3That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And I will be found of you, saith the LORD: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the LORD; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.
For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.
The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.
But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.
As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-10)These verses may be considered either as a conditional promise or as an absolute prediction. I. They are chiefly to be considered as a conditional promise, and so they belong to all persons and all people, and not to Israel only; and the design of them is to assure us that the greatest sinners, if they repent and be converted, shall have their sins pardoned, and be restored to God’s favour. This i…
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