“On that day,” declares the LORD, “I will gather the lame; I will assemble the outcast, even those whom I have afflicted.
Parallel translations
- WEB “In that day,” says Yahweh, “I will assemble that which is lame, and I will gather that which is driven away, and that which I have afflicted;
- KJV In that day, saith the LORD, will I assemble her that halteth, and I will gather her that is driven out, and her that I have afflicted;
- NKJV “In that day,” says the Lord, “I will assemble the lame, I will gather the outcast And those whom I have afflicted;
- NASB ¶“On that day,” declares the Lord, “I will assemble those who limp And gather the scattered, Those whom I have afflicted.
- NLT “In that coming day,” says the Lord, “I will gather together those who are lame, those who have been exiles, and those whom I have filled with grief.
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Quick answer
In that day God will gather the lame, the outcast, and the afflicted. It promises that He will restore the broken and scattered.
Overview
The LORD pledges to assemble those most damaged by judgment, the 'lame' and 'driven away,' even those He Himself had afflicted. This tender promise shows that God's discipline aims at restoration, not destruction. It reveals a Shepherd-God who seeks the weak and gathers the wounded to Himself.
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- Zeph 3:19Behold, at that time, I will deal with all who afflict you. I will save the lame and gather the scattered; and I will appoint praise and fame for the disgraced throughout the earth.
- Ezek 34:12–17As a shepherd looks for his scattered sheep when he is among the flock, so I will look for My flock. I will rescue them from all the places to which they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness.
- Isa 56:8Thus declares the Lord GOD, who gathers the dispersed of Israel: “I will gather to them still others besides those already gathered.”
- Isa 35:3–6Strengthen the limp hands and steady the feeble knees!
- Mic 2:12I will surely gather all of you, O Jacob; I will collect the remnant of Israel. I will bring them together like sheep in a pen, like a flock in the midst of its pasture—a noisy throng.
- John 10:16I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them in as well, and they will listen to My voice. Then there will be one flock and one shepherd.
- Ps 147:2The LORD builds up Jerusalem; He gathers the exiles of Israel.
- Ezek 37:21–22you are to tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will take the Israelites out of the nations to which they have gone, and I will gather them from all around and bring them into their own land.
- Jer 3:18In those days the house of Judah will walk with the house of Israel, and they will come together from the land of the north to the land that I gave to your fathers as an inheritance.
- Jer 31:8Behold, I will bring them from the land of the north and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth, including the blind and the lame, expectant mothers and women in labor. They will return as a great assembly!
- Ezek 39:25–29Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Now I will restore Jacob from captivity and will have compassion on the whole house of Israel, and I will be jealous for My holy name.
- Luke 19:10For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
- Ezek 36:24For I will take you from among the nations and gather you out of all the countries, and I will bring you back into your own land.
- Heb 12:12–13Therefore strengthen your limp hands and weak knees.
- Ps 38:17For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me.
- Jer 30:17–18But I will restore your health and heal your wounds, declares the LORD, because they call you an outcast, Zion, for whom no one cares.”
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