Jeremiah 31:10

Hear a word of YHWH, O nations, || And declare among the far off in the islands, and say: He who is scattering Israel gathers him, || And has kept His flock as a shepherd,

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Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.

In Context

9They come in with weeping, || And I bring them with supplications, || I cause them to go to streams of waters, || In a right way—they do not stumble in it, || For I have been a Father to Israel, || And Ephraim—he [is] My firstborn.”

11For YHWH has ransomed Jacob, || And redeemed him from a hand stronger than he.

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Cross References

Genesis 10:5By these the islands of the nations have been parted in their lands, each by his tongue, by their families, in their nations.

Deuteronomy 32:26I have said: I blow them away, || I cause their remembrance to cease from man;

Psalms 147:2YHWH [is] building Jerusalem, || He gathers the driven away of Israel.

Isaiah 27:12And it has come to pass in that day, || YHWH beats out from the branch of the river, || To the stream of Egypt, || And you are gathered one by one, O sons of Israel.

Isaiah 41:1Keep silent toward Me, O islands, || And the peoples pass on [to] power, || They come near, then they speak, “Together we draw near to judgment.”

Isaiah 42:10Sing a new song to YHWH, || His praise from the end of the earth, || You who are going down to the sea, and its fullness, || Islands, and their inhabitants.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 31:2-10

Promises to Israel; Joyful Return from Captivity. ( b. c. 594.) 1 At the same time, saith the Lord , will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people. 2 Thus saith the Lord , The people which were left of the sword found grace in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest. 3 The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee. 4 Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built,… Read the whole commentary →

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