The cloudy and dark day: contrasted with the day in which the Lord will be among them like a shepherd to gather them together again.

For thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out. As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day th…

As a shepherd seeks out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered. That is, when they have been scattered…

The Lord declared that He intended mercy towards the scattered flock. Doubtless this, in the first place, referred to the restoration of the Jews. …