“Lift up your eyes all around, and see: they all gather themselves together. They come to you. Your sons will come from far away, and your daughters will be carried in arms.
Parallel translations
- KJV Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side.
- BSB Lift up your eyes and look around: They all gather and come to you; your sons will come from afar, and your daughters will be carried on the arm.
- NKJV “Liftup your eyes all around, and see: They all gather together, they come to you; Your sons shall come from afar, And your daughters shall be nursed at your side.
- NASB ¶“Raise your eyes all around and see; They all gather together, they come to you. Your sons will come from afar, And your daughters will be carried on the hip.
- NLT “Look and see, for everyone is coming home! Your sons are coming from distant lands; your little daughters will be carried home.
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Quick answer
Zion is told to look up and see her scattered children gathering and returning from far away. God gathers His dispersed people home.
Overview
Lifting her eyes, Zion beholds her sons and daughters coming from afar, tenderly carried home. The image speaks of restoration and the regathering of God's people. This ingathering foreshadows the gospel's gathering of God's children from every nation into one family, brought near through Christ who unites Jew and Gentile in Himself.
Cross-references & the web
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- Isa 42:6“I, Yahweh, have called you in righteousness, and will hold your hand, and will keep you, and make you a covenant for the people, as a light for the nations;
- Isa 49:20–22The children of your bereavement will say in your ears, ‘This place is too small for me. Give me a place to live in.’
- Isa 49:18Lift up your eyes all around, and see: all these gather themselves together, and come to you. As I live,” says Yahweh, “you shall surely clothe yourself with them all as with an ornament, and dress yourself with them, like a bride.
- Gal 3:28–29There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
- Isa 43:6I will tell the north, ‘Give them up!’ and tell the south, ‘Don’t hold them back! Bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth —
- Matt 8:11I tell you that many will come from the east and the west, and will sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the Kingdom of Heaven,
- Isa 66:11–12that you may nurse and be satisfied at the comforting breasts; that you may drink deeply, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory.”
- Acts 13:44The next Sabbath almost the whole city was gathered together to hear the word of God.
- John 4:35Don’t you say, ‘There are yet four months until the harvest?’ Behold, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and look at the fields, that they are white for harvest already.
- Isa 11:12He will set up a banner for the nations, and will assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
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