Isaiah 56:8
An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, Who is gathering the outcasts of Israel: 'Again I gather to him — to his gathered ones.'
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
9Every beast of the field, Come to devour, every beast in the forest.
Cross References
Genesis 49:10The sceptre turneth not aside from Judah, And a lawgiver from between his feet, Till his Seed come; And his [is] the obedience of peoples.
Psalms 107:2Let the redeemed of Jehovah say, Whom He redeemed from the hand of an adversary.
Isaiah 11:11And it hath come to pass, in that day, The Lord addeth a second time his power, To get the remnant of His people that is left, From Asshur, and from Egypt, And from Pathros, and from Cush, And from Elam, and from Shinar, And from Hamath, and from isles of the sea,
Isaiah 43:6I am saying to the north, 'Give up,' And to the south, 'Restrain not.' Bring in My sons from afar, And My daughters from the end of the earth.
Isaiah 49:12Lo, these from afar come in, And lo, these from the north, and from the sea, And these from the land of Sinim.
Isaiah 54:7In a small moment I have forsaken thee, And in great mercies I do gather thee,
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 56:4-9
Encouragement to the Sincere; Encouragement to the Gentiles. ( b. c. 706.) 3 Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the Lord , speak, saying, The Lord hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree. 4 For thus saith the Lord unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant; 5 Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of… Read the whole commentary →