Tobit 14:7
Good News Translation
The nations of the world will praise the everlasting God by doing what he demands. "At that time God will save all the people of Israel who have been faithful to him. He will bring them together to Jerusalem, and let them take possession of the land of Abraham, and there they will live securely forever. All who love God with their heart and soul will rejoice, but all sinners and evil people will be wiped off the face of the earth.

Contemporary English Version
They will praise and obey the eternal God. God will protect those Israelites who are truly loyal to him, and at that time, he will gather them together and bring them back to Jerusalem. God will give them the land he once gave to Abraham, and they will live in safety there forever.

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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.

Tobit 14:5
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 14:6
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 14:8
And the Gentiles shall leave their idols, and shall come into Jerusalem, and shall dwell in it.

Tobit 14:9
And all the kings of the earth shall rejoice in it, adoring the King of Israel.

Context
Tobit 14
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. 7And 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. 8And the Gentiles shall leave their idols, and shall come into Jerusalem, and shall dwell in it.…
Cross References
Tobit 14:5
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 14:6
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 14:8
And the Gentiles shall leave their idols, and shall come into Jerusalem, and shall dwell in it.

Tobit 14:9
And all the kings of the earth shall rejoice in it, adoring the King of Israel.



(T To Tob Tobias)

Tobit 14:6
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