⁶ Jehovah will call you back as if you were a wife deserted and distressed in spirit; a wife, who married young, only to be rejected, says your God. ⁷ “For a brief moment I forsook you,
But with great compassion I will gather you.
⁸ In a surge of anger I hid my face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you, says Jehovah your Redeemer.

Cross References

Isaiah 26:20

Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut the doors behind you. Hide yourselves for a little while until his rage has passed by.

Deuteronomy 30:3

he will restore your fortunes. He will have mercy on you and gather you from all the nations of the world where he has scattered you.

Psalm 30:5

For His anger is only for a moment. His favor is for a lifetime! Weeping may last for the night but a shout of joy comes in the morning.

Psalm 106:47

Rescue us, O Jehovah our God, and gather us from the nations so that we may give thanks to your holy name and make your praise our glory.

Isaiah 11:11

Then it will happen in that day that Jehovah will again recover the second time with his hand the remnant of his people. They will remain, from Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Cush, Elam, Shinar, Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

Isaiah 27:12

In that day Jehovah will thresh from the flowing Euphrates River to the Wadi (streambed) of Egypt. You, O Israelites, will be gathered up one by one.

Isaiah 40:11

He tends his flock like a shepherd. He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart. He gently leads those that have young.

Isaiah 43:5-6

Do not be afraid for I am with you. I will bring your descendants from the east and gather you from the west.

Isaiah 49:18

Lift up your eyes and look around for they all gather together and come to you. As I live, declares Jehovah, you will certainly wear them like jewels and bind them on like a bride does.

Isaiah 56:8

The Sovereign Lord Jehovah declares: He who gathers the exiles of Israel, I will gather still others to them besides those already gathered.

Isaiah 60:4

Look up, look around, and watch. All of your people assemble and come to you. Your sons come from far away. Your daughters are carried in their arms.

Isaiah 60:10

Foreigners will rebuild your walls, and their kings will serve you. I struck you because of my anger, but in my favor I have compassion on you.

Isaiah 66:18

Because of their actions and their thoughts, I am coming to gather the nations of every language. They will come and see my glory.

Ezekiel 36:24

I will take you from the nations and gather you from every country. I will bring you back to your own land.

Micah 4:6

In that day, said Jehovah, I will assemble the lame, and I will gather the outcasts, and those I have afflicted.

Matthew 23:37

Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you kill the prophets and stone the messengers who are sent to you! How often I wanted to gather your children together, even as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings. But you were not willing!

2 Corinthians 4:17

Our light affliction is for the moment. It works more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory for us.

Ephesians 1:10

It was for an administration at the appointed time. This administration is to gather up all things in Christ, the things in heaven, and the things upon the earth. Yes in him!

2 Peter 3:8

Do not forget this one thing, beloved, that one day is with Jehovah as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. (Psalm 90:1, 4)