come, all the people of Israel will return from exile, and they will rebuild the city of Jerusalem in all its former splendor. They will rebuild God's Temple in Jerusalem, just as Israel's prophets have foretold. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And at the hour of his death he called unto him his son Tobias and his children, seven young men, his grandsons, and said to them: Tobit 14:3For he was six and fifty years old when he lost the sight of his eyes, and sixty when he recovered it again. Tobit 14:4 And the rest of his life was in joy, and with great increase of the fear of God he departed in peace. Tobit 14:6 The destruction of Ninive is at hand: for the word of the Lord must be fulfilled: and our brethren, that are scattered abroad from the land of Israel, shall return to it. Tobit 14:7 And all the land thereof that is desert shall be filled with people, and the house of God which is burnt in it, shall again be rebuilt: and all that fear God shall return thither. Context Tobit 14…4And the rest of his life was in joy, and with great increase of the fear of God he departed in peace. 5And at the hour of his death he called unto him his son Tobias and his children, seven young men, his grandsons, and said to them: 6The destruction of Ninive is at hand: for the word of the Lord must be fulfilled: and our brethren, that are scattered abroad from the land of Israel, shall return to it.… Cross References Tobit 14:3 For he was six and fifty years old when he lost the sight of his eyes, and sixty when he recovered it again. Tobit 14:4 And the rest of his life was in joy, and with great increase of the fear of God he departed in peace. Tobit 14:6 The destruction of Ninive is at hand: for the word of the Lord must be fulfilled: and our brethren, that are scattered abroad from the land of Israel, shall return to it. Tobit 14:7 And all the land thereof that is desert shall be filled with people, and the house of God which is burnt in it, shall again be rebuilt: and all that fear God shall return thither. |