On that day the Lord will extend his hand a second time to recover the remnant of his people who survive #– #from Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Cush, Elam, Shinar, Hamath, and the coasts and islands of the west.
Isaiah 54:7 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised ‘I deserted you for a brief moment, but I will take you back with abundant compassion. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For a brief moment I forsook you, but with great compassion and mercy I will gather you [to Me] again. American Standard Version (1901) For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee. Common English Bible For a brief moment I abandoned you, but with great mercy I will bring you back. Catholic Public Domain Version For a brief moment, I have forsaken you, and with great pities, I will gather you. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For a small moment have I forsaken thee: but with great mercies will I gather thee. |
On that day the Lord will extend his hand a second time to recover the remnant of his people who survive #– #from Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Cush, Elam, Shinar, Hamath, and the coasts and islands of the west.
He will lift up a banner for the nations and gather the dispersed of Israel; he will collect the scattered of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
On that day you will say: ‘I will give thanks to you, Lord, although you were angry with me. Your anger has turned away, and you have comforted me.
For the Lord will have compassion on Jacob and will choose Israel again. He will settle them on their own land. The resident foreigner will join them and be united with the house of Jacob.
Go, my people, enter your rooms and close your doors behind you. Hide for a little while until the wrath has passed.
On that day the Lord will thresh corn from the River Euphrates as far as the Wadi of Egypt, and you Israelites will be gathered one by one.
You disputed with Israel by banishing and driving her away. He removed her with his severe storm on the day of the east wind.
He protects his flock like a shepherd; he gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them in the fold of his garment. He gently leads those that are nursing.
Shout for joy, you heavens! Earth, rejoice! Mountains, break into joyful shouts! For the Lord has comforted his people, and will have compassion on his afflicted ones.
Look up, and look round. They all gather together; they come to you. As I live’ – this is the Lord’s declaration – ‘you will wear all your children as jewellery, and put them on as a bride does.
Then you will say within yourself, “Who fathered these for me? I was deprived of my children and unable to conceive, exiled and wandering – but who brought them up? See, I was left by myself – but these, where did they come from? ” ’
This is what the Lord says: Where is your mother’s divorce certificate that I used to send her away? Or to which of my creditors did I sell you? Look, you were sold for your iniquities, and your mother was sent away because of your transgressions.
This is the declaration of the Lord God, who gathers the dispersed of Israel: ‘I will gather to them still others besides those already gathered.’
Foreigners will rebuild your walls, and their kings will serve you. Although I struck you in my wrath, yet I will show mercy to you with my favour.
Raise your eyes and look round: they all gather and come to you; your sons will come from far away, and your daughters on the hips of nursing mothers.
You will no longer be called Deserted, and your land will not be called Desolate; instead, you will be called My Delight Is in Her, and your land Married; , for the Lord delights in you, and your land will be married.
I will make known the Lord’s faithful love and the Lord’s praiseworthy acts, because of all the Lord has done for us – even the many good things he has done for the house of Israel, which he did for them based on his compassion and the abundance of his faithful love.
‘Knowing their works and their thoughts, I have come to gather all nations and languages; they will come and see my glory.
For Israel and Judah are not left widowed by their God, the Lord of Armies, though their land is full of guilt against the Holy One of Israel.
Even if he causes suffering, he will show compassion according to the abundance of his faithful love.
‘ “For I will take you from the nations and gather you from all the countries, and will bring you into your own land.
On that day – this is the Lord’s declaration – I will assemble the lame and gather the scattered, those I have injured.
‘Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her. How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!
For our momentary light affliction is producing for us an absolutely incomparable eternal weight of glory.
as a plan for the right time #– #to bring everything together in Christ, both things in heaven and things on earth in him.
then he will restore your fortunes, , have compassion on you, and gather you again from all the peoples where the Lord your God has scattered you.
But he gives greater grace. Therefore he says: God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble. ,
Dear friends, don’t overlook this one fact: With the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day.