16 Jehovah now reminds his people that they have sinned and encourages them to abandon their erring ways: “Return, you people, to the One against whom the sons of Israel have gone deep in their revolt.”
(35:2) The blind, the deaf, and the speechless will be healed, and the Way of Holiness will be opened for the redeemed of Jehovah as they return to Zion with rejoicing.
Illustrating Jehovah’s care for and blessing on the remnant that returned from Babylon, the psalmist wrote: “Those sowing seed with tears will reap even with a joyful cry.
A parent who studies with an unbaptized child may count the study, time, and return visits, as outlined in the April 1987 Our Kingdom Ministry Question Box.
Paul has greatly desired to see the Thessalonians; when he could no longer bear the lack of news about them, he sent Timothy, and Timothy has just returned with good news about their spiritual condition
The paternal head of one of the families of “the sons of the servants of Solomon” who are listed among those who returned to Jerusalem and Judah in 537 B.C.E. —Ezr 2:1, 2, 55, 56; Ne 7:58.