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Isaiah 56:8

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6 And the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD to minister to Him, to love the name of the LORD, and to be His servants— all who keep the Sabbath without profaning it and who hold fast to My covenant—

7 I will bring them to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on My altar, for My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations.”

Thus declares the Lord GOD, who gathers the dispersed of Israel: “I will gather to them still others besides those already gathered.”

9 Come, all you beasts of the field; eat greedily, all you beasts of the forest.

10 Israel’s watchmen are blind, they are all oblivious; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they are dreamers lying around, loving to slumber.

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BSB
Thus declares the Lord GOD, who gathers the dispersed of Israel: “I will gather to them still others besides those already gathered.”
KJV
The Lord GOD which gathereth the outcasts of Israel saith, Yet will I gather others to him, beside those that are gathered unto him.
WEB
The Lord GOD, who gathers the outcasts of Israel, says, “I will yet gather others to him, in addition to his own who are gathered.”
ASV
The Lord Jehovah, who gathereth the outcasts of Israel, saith, Yet will I gather [others] to him, besides his own that are gathered.
DARBY
The Lord Jehovah, who gathereth the outcasts of Israel, saith: Yet will I gather [others] to him, with those of his that are gathered.
BLB
A declaration of the Lord YHWH, the One gathering the banished ones of Israel: “Yet [more] will I gather to him, besides those having been gathered to him.”
ÅB
Så sier Herren, Israels Gud, han som samler de fordrevne av Israel: Enda flere vil jeg samle til ham, foruten dem som allerede er samlet til ham.
OTB
Herren Gud, som samler de spredte av Israel, proklamerer, “Jeg vil samle enda flere til dem, i tillegg til dem som allerede er samlet.”
B1930
Så sier Herren, Israels Gud, han som samler de fordrevne av Israel: Ennu flere vil jeg samle til ham, foruten dem som allerede er samlet til ham.

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Cross references

  • John 10:16

    I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them in as well, and they will listen to My voice. Then there will be one flock and one shepherd.

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  • Isaiah 54:7

    “For a brief moment I forsook you, but with great compassion I will bring you back.

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  • Isaiah 60:3–11

    Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn.

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  • Zechariah 10:8–10

    I will whistle for them to gather, for I have redeemed them; and they will be as numerous as they once were.

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  • Ephesians 2:14–16

    For He Himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has torn down the dividing wall of hostility

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  • Genesis 49:10

    The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his.

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  • Jeremiah 30:17

    But I will restore your health and heal your wounds, declares the LORD, because they call you an outcast, Zion, for whom no one cares.”

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  • Jeremiah 31:10

    Hear, O nations, the word of the LORD, and proclaim it in distant coastlands: “The One who scattered Israel will gather them and keep them as a shepherd keeps his flock.

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