“In that day,” says the Lord, “I will assemble the lame, I will gather the outcast And 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;
- BSB “On that day,” declares the LORD, “I will gather the lame; I will assemble the outcast, even 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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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 those who afflict you, and I will save those who are lame, and gather those who were driven away. I will give them praise and honor, whose shame has been in all the earth.
- Ezek 34:12–17As a shepherd seeks out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered abroad, so will I seek out my sheep; and I will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
- Isa 56:8The Lord Yahweh, who gathers the outcasts of Israel, says, “I will yet gather others to him, besides his own who are gathered.”
- Isa 35:3–6Strengthen the weak hands, and make firm the feeble knees.
- Mic 2:12I will surely assemble, Jacob, all of you; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as a flock in the middle of their pasture; they will swarm with people.
- John 10:16I have other sheep, which are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will hear my voice. They will become one flock with one shepherd.
- Ps 147:2Yahweh builds up Jerusalem. He gathers together the outcasts of Israel.
- Ezek 37:21–22Say to them, Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the nations, where they are gone, and will gather them on every side, 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 out of the land of the north to the land that I gave for an inheritance to your fathers.
- Jer 31:8Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the uttermost parts of the earth, along with the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her who travails with child together. They will return as a great company.
- Ezek 39:25–29Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Now will I bring back the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy 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 that which was lost.”
- Ezek 36:24For I will take you from among the nations, and gather you out of all the countries, and will bring you into your own land.
- Heb 12:12–13Therefore lift up the hands that hang down and the feeble knees,
- Ps 38:17For I am ready to fall. My pain is continually before me.
- Jer 30:17–18For I will restore health to you, and I will heal you of your wounds,” says Yahweh; “because they have called you an outcast, saying, ‘It is Zion, whom no man seeks after.’”
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