Isaiah 56:8

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Summary

The Lord GOD which gathereth the outcasts of Israel saith, Yet will I gather others to him, beside those that are gathered unto him.

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Yet

General references

Isaiah 32:16

Bible References

Which

At that time the sovereign master will again lift his hand to reclaim the remnant of his people from Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Cush, Elam, Shinar, Hamath, and the seacoasts.

At that time the Lord will shake the tree, from the Euphrates River to the Stream of Egypt. Then you will be gathered up one by one, O Israelites.

"For a short time I abandoned you, but with great compassion I will gather you.

Deliver us, O Lord, our God! Gather us from among the nations! Then we will give thanks to your holy name, and boast about your praiseworthy deeds.

Let those delivered by the Lord speak out, those whom he delivered from the power of the enemy,

The Lord rebuilds Jerusalem, and gathers the exiles of Israel.

Yes, I will restore you to health. I will heal your wounds. I, the Lord, affirm it! For you have been called an outcast, Zion, whom no one cares for."

Hear what the Lord has to say, O nations. Proclaim it in the faraway lands along the sea. Say, "The one who scattered Israel will regather them. He will watch over his people like a shepherd watches over his flock."

Then the people of Judah and the people of Israel will be gathered together. They will appoint for themselves one leader, and will flourish in the land. Certainly, the day of Jezreel will be great!

"In that day," says the Lord, "I will gather the lame, and assemble the outcasts whom I injured.

"As for those who grieve because they cannot attend the festivals -- I took them away from you; they became tribute and were a source of shame to you.

I will signal for them and gather them, for I have already redeemed them; then they will become as numerous as they were before.

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I will say to the north, 'Hand them over!' and to the south, 'Don't hold any back!' Bring my sons from distant lands, and my daughters from the remote regions of the earth,

Look, they come from far away! Look, some come from the north and west, and others from the land of Sinim!

Nations come to your light, kings to your bright light.

"I hate their deeds and thoughts! So I am coming to gather all the nations and ethnic groups; they will come and witness my splendor.

The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs; the nations will obey him.

I have other sheep that do not come from this sheepfold. I must bring them too, and they will listen to my voice, so that there will be one flock and one shepherd.

and not for the Jewish nation only, but to gather together into one the children of God who are scattered.)

toward the administration of the fullness of the times, to head up all things in Christ -- the things in heaven and the things on earth.

For he is our peace, the one who made both groups into one and who destroyed the middle wall of partition, the hostility,

General references

Justice will settle down in the desert and fairness will live in the orchard.