then they shall know that I am the Lord their God, who sent them into captivity among the nations, but also brought them back to their land, and left none of them captive any longer.
Parallel translations
- WEB They shall know that I am Yahweh their God, in that I caused them to go into captivity among the nations, and have gathered them to their own land; and I will leave none of them any more there;
- KJV Then shall they know that I am the LORD their God, which caused them to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto their own land, and have left none of them any more there.
- BSB Then they will know that I am the LORD their God, when I regather them to their own land, not leaving any of them behind after their exile among the nations.
- NASB Then they will know that I am the Lord their God because I made them go into exile among the nations, and then I gathered them again to their own land; and I will leave none of them there any longer.
- NLT Then my people will know that I am the Lord their God, because I sent them away to exile and brought them home again. I will leave none of my people behind.
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Quick answer
Israel will know Yahweh as their God who exiled and then fully regathered them. None will be left behind in the nations.
Overview
The people will recognize the Lord as their God in that He sent them into captivity and then gathered them entirely to their own land, leaving none among the nations. The completeness of the regathering testifies to God's covenant faithfulness. It points beyond a partial return to the full and final ingathering of God's people, a hope ultimately secured in Christ, who loses none whom the Father gives Him.
Cross-references & the web
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- Ezek 39:22So the house of Israel shall know that I am Yahweh their God, from that day and forward.
- Isa 27:12It will happen in that day, that Yahweh will thresh from the flowing stream of the Euphrates to the brook of Egypt; and you will be gathered one by one, children of Israel.
- Rom 9:6–8But it is not as though the word of God has come to nothing. For they are not all Israel, that are of Israel.
- Amos 9:9“For, behold, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all the nations, as grain is sifted in a sieve, yet not the least kernel will fall on the earth.
- Deut 30:3–4that then Yahweh your God will release you from captivity, have compassion on you, and will return and gather you from all the peoples where Yahweh your God has scattered you.
- Rom 11:1–7I ask then, did God reject his people? May it never be! For I also am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.
- Ezek 34:30They shall know that I, Yahweh, their God am with them, and that they, the house of Israel, are my people, says the Lord Yahweh.
- Neh 1:8–10“Remember, I beg you, the word that you commanded your servant Moses, saying, ‘If you trespass, I will scatter you among the peoples;
- Hos 2:20I will even betroth you to me in faithfulness; and you shall know Yahweh.
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