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Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the uttermost parts of the earth, [and] with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her who travails with child together: a great company shall they return here.
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God Leaves No One Behind
Commentators emphasize that God's promise to regather His people is radically inclusive. By specifically mentioning the blind, the lame, pregnant women, and those in labor—people normally left behind on a difficult journey—God shows that His salvation reaches everyone. No one is too weak, too vulnerable, or too burdensome for Him to rescue and restore.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The coasts of the earth - See the note on Jeremiah 6:22.
Thither - Really, here. Not to the north country, but to Palestine, w…
19th Century
Anglican
And with them the blind and the lame ... —The vision of restoration continues, and the prophet sees in the spirit the gre…
Baptist
From the north country, and gather them from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame,
How can they come? Will …
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16th Century
Protestant
The Prophet again confirms the same truth, but with amplification. For this oracle is not only presented as having come from God, but to make the a…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Behold, I will bring them from the north country As from Babylon, at the end of the seventy years' captivity, which lay n…
God assures His people that He will again take them into a covenant relationship with Himself. When brought very low and difficulties appear, it is…
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13th Century
Catholic
Here, the prophet discusses the order of operation, and concerning this, there are three points.
He urges them to exultation with …