In that daythe LORDwill start [His] threshingfrom the flowingstreamof the Euphratesto the brookof Egypt,and you will be gatheredup oneby one,O sonsof Israel.
On that daythe LORDmadea covenantwith Abram,saying,"To your descendantsI have giventhisland,From the riverof Egyptas faras the greatriver,the riverEuphrates:
So Solomonobservedthe feastat that time,and allIsraelwith him, a greatassemblyfrom the entranceof Hamathto the brookof Egypt,beforethe LORDour God,for sevendaysand seven[more] days,[even] fourteendays.
but [if] you returnto Me and keepMy commandmentsand dothem, thoughthose of you who have been scatteredwere in the mostremotepartof the heavens,I will gatherthem from thereand will bringthem to the placewhereI have chosento cause My nameto dwell.'
The Lordsaid,"I will bring[them] backfrom Bashan.I will bring[them] backfrom the depthsof the sea;
May he also rulefrom seato seaAnd from the Riverto the endsof the earth.
Yet gleaningswill be leftin it like the shakingof an olivetree,Two[or] threeoliveson the topmostbough,Four[or] fiveon the branchesof a fruitfultree,Declaresthe LORD,the Godof Israel.
And nowsaysthe LORD,who formedMe from the wombto be His Servant,To bringJacobbackto Him, so that Israelmight be gatheredto Him (For I am honoredin the sightof the LORD,And My Godis My strength),
The LordGOD,who gathersthe dispersedof Israel,declares,"Yet[others] I will gatherto them, to those [already] gathered."
Return,O faithlesssons,'declaresthe LORD;For I am a masterto you, And I will takeyou onefrom a cityand twofrom a family,And I will bringyou to Zion.'
Those whoescapethe swordwill returnout of the landof Egyptto the landof Judahfewin number.Then allthe remnantof Judahwho have goneto the landof Egyptto residetherewill knowwhosewordwill stand,Mineor theirs.
"I will bringyou out from the peoplesand gatheryou from the landswhereyou are scattered,with a mightyhandand with an outstretchedarmand with wrathpouredout;
"As a soothingaromaI will acceptyou when I bringyou out from the peoplesand gatheryou from the landswhereyou are scattered;and I will proveMyself holyamong you in the sightof the nations.
Thereforethussaysthe LordGOD,"NowI will restorethe fortunesof Jacoband havemercyon the wholehouseof Israel;and I will be jealousfor My holyname.
"The southsidetoward the south[shall extend] from Tamaras faras the watersof Meribath-kadesh,to the brook[of Egypt and] to the GreatSea.This is the southsidetoward the south.
"For behold,I am commanding,And I will shakethe houseof Israelamong allnationsAs [grain] is shakenin a sieve,But not a kernelwill fallto the ground.
"Thussaysthe LORDof hosts,'Behold,I am going to saveMy peoplefrom the landof the eastand from the landof the west;
"Whatmanamongyou, if he hasa hundredsheepand has lostoneof them, does not leavethe ninety-ninein the open pastureand goafterthe one which is lostuntilhe findsit?
"I haveothersheep,whichare not of thisfold;I mustbringthem also,and they will hearMy voice;and they will becomeoneflock[with] oneshepherd.
"Allthat the FathergivesMe will cometo Me, and the one who comesto Me I will certainlynot castout.
It continuedto Azmonand proceededto the brookof Egypt,and the borderendedat the sea.Thisshall be your southborder.
