Perhaps no other group of people has endured as much persecution as have the people of Israel. Among other tragedies, the people of Israel have survived 400 years of slavery in Egypt, and the near-total destruction of their homeland by the Assyrians and Babylonians, as well as the devastations caused later by the Romans.
Below is a selection of Bible prophecies that foretold of the preservation of Israel.
Genesis 15:5
Counting Abraham's descendants would be like counting the stars
Genesis 17:5
Father of many nations
Isaiah 27:12-13
God promised to restore the Jews
Isaiah 49:13-17
God will never forget the children of Israel
Jeremiah 32:36-37
The Jews would survive Babylonian rule and return home
Jeremiah 46:25-28
Jeremiah prophesied that Judah and Egypt would be restored but that Babylon would be destroyed
Leviticus 26:44
The people of Israel will never be completely destroyed