For he has gathered the exiles from many lands, from east and west, from north and south.
Parallel translations
- WEB And gathered out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.
- KJV And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south.
- BSB and gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south.
- NKJV And gathered out of the lands, From the east and from the west, From the north and from the south.
- NASB And gathered from the lands, From the east and from the west, From the north and from the south.
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Quick answer
God gathered his redeemed from every direction, from east, west, north, and south.
Overview
This describes the LORD regathering his scattered people from the lands of exile back to himself. The sweep of all four directions emphasizes the completeness and universality of his saving work. It foreshadows the gospel ingathering, as Jesus speaks of people coming from east and west to sit at the table in God's kingdom, drawn from every nation.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 13
- Ps 106:47Save us, Yahweh, our God, gather us from among the nations, to give thanks to your holy name, to triumph in your praise!
- Isa 43:5–6Don’t be afraid; for I am with you. I will bring your offspring from the east, and gather you from the west.
- Jer 29:14I will be found by you,” says Yahweh, “and I will turn again your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places where I have driven you, says Yahweh; and I will bring you again to the place from where I caused you to be carried away captive.”
- Rev 5:9They sang a new song, saying, “You are worthy to take the book, and to open its seals: for you were killed, and bought us for God with your blood, out of every tribe, language, people, and nation,
- Deut 30:3that 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.
- Jer 31:10“Hear Yahweh’s word, you nations, and declare it in the islands afar off; and say, ‘He who scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd does his flock.’
- Ezek 39:27when I have brought them back from the peoples, and gathered them out of their enemies’ lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 11:11–16It will happen in that day that the Lord will set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant that is left of his people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
- Isa 49:12Behold, these shall come from afar; and behold, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.”
- Ezek 20:34I will bring you out from the peoples, and will gather you out of the countries in which you are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with wrath poured out.
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