Psalms 107:2-3

107:2 Let those delivered by the Lord speak out, ¹ 

those whom he delivered ²  from the power ³  of the enemy,

107:3 and gathered from foreign lands, ⁴ 

from east and west,

from north and south.

Isaiah 11:11-16

11:11 At that time ⁵  the sovereign master ⁶  will again lift his hand ⁷  to reclaim ⁸  the remnant of his people ⁹  from Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, ¹⁰  Cush, ¹¹  Elam, Shinar, ¹²  Hamath, and the seacoasts. ¹³ 

11:12 He will lift a signal flag for the nations;

he will gather Israel’s dispersed people ¹⁴ 

and assemble Judah’s scattered people

from the four corners of the earth.

11:13 Ephraim’s jealousy will end, ¹⁵ 

and Judah’s hostility ¹⁶  will be eliminated.

Ephraim will no longer be jealous of Judah,

and Judah will no longer be hostile toward Ephraim.

11:14 They will swoop down ¹⁷  on the Philistine hills to the west; ¹⁸ 

together they will loot the people of the east.

They will take over Edom and Moab, ¹⁹ 

and the Ammonites will be their subjects.

11:15 The Lord will divide ²⁰  the gulf ²¹  of the Egyptian Sea; ²² 

he will wave his hand over the Euphrates River ²³  and send a strong wind, ²⁴ 

he will turn it into seven dried-up streams, ²⁵ 

and enable them to walk across in their sandals.

11:16 There will be a highway leading out of Assyria

for the remnant of his people, ²⁶ 

just as there was for Israel,

when ²⁷  they went up from the land of Egypt.

Isaiah 27:12-13

27:12 At that time ²⁸  the Lord will shake the tree, ²⁹  from the Euphrates River ³⁰  to the Stream of Egypt. Then you will be gathered up one by one, O Israelites. ³¹  27:13 At that time ³²  a large ³³  trumpet will be blown, and the ones lost ³⁴  in the land of Assyria will come, as well as the refugees in ³⁵  the land of Egypt. They will worship the Lord on the holy mountain in Jerusalem. ³⁶ 

Isaiah 43:5-6

43:5 Don’t be afraid, for I am with you.

From the east I will bring your descendants;

from the west I will gather you.

43:6 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,

Isaiah 49:12

49:12 Look, they come from far away!

Look, some come from the north and west,

and others from the land of Sinim! ³⁷ 

Isaiah 59:19

59:19 In the west, people respect ³⁸  the Lord’s reputation; ³⁹ 

in the east they recognize his splendor. ⁴⁰ 

For he comes like a rushing ⁴¹  stream

driven on by wind sent from the Lord. ⁴² 

Isaiah 66:19-20

66:19 I will perform a mighty act among them ⁴³  and then send some of those who remain to the nations – to Tarshish, Pul, ⁴⁴  Lud ⁴⁵  (known for its archers ⁴⁶ ), Tubal, Javan, ⁴⁷  and to the distant coastlands ⁴⁸  that have not heard about me or seen my splendor. They will tell the nations of my splendor. 66:20 They will bring back all your countrymen ⁴⁹  from all the nations as an offering to the Lord. They will bring them ⁵⁰  on horses, in chariots, in wagons, on mules, and on camels ⁵¹  to my holy hill Jerusalem,” says the Lord, “just as the Israelites bring offerings to the Lord’s temple in ritually pure containers.

Jeremiah 31:8

31:8 Then I will reply, ⁵²  ‘I will bring them back from the land of the north.

I will gather them in from the distant parts of the earth.

Blind and lame people will come with them,

so will pregnant women and women about to give birth.

A vast throng of people will come back here.

Ezekiel 37:19-25

37:19 tell them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am about to take the branch of Joseph which is in the hand of Ephraim and the tribes of Israel associated with him, and I will place them on the stick of Judah, ⁵³  and make them into one stick – they will be one in my hand.’ ⁵⁴  37:20 The sticks you write on will be in your hand in front of them. 37:21 Then tell them, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am about to take the Israelites from among the nations where they have gone. I will gather them from round about and bring them to their land. 37:22 I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel, and one king will rule over them all. They will never again be two nations and never again be divided into two kingdoms. ⁵⁵  37:23 They will not defile themselves with their idols, their detestable things, and all their rebellious deeds. I will save them from all their unfaithfulness ⁵⁶  by which they sinned. I will purify them; they will become my people and I will become their God.

37:24 “‘My servant David will be king over them; there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow ⁵⁷  my regulations and carefully observe my statutes. ⁵⁸  37:25 They will live in the land I gave to my servant Jacob, in which your fathers lived; they will live in it – they and their children and their grandchildren forever. David my servant will be prince over them forever.

Hosea 11:10-11

God Will Restore the Exiles to Israel

11:10 He will roar like a lion,

and they will follow the Lord;

when he roars,

his children will come trembling ⁵⁹  from the west.

11:11 They will return in fear and trembling ⁶⁰ 

like birds from Egypt,

like doves from Assyria,

and I will settle them in their homes,” declares the Lord.

Amos 9:14-15

9:14 I will bring back my people, Israel; ⁶¹ 

they will rebuild the cities lying in rubble ⁶²  and settle down. ⁶³ 

They will plant vineyards and drink the wine they produce; ⁶⁴ 

they will grow orchards ⁶⁵  and eat the fruit they produce. ⁶⁶ 

9:15 I will plant them on their land

and they will never again be uprooted from the ⁶⁷  land I have given them,”

says the Lord your God.

Malachi 1:11

1:11 For from the east to the west my name will be great among the nations. Incense and pure offerings will be offered in my name everywhere, for my name will be great among the nations,” ⁶⁸  says the Lord who rules over all.

Romans 11:25-27

11:25 For I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, ⁶⁹  so that you may not be conceited: A partial hardening has happened to Israel ⁷⁰  until the full number ⁷¹  of the Gentiles has come in. 11:26 And so ⁷²  all Israel will be saved, as it is written:

“The Deliverer will come out of Zion;

he will remove ungodliness from Jacob.

11:27 And this is my covenant with them, ⁷³ 

when I take away their sins.” ⁷⁴ 

[107:2]  ¹ tn Or “let the redeemed of the Lord say [so].”

[107:2]  ² tn Or “redeemed.”

[107:2]  ³ tn Heb “hand.”

[107:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “from lands.” The word “foreign” is supplied in the translation for clarification.

[11:11]  ⁵ tn Or “in that day” (KJV). The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.

[11:11]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew term translated “sovereign master” here is אֲדֹנָי (’adonai).

[11:11]  ⁷ tc The Hebrew text reads, “the sovereign master will again, a second time, his hand.” The auxiliary verb יוֹסִיף (yosif), which literally means “add,” needs a main verb to complete it. Consequently many emend שֵׁנִית (shenit, “a second time”) to an infinitive. Some propose the form שַׁנֹּת (shannot, a Piel infinitive construct from שָׁנָה, shanah) and relate it semantically to an Arabic cognate meaning “to be high.” If the Hebrew text is retained a verb must be supplied. “Second time” would allude back to the events of the Exodus (see vv. 15-16).

[11:11]  ⁸ tn Or “acquire”; KJV, ASV, NASB, NRSV “recover.”

[11:11]  ⁹ tn Heb “the remnant of his people who remain.”

[11:11]  ¹⁰ sn Perhaps a reference to Upper (i.e., southern) Egypt (so NIV, NLT; NCV “South Egypt”).

[11:11]  ¹¹ tn Or “Ethiopia” (NAB, NRSV, NLT).

[11:11]  ¹² tn Or “Babylonia” (NIV, NCV, TEV, NLT).

[11:11]  ¹³ tn Or perhaps, “the islands of the sea.”

[11:12]  ¹⁴ tn Or “the banished of Israel,” i.e., the exiles.

[11:13]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “turn aside”; KJV, NASB, NRSV “depart.”

[11:13]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “hostile ones of Judah.” Elsewhere when the substantival participle of צָרָר (tsarar) takes a pronominal suffix or appears in a construct relationship, the following genitive is objective. (For a list of texts see BDB 865 s.v. III צָרַר) In this case the phrase “hostile ones of Judah” means “those who are hostile toward Judah,” i.e., Judah’s enemies. However, the parallel couplet that follows suggests that Judah’s hostility toward Ephraim is in view. In this case “hostile ones of Judah” means “hostile ones from Judah.” The translation above assumes the latter, giving the immediate context priority over general usage.

[11:14]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “fly.” Ephraim/Judah are compared to a bird of prey.

[11:14]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “on the shoulder of Philistia toward the sea.” This refers to the slopes of the hill country west of Judah. See HALOT 506 s.v. כָּתֵף.

[11:14]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “Edom and Moab [will be the place of] the outstretching of their hand,” i.e., included in their area of jurisdiction (see HALOT 648 s.v. ח(וֹ)מִשְׁלֹ).

[11:15]  ²⁰ tn The verb is usually understood as “put under the ban, destroy,” or emended to חָרָב (kharav, “dry up”). However, HALOT 354 s.v. II חרם proposes a homonymic root meaning “divide.”

[11:15]  ²¹ tn Heb “tongue” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NRSV).

[11:15]  ²² sn That is, the Red Sea.

[11:15]  ²³ tn Heb “the river”; capitalized in some English versions (e.g., ASV, NASB, NRSV) as a reference to the Euphrates River.

[11:15]  ²⁴ tn Heb “with the [?] of his wind” [or “breath”]. The Hebrew term עַיָם (’ayam) occurs only here. Some attempt to relate the word to an Arabic root and translate, “scorching [or “hot”] wind.” This interpretation fits especially well if one reads “dry up” in the previous line. Others prefer to emend the form to עֹצֶם (’otsem, “strong”). See HALOT 817 s.v. עֲצַם.

[11:15]  ²⁵ tn Heb “seven streams.” The Hebrew term נַחַל (nakhal, “stream”) refers to a wadi, or seasonal stream, which runs during the rainy season, but is otherwise dry. The context (see v. 15b) here favors the translation, “dried up streams.” The number seven suggests totality and completeness. Here it indicates that God’s provision for escape will be thorough and more than capable of accommodating the returning exiles.

[11:16]  ²⁶ tn Heb “and there will be a highway for the remnant of his people who remain, from Assyria.”

[11:16]  ²⁷ tn Heb “in the day” (so KJV).

[27:12]  ²⁸ tn Heb “and it will be in that day.” The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.

[27:12]  ²⁹ tn Heb “the Lord will beat out.” The verb is used of beating seeds or grain to separate the husk from the kernel (see Judg 6:11; Ruth 2:17; Isa 28:27), and of beating the olives off the olive tree (Deut 24:20). The latter metaphor may be in view here, where a tree metaphor has been employed in the preceding verses. See also 17:6.

[27:12]  ³⁰ tn Heb “the river,” a frequent designation in the OT for the Euphrates. For clarity most modern English versions substitute the name “Euphrates” for “the river” here.

[27:12]  ³¹ sn The Israelites will be freed from exile (likened to beating the olives off the tree) and then gathered (likened to collecting the olives).

[27:13]  ³² tn Heb “and it will be in that day.” The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.

[27:13]  ³³ tn Traditionally, “great” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NLT); CEV “loud.”

[27:13]  ³⁴ tn Or “the ones perishing.”

[27:13]  ³⁵ tn Or “the ones driven into.”

[27:13]  ³⁶ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[49:12]  ³⁷ tc The MT reads “Sinim” here; the Dead Sea Scrolls read “Syene,” a location in Egypt associated with modern Aswan. A number of recent translations adopt this reading: “Syene” (NAB, NRSV); “Aswan” (NIV); “Egypt” (NLT).

[59:19]  ³⁸ tc Heb “fear.” A few medieval Hebrew mss read “see.”

[59:19]  ³⁹ tn Heb “and they fear from the west the name of the Lord.”

[59:19]  ⁴⁰ tn Heb “and from the rising of the sun his splendor.”

[59:19]  ⁴¹ tn Heb “narrow”; NAB, NIV, NRSV “pent-up.”

[59:19]  ⁴² tn Heb “the wind of the Lord drives it on.” The term רוּחַ (ruakh) could be translated “breath” here (see 30:28).

[66:19]  ⁴³ tn Heb “and I will set a sign among them.” The precise meaning of this statement is unclear. Elsewhere “to set a sign” means “perform a mighty act” (Ps 78:43; Jer 32:20), “make [someone] an object lesson” (Ezek 14:8), and “erect a [literal] standard” (Ps 74:4).

[66:19]  ⁴⁴ tn Some prefer to read “Put” (i.e., Libya).

[66:19]  ⁴⁵ sn That is, Lydia (in Asia Minor).

[66:19]  ⁴⁶ tn Heb “drawers of the bow” (KJV and ASV both similar).

[66:19]  ⁴⁷ sn Javan is generally identified today as Greece (so NIV, NCV, NLT).

[66:19]  ⁴⁸ tn Or “islands” (NIV).

[66:20]  ⁴⁹ tn Heb “brothers” (so NIV); NCV “fellow Israelites.”

[66:20]  ⁵⁰ tn The words “they will bring them” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[66:20]  ⁵¹ tn The precise meaning of this word is uncertain. Some suggest it refers to “chariots.” See HALOT 498 s.v. *כִּרְכָּרָה.

[31:8]  ⁵² tn The words “And I will reply” are not in the text but the words vv. 8-9 appear to be the answer to the petition at the end of v. 7. These words are supplied in the translation for clarity.

[37:19]  ⁵³ tn Heb “I will place them on it, that is, on the stick of Judah.”

[37:19]  ⁵⁴ sn The reunification of Israel and Judah is envisioned as well in Ezek 33:23, 29; Jer 3:18; 23:5-6; Hos 1:11; Amos 9:11.

[37:22]  ⁵⁵ sn Jeremiah also attested to the reuniting of the northern and southern kingdoms (Jer 3:12, 14; 31:2-6).

[37:23]  ⁵⁶ tc Heb “their dwellings.” The text as it stands does not make sense. Based on the LXX, a slight emendation of two vowels, including a mater, yields the reading “from their turning,” a reference here to their turning from God and deviating from his commandments. See BDB 1000 s.v. מְשׁוּבָה, and D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 2:407.

[37:24]  ⁵⁷ tn Heb “walk [in].”

[37:24]  ⁵⁸ tn Heb “and my statutes they will guard and they will do them.”

[11:10]  ⁵⁹ tn When the verb חָרַד (kharad, “to tremble”) is used with prepositions of direction, it denotes “to go or come trembling” (BDB 353 s.v. חָרַד 4; e.g., Gen 42:28; 1 Sam 13:7; 16:4; 21:2; Hos 11:10, 11). Thus, the phrase מִיָּם…וְיֶחֶרְדוּ (vÿyekherdu…miyyam) means “to come trembling from the west.” Cf. NAB “shall come frightened from the west.”

[11:11]  ⁶⁰ tn For the meaning of חָרַד (harad, “to tremble”) with prepositions of direction, see 11:10 above.

[9:14]  ⁶¹ tn This line can also be translated “I will restore the fortunes of my people, Israel” and is a common idiom (e.g., Deut 30:3; Jer 30:3; Hos 6:11; Zeph 3:20). This rendering is followed by several modern English versions (e.g., NEB, NRSV, NJPS).

[9:14]  ⁶² tn Or “the ruined [or “desolate”] cities.”

[9:14]  ⁶³ tn Or “and live [in them].”

[9:14]  ⁶⁴ tn Heb “drink their wine.”

[9:14]  ⁶⁵ tn Or “gardens.”

[9:14]  ⁶⁶ tn Heb “eat their fruit.”

[9:15]  ⁶⁷ tn Heb “their.” The pronoun was replaced by the English definite article in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[1:11]  ⁶⁸ sn My name will be great among the nations. In what is clearly a strongly ironic shift of thought, the Lord contrasts the unbelief and virtual paganism of the postexilic community with the conversion and obedience of the nations that will one day worship the God of Israel.

[11:25]  ⁶⁹ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:13.

[11:25]  ⁷⁰ tn Or “Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the full number of the Gentiles has come in.”

[11:25]  ⁷¹ tn Grk “fullness.”

[11:26]  ⁷² tn It is not clear whether the phrase καὶ οὕτως (kai Joutws, “and so”) is to be understood in a modal sense (“and in this way”) or in a temporal sense (“and in the end”). Neither interpretation is conclusive from a grammatical standpoint, and in fact the two may not be mutually exclusive. Some, like H. Hübner, who argue strongly against the temporal reading, nevertheless continue to give the phrase a temporal significance, saying that God will save all Israel in the end (Gottes Ich und Israel [FRLANT], 118).

[11:27]  ⁷³ sn A quotation from Isa 59:20-21.

[11:27]  ⁷⁴ sn A quotation from Isa 27:9; Jer 31:33-34.