“And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe...

“For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land. Then will I sprinkle...

“And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son...