8The Lord GOD which gathereth the outcasts of Israel saith, Yet will I gather others to him, beside those that are gathered unto him.
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And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising. …
For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.
I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall increase as they have increased. …
The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 3-8)The prophet is here, in God’s name, encouraging those that were hearty in joining themselves to God and yet laboured under great discouragements. 1. Some were discouraged because they were not of the seed of Abraham. They had joined themselves to the Lord , and bound their souls with a bond to be his for ever (this is the root and life of religion, to break off from the world and the flesh, and de…
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