68 amazing verses for Yom Ha’atzmaut

So many pages in the Tanakh bursts with passionate descriptions of the beauty of the Land of Israel. From the thousands of beautiful passages, here are 68 biblical verses to celebrate Israel’s 68th birthday on this Yom Ha’atzmaut.

1. It is a Land that the Lord your God seeks out; the eyes of the Lord your God, are always upon it, from the beginning of the year to the end of the year. DEUTERONOMY (11:12)

2. I will return the captivity of my people Israel, and they will rebuild desolate cities and settle them. AMOS (9:14)

3. A Land where you will eat bread without poverty—you will lack nothing there. DEUTER-ONOMY (8:9)

4. He brought us to this place and He gave us this Land, a Land flowing with milk and honey. DEUTERONOMY (26:9)

5. There shall be no woman who loses her young or is barren in your Land. EXODUS (23:26)

6. This Land shall become yours as an inheritance. EZEKIEL (47:14)

7. Let it be known to the king that the Jews who went up from you have arrived in Jerusalem. EZRA (4:12)

8. The people all assembled as one man to Jerusalem. EZRA (3:1)

9. Jacob arose from his sleep and said, “Surely God is present in this place and I did not know!” GENESIS (28:16)

10. He planted a tree in Beer-sheba, and there he proclaimed in the Name of the Lord, God of the Universe. GENESIS (21:33)

11. The Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your offspring I will give this Land.” GENESIS (12:7)

12. Sojourn in this Land and I will be with you and bless you. GENESIS (26:3)

13. For now God has granted us ample space, and we can be fruitful in the Land. GENESIS (26:22)

14. And he named it Shibah; therefore the name of the city is Beer-sheba until this very day. GENESIS (26:33)

15. David assembled to Jerusalem all the leaders of Israel. I CHRONICLES (28:1)

16. They came to Hebron wholeheartedly, to crown David king over all of Israel. I CHRONI-CLES (12:39). 

17. They found rich and good pasture, and the land was wide open, quiet and peaceful. I CHRONICLES (4:40)

18. David ascended from there and dwelt in the strongholds of Ein Gedi. I SAMUEL (23:29)

19. The entire people of the land rejoiced and the city was tranquil. II CHRONICLES (23:21)

20. There was great joy in Jerusalem. II CHRONICLES (30:26)

21. Like flying birds, so will God protect Jerusalem. ISAIAH (31:5)