The LordGOD,who gathersthe dispersedof Israel,declares,"Yet[others] I will gatherto them, to those [already] gathered."
"The sceptershall not departfrom Judah,Northe ruler'sstafffrom betweenhis feet,UntilShilohcomes,And to him [shall be] the obedienceof the peoples.
Saveus, O LORDour God,And gatherus from among the nations,To givethanksto Your holynameAnd gloryin Your praise.
The LORDbuildsup Jerusalem;He gathersthe outcastsof Israel.
"I will sayto the north,'Give[them] up!' And to the south,'Do not hold[them] back.'BringMy sonsfrom afarAnd My daughtersfrom the endsof the earth,
"Behold,thesewill comefrom afar;And lo,these[will come] from the northand from the west,And thesefrom the landof Sinim."
Thussaysthe LordGOD,"Behold,I will liftup My handto the nationsAnd setup My standardto the peoples;And they will bringyour sonsin [their] bosom,And your daughterswill be carriedon [their] shoulders.
He says,"It is toosmalla thingthat You should be My ServantTo raiseup the tribesof Jacoband to restorethe preservedones of Israel;I will also makeYou a lightof the nationsSo that My salvationmay reachto the endof the earth."
"For a briefmomentI forsookyou, But with greatcompassionI will gatheryou.
For I will restoreyou to healthAnd I will healyou of your wounds,'declaresthe LORD,'Becausethey have calledyou an outcast,saying: "It is Zion;noonecaresfor her."'
Hearthe wordof the LORD,O nations,And declarein the coastlandsafaroff,And say,"He who scatteredIsraelwill gatherhim And keephim as a shepherdkeeps his flock."
"As a shepherdcaresfor his herdin the daywhen he is amonghis scatteredsheep,soI will carefor My sheepand will deliverthem from allthe placesto whichthey were scatteredon a cloudyand gloomyday.
And the sonsof Judahand the sonsof Israelwill be gatheredtogether,And they will appointfor themselves oneleader,And they will goup from the land,For greatwill be the dayof Jezreel.
"In that day,"declaresthe LORD,"I will assemblethe lameAnd gatherthe outcasts,Even those whomI have afflicted.
"I haveothersheep,whichare not of thisfold;I mustbringthem also,and they will hearMy voice;and they will becomeoneflock[with] oneshepherd.
and not for the nationonly,but in orderthat He might alsogather togetherinto onethe childrenof Godwho are scattered abroad.
The Jewsthensaidto one another,"Wheredoes this manintendto gothat we will not findHim? He is not intendingto goto the Dispersionamong the Greeks,and teachthe Greeks,is He?
with a viewto an administrationsuitableto the fullnessof the times,[that is], the summingup of all thingsin Christ,things in the heavensand things on the earth.In Him
