Ulangan 30:4

30:4 Even if your exiles are in the most distant land, ¹  from there the Lord your God will gather you and bring you back.

Yesaya 1:9

1:9 If the Lord who commands armies ²  had not left us a few survivors,

we would have quickly become like Sodom, ³ 

we would have become like Gomorrah.

Yesaya 11:12

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

he will gather Israel’s dispersed people ⁴ 

and assemble Judah’s scattered people

from the four corners of the earth.

Yesaya 60:3-11

60:3 Nations come to your light,

kings to your bright light.

60:4 Look all around you! ⁵ 

They all gather and come to you –

your sons come from far away

and your daughters are escorted by guardians.

60:5 Then you will look and smile, ⁶ 

you will be excited and your heart will swell with pride. ⁷ 

For the riches of distant lands ⁸  will belong to you

and the wealth of nations will come to you.

60:6 Camel caravans will cover your roads, ⁹ 

young camels from Midian and Ephah.

All the merchants of Sheba ¹⁰  will come,

bringing gold and incense

and singing praises to the Lord. ¹¹ 

60:7 All the sheep of Kedar will be gathered to you;

the rams of Nebaioth will be available to you as sacrifices. ¹² 

They will go up on my altar acceptably, ¹³ 

and I will bestow honor on my majestic temple.

60:8 Who are these who float along ¹⁴  like a cloud,

who fly like doves to their shelters? ¹⁵ 

60:9 Indeed, the coastlands ¹⁶  look eagerly for me,

the large ships ¹⁷  are in the lead,

bringing your sons from far away,

along with their silver and gold,

to honor the Lord your God, ¹⁸ 

the Holy One of Israel, ¹⁹  for he has bestowed honor on you.

60:10 Foreigners will rebuild your walls;

their kings will serve you.

Even though I struck you down in my anger,

I will restore my favor and have compassion on you. ²⁰ 

60:11 Your gates will remain open at all times;

they will not be shut during the day or at night,

so that the wealth of nations may be delivered,

with their kings leading the way. ²¹ 

Yehezkiel 34:12

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. ²² 

Yohanes 10:16

10:16 I have ²³  other sheep that do not come from ²⁴  this sheepfold. ²⁵  I must bring them too, and they will listen to my voice, ²⁶  so that ²⁷  there will be one flock and ²⁸  one shepherd.

[30:4]  ¹ tn Heb “are at the farthest edge of the heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.

[1:9]  ² tn Traditionally, “the Lord of hosts.” The title pictures God as the sovereign king who has at his disposal a multitude of attendants, messengers, and warriors to do his bidding. In some contexts, like this one, the military dimension of his rulership is highlighted. In this case, the title pictures him as one who leads armies into battle against his enemies.

[1:9]  ³ tc The translation assumes that כִּמְעָט (kim’at, “quickly,” literally, “like a little”) goes with what follows, contrary to the MT accents, which take it with what precedes. In this case, one could translate the preceding line, “If the Lord who commands armies had not left us a few survivors.” If כִּמְעָט goes with the preceding line (following the MT accents), this expression highlights the idea that there would only be a few survivors (H. Wildberger, Isaiah, 1:20; H. Zobel, TDOT 8:456). Israel would not be almost like Sodom but exactly like Sodom.

[11:12]  ⁴ tn Or “the banished of Israel,” i.e., the exiles.

[60:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “Lift up around your eyes and see!”

[60:5]  ⁶ tn Or “shine,” or “be radiant” (NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[60:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “and it will tremble and be wide, your heart.”

[60:5]  ⁸ tn Heb “the wealth of the sea,” i.e., wealth that is transported from distant lands via the sea.

[60:6]  ⁹ tn Heb “an abundance of camels will cover you.”

[60:6]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “all of them, from Sheba.”

[60:6]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and they will announce the praises of the Lord.”

[60:7]  ¹² tn Heb “will serve you,” i.e., be available as sacrifices (see the next line). Another option is to understood these “rams” as symbolic of leaders who will be subject to the people of Zion. See v. 10.

[60:7]  ¹³ tc Heb “they will go up on acceptance [on] my altar.” Some have suggested that the preposition עַל (’al) is dittographic (note the preceding יַעֲלוּ [ya’alu]). Consequently, the form should be emended to לְרָצוֹן (lÿratson, “acceptably”; see BDB 953 s.v. רָצוֹן). However, the Qumran scroll 1QIsa^a has both לרצון followed by the preposition על, which would argue against deleted the preposition. As the above translation seeks to demonstrate, the preposition עַל (’al) indicates a norm (“in accordance with acceptance” or “acceptably”; IBHS 218 §11.2.13e, n. 111) and the “altar” functions as an objective accusative with a verb of motion (cf. Gen 49:4; Lev 2:2; Num 13:17; J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah [NICOT], 2:534, n. 14).

[60:8]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “fly” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV); NAB, NIV “fly along.”

[60:8]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “to their windows,” i.e., to the openings in their coops. See HALOT 83 s.v. אֲרֻבָּה.

[60:9]  ¹⁶ tn Or “islands” (NIV); CEV “distant islands”; TEV “distant lands.”

[60:9]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “the ships of Tarshish.” See the note at 2:16.

[60:9]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “to the name of the Lord your God.”

[60:9]  ¹⁹ sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.

[60:10]  ²⁰ tn Heb “in my favor I will have compassion on you.”

[60:11]  ²¹ tn Or “led in procession.” The participle is passive.

[34:12]  ²² sn The imagery may reflect the overthrow of the Israelites by the Babylonians in 587/6 b.c.

[10:16]  ²³ tn Grk “And I have.” Because of the difference between Greek style, which often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” and English style, which generally does not, καί (kai) has not been translated here.

[10:16]  ²⁴ tn Or “that do not belong to”; Grk “that are not of.”

[10:16]  ²⁵ sn The statement I have other sheep that do not come from this sheepfold almost certainly refers to Gentiles. Jesus has sheep in the fold who are Jewish; there are other sheep which, while not of the same fold, belong to him also. This recalls the mission of the Son in 3:16-17, which was to save the world – not just the nation of Israel. Such an emphasis would be particularly appropriate to the author if he were writing to a non-Palestinian and primarily non-Jewish audience.

[10:16]  ²⁶ tn Grk “they will hear my voice.”

[10:16]  ²⁷ tn Grk “voice, and.”

[10:16]  ²⁸ tn The word “and” is not in the Greek text, but must be supplied to conform to English style. In Greek it is an instance of asyndeton (omission of a connective), usually somewhat emphatic.