Yeremia 3:18

3:18 At that time ¹  the nation of Judah and the nation of Israel will be reunited. ²  Together they will come back from a land in the north to the land that I gave to your ancestors as a permanent possession. ” ³ 

Yeremia 32:37

32:37 ‘I will certainly regather my people from all the countries where I will have exiled ⁴  them in my anger, fury, and great wrath. I will bring them back to this place and allow them to live here in safety.

Ulangan 30:3

30:3 the Lord your God will reverse your captivity and have pity on you. He will turn and gather you from all the peoples among whom he ⁵  has scattered you.

Mazmur 106:47

106:47 Deliver us, O Lord, our God!

Gather us from among the nations!

Then we will give thanks ⁶  to your holy name,

and boast about your praiseworthy deeds. ⁷ 

Yesaya 11:11-16

11:11 At that time ⁸  the sovereign master ⁹  will again lift his hand ¹⁰  to reclaim ¹¹  the remnant of his people ¹²  from Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, ¹³  Cush, ¹⁴  Elam, Shinar, ¹⁵  Hamath, and the seacoasts. ¹⁶ 

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

he will gather Israel’s dispersed people ¹⁷ 

and assemble Judah’s scattered people

from the four corners of the earth.

11:13 Ephraim’s jealousy will end, ¹⁸ 

and Judah’s hostility ¹⁹  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 ²⁰  on the Philistine hills to the west; ²¹ 

together they will loot the people of the east.

They will take over Edom and Moab, ²² 

and the Ammonites will be their subjects.

11:15 The Lord will divide ²³  the gulf ²⁴  of the Egyptian Sea; ²⁵ 

he will wave his hand over the Euphrates River ²⁶  and send a strong wind, ²⁷ 

he will turn it into seven dried-up streams, ²⁸ 

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, ²⁹ 

just as there was for Israel,

when ³⁰  they went up from the land of Egypt.

Yehezkiel 28:25

28:25 “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: When I regather the house of Israel from the peoples where they are dispersed, I will reveal my sovereign power ³¹  over them in the sight of the nations, and they will live in their land that I gave to my servant Jacob.

Yehezkiel 34:12-13

34:12 As a shepherd seeks out his flock when he is among his scattered sheep, so I will seek out my flock. I will rescue them from all the places where they have been scattered on a cloudy, dark day. ³²  34:13 I will bring them out from among the peoples and gather them from foreign countries; I will bring them to their own land. I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the streams and all the inhabited places of the land.

Yehezkiel 36:24

36:24 “‘I will take you from the nations and gather you from all the countries; then I will bring you to your land.

Yehezkiel 37:21

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.

Yehezkiel 39:27-28

39:27 When I have brought them back from the peoples and gathered them from the countries of their enemies, I will magnify myself among them in the sight of many nations. 39:28 Then they will know that I am the Lord their God, because I sent them into exile among the nations, and then gathered them into their own land. I will not leave any of them in exile ³³  any longer.

Hosea 1:11

1:11 Then the people ³⁴  of Judah and the people of Israel will be gathered together. They will appoint for themselves one leader, ³⁵  and will flourish in the land. ³⁶  Certainly, ³⁷  the day of Jezreel will be great!

Amos 9:14-15

9:14 I will bring back my people, Israel; ³⁸ 

they will rebuild the cities lying in rubble ³⁹  and settle down. ⁴⁰ 

They will plant vineyards and drink the wine they produce; ⁴¹ 

they will grow orchards ⁴²  and eat the fruit they produce. ⁴³ 

9:15 I will plant them on their land

and they will never again be uprooted from the ⁴⁴  land I have given them,”

says the Lord your God.

Zefanya 3:19-20

3:19 Look, at that time I will deal with those who mistreated you.

I will rescue the lame sheep ⁴⁵ 

and gather together the scattered sheep.

I will take away their humiliation

and make the whole earth admire and respect them. ⁴⁶ 

3:20 At that time I will lead you –

at the time I gather you together. ⁴⁷ 

Be sure of this! ⁴⁸  I will make all the nations of the earth respect and admire you ⁴⁹ 

when you see me restore you,” ⁵⁰  says the Lord.

Zakharia 10:6-12

10:6 “I (says the Lord) will strengthen the kingdom ⁵¹  of Judah and deliver the people of Joseph ⁵²  and will bring them back ⁵³  because of my compassion for them. They will be as though I had never rejected them, for I am the Lord their God and therefore I will hear them. 10:7 The Ephraimites will be like warriors and will rejoice as if they had drunk wine. Their children will see it and rejoice; they will celebrate in the things of the Lord. 10:8 I will signal for them and gather them, for I have already redeemed them; then they will become as numerous as they were before. 10:9 Though I scatter ⁵⁴  them among the nations, they will remember in far-off places – they and their children will sprout forth and return. 10:10 I will bring them back from Egypt and gather them from Assyria. ⁵⁵  I will bring them to the lands of Gilead and Lebanon, for there will not be enough room for them in their own land. 10:11 The Lord ⁵⁶  will cross the sea of storms and will calm its turbulence. The depths of the Nile will dry up, the pride of Assyria will be humbled, and the domination ⁵⁷  of Egypt will be no more. 10:12 Thus I will strengthen them by my power, ⁵⁸  and they will walk about ⁵⁹  in my name,” says the Lord.

[3:18]  ¹ tn Heb “In those days.”

[3:18]  ² tn Heb “the house of Judah will walk together with the house of Israel.”

[3:18]  ³ tn Heb “the land that I gave your [fore]fathers as an inheritance.”

[32:37]  ⁴ tn The verb here should be interpreted as a future perfect; though some of the people have already been exiled (in 605 and 597 b.c.), some have not yet been exiled at the time this prophesy is given (see study note on v. 1 for the date). However, contemporary English style does not regularly use the future perfect, choosing instead to use the simple future or the simple perfect as the present translation has done here.

[30:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “the Lord your God.” The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.

[106:47]  ⁶ tn Heb “to give thanks.” The infinitive construct indicates result after the imperative.

[106:47]  ⁷ tn Heb “to boast in your praise.”

[11:11]  ⁸ 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]  ⁹ tn The Hebrew term translated “sovereign master” here is אֲדֹנָי (’adonai).

[11:11]  ¹⁰ 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]  ¹¹ tn Or “acquire”; KJV, ASV, NASB, NRSV “recover.”

[11:11]  ¹² tn Heb “the remnant of his people who remain.”

[11:11]  ¹³ sn Perhaps a reference to Upper (i.e., southern) Egypt (so NIV, NLT; NCV “South Egypt”).

[11:11]  ¹⁴ tn Or “Ethiopia” (NAB, NRSV, NLT).

[11:11]  ¹⁵ tn Or “Babylonia” (NIV, NCV, TEV, NLT).

[11:11]  ¹⁶ tn Or perhaps, “the islands of the sea.”

[11:12]  ¹⁷ tn Or “the banished of Israel,” i.e., the exiles.

[11:13]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “turn aside”; KJV, NASB, NRSV “depart.”

[11:13]  ¹⁹ 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]  ²⁰ tn Heb “fly.” Ephraim/Judah are compared to a bird of prey.

[11:14]  ²¹ 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]  ²² 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]  ²³ 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]  ²⁴ tn Heb “tongue” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NRSV).

[11:15]  ²⁵ sn That is, the Red Sea.

[11:15]  ²⁶ tn Heb “the river”; capitalized in some English versions (e.g., ASV, NASB, NRSV) as a reference to the Euphrates River.

[11:15]  ²⁷ 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]  ²⁸ 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]  ²⁹ tn Heb “and there will be a highway for the remnant of his people who remain, from Assyria.”

[11:16]  ³⁰ tn Heb “in the day” (so KJV).

[28:25]  ³¹ tn Or “reveal my holiness.” See verse 22.

[34:12]  ³² sn The imagery may reflect the overthrow of the Israelites by the Babylonians in 587/6 b.c.

[39:28]  ³³ tn Heb “there,” referring to the foreign nations to which they were exiled. The translation makes the referent clear.

[1:11]  ³⁴ tn Heb “sons” (twice in this verse, so NASB); KJV, ASV “children”; NIV, NRSV, TEV “people.”

[1:11]  ³⁵ tn Heb “head” (so KJV, NAB, NRSV).

[1:11]  ³⁶ tn Alternatively, “gain possession of the land” (cf. NRSV) or “rise up from the land” (cf. NIV). This clause may be understood in two ways: (1) Israel will gain ascendancy over the land or conquer the land (e.g., Exod 1:10; cf. NAB “come up from other lands”) or (2) Israel will be “planted” in the land (Hos 2:24-25; cf. NLT “will…plant his people”).

[1:11]  ³⁷ tn Or “For” (so NASB); NCV “because”; TEV “Yes.”

[9:14]  ³⁸ 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]  ³⁹ tn Or “the ruined [or “desolate”] cities.”

[9:14]  ⁴⁰ tn Or “and live [in them].”

[9:14]  ⁴¹ tn Heb “drink their wine.”

[9:14]  ⁴² tn Or “gardens.”

[9:14]  ⁴³ tn Heb “eat their fruit.”

[9:15]  ⁴⁴ tn Heb “their.” The pronoun was replaced by the English definite article in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[3:19]  ⁴⁵ tn The word “sheep” is supplied for clarification. As in Mic 4:6-7, the exiles are here pictured as injured and scattered sheep whom the divine shepherd rescues from danger.

[3:19]  ⁴⁶ tn Heb “I will make them into praise and a name, in all the earth, their shame.” The present translation assumes that “their shame” specifies “them” and that “name” stands here for a good reputation.

[3:20]  ⁴⁷ tn In this line the second person pronoun is masculine plural, indicating that the exiles are addressed.

[3:20]  ⁴⁸ tn Or “for.”

[3:20]  ⁴⁹ tn Heb “I will make you into a name and praise among all the peoples of the earth.” Here the word “name” carries the nuance of “good reputation.”

[3:20]  ⁵⁰ tn Heb “when I restore your fortunes to your eyes.” See the note on the phrase “restore them” in 2:7.

[10:6]  ⁵¹ tn Heb “the house.”

[10:6]  ⁵² tn Or “the kingdom of Israel”; Heb “the house of Joseph.”

[10:6]  sn Joseph is mentioned here instead of the usual Israel (but see 2 Sam 19:20; Ps 78:67; 80:1; 81:5; Ezek 37:16; Amos 5:6, 15; 6:6) because of the exodus motif that follows in vv. 8-11.

[10:6]  ⁵³ tc The anomalous MT reading וְחוֹשְׁבוֹתִים (vÿkhoshÿvotim) should probably be וַהֲשִׁי בוֹתִם (vahashi votim), the Hiphil perfect consecutive of שׁוּב (shuv), “return” (cf. Jer 12:15).

[10:9]  ⁵⁴ tn Or “sow” (so KJV, ASV). The imagery is taken from the sowing of seed by hand.

[10:10]  ⁵⁵ sn I will bring them back from Egypt…from Assyria. The gathering of God’s people to their land in eschatological times will be like a reenactment of the exodus, but this time they will come from all over the world (cf. Isa 40:3-5; 43:1-7, 14-21; 48:20-22; 51:9-11).

[10:11]  ⁵⁶ tn Heb “he,” in which case the referent is the Lord. This reading is followed by KJV, ASV, NAB (which renders it as first person), and NASB. The LXX reads “they,” referring to the Israelites themselves, a reading followed by many modern English versions (e.g., NIV, NRSV, TEV, NLT).

[10:11]  ⁵⁷ tn Heb “scepter,” referring by metonymy to the dominating rule of Egypt (cf. NLT).

[10:12]  ⁵⁸ tc Heb “I will strengthen them in the Lord.” Because of the perceived problem of the Lord saying he will strengthen the people “in the Lord,” both BHK and BHS suggest emending גִּבַּרְתִּים (gibbartim, “I will strengthen them”) to גְּבֻרָתָם (gevuratam, “their strength”). This is unnecessary, however, for the Lord frequently refers to himself in that manner (see Zech 2:11).

[10:12]  ⁵⁹ tc The LXX and Syriac presuppose יִתְהַלָּלוּ (yithallalu, “they will glory”) for יִתְהַלְּכוּ (yithallÿkhu, “they will walk about”). Since walking about is a common idiom in Zechariah (cf. 1:10, 11; 6:7 [3x]) to speak of dominion, and dominion is a major theme of the present passage, there is no reason to reject the MT reading, which is followed by most modern English versions.