Zechariah 10:8

Salvation

⁶ I will strengthen the house of Judah and save the house of Joseph. I will restore them because I have compassion on them, and they will be as though I had not rejected them. For I am the LORD their God, and I will answer them.

⁷ Ephraim will be like a mighty man, and their hearts will be glad as with wine. Their children will see it and be joyful; their hearts will rejoice in the LORD.

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

⁹ Though I sow them among the nations, they will remember Me in distant lands; they and their children will live and return.

¹⁰ I will bring them back from Egypt and gather them from Assyria. I will bring them to Gilead and Lebanon until no more room is found for them.

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 whistle for them to gather, for I have redeemed them; and they will be as numerous as they once were.
KJV: I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall increase as they have increased.
WEB: I will signal for them and gather them, for I have redeemed them. They will increase as they were before.
ASV: I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them; and they shall increase as they have increased.
DARBY: I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall multiply as they used to multiply.
BLB: I will whistle for them and gather them, for I have redeemed them; and they will be many, as they were many.

ÅB: Jeg vil pipe til dem og samle dem, for jeg har utfridd dem; og de skal bli tallrike, som de har vært.
OTB: Jeg vil signalisere for dem og samle dem sammen,
For jeg har forløst dem;
Og de vil være like tallrike som de var før.
B1930: Jeg vil pipe til dem og samle dem, for jeg har utfridd dem; og de skal bli tallrike, som de har vært.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Isaiah 5:26
He lifts a banner for the distant nations and whistles for those at the ends of the earth. Behold—how speedily and swiftly they come!
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Isaiah 7:18
On that day the LORD will whistle to the flies at the farthest streams of the Nile and to the bees in the land of Assyria.
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Jeremiah 33:22
As the hosts of heaven cannot be counted and as the sand on the seashore cannot be measured, so too will I multiply the descendants of My servant David and the Levites who minister before Me.”
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Revelation 22:17
The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” Let the one who hears say, “Come!” And let the one who is thirsty come, and the one who desires the water of life drink freely.
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Jeremiah 31:10–11
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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Hosea 1:10
Yet the number of the Israelites will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted. And it will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’
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Matthew 11:28
Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
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Isaiah 55:1–3
“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost!
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