Isaiah 43:6

Israel and the nations

⁴ Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life.

⁵ Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west;

I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth;

⁷ Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.

⁸ Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’ and to the south, ‘Do not hold them back!’ Bring My sons from afar, and My daughters from the ends of the earth—
KJV: I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth;
WEB: I will tell the north, ‘Give them up!’ and tell the south, ‘Don’t hold them back! Bring my sons from far away, and my daughters from the ends of the earth—
ASV: I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back; bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the end of the earth;
DARBY: I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from afar, and my daughters from the end of the earth,
BLB: I will say to the north, ‘Give! And to the south, ‘Restrain!’ Do not bring My sons from afar, and My daughters from the ends of the earth—

ÅB: Jeg vil si til Norden: Gi dem hit, og til Syden: Hold dem ikke tilbake, la mine sønner komme fra det fjerne og mine døtre fra jordens ende,
OTB: Jeg vil befale nord å slippe dem, og sør å ikke holde dem tilbake. Samle mine sønner fra fjerne land og mine døtre fra jordens ytterste hjørner—
B1930: Jeg vil si til Norden: Gi dem hit, og til Syden: Hold dem ikke tilbake, la mine sønner komme fra det fjerne og mine døtre fra jordens ende,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

2 Corinthians 6:17–18
Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
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Jeremiah 3:14
Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:
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Jeremiah 3:18–19
In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers.
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Hosea 1:10–11
Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.
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Romans 9:7–8
Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.
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Galatians 3:26–29
For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
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Psalms 107:3
And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south.
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Isaiah 18:7
In that time shall the present be brought unto the LORD of hosts of a people scattered and peeled, and from a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden under foot, whose land the rivers have spoiled, to the place of the name of the LORD of hosts, the mount Zion.
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