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In that day, says Yahweh, will I assemble that which is lame, and I will gather that which is driven away, and that which I have afflicted;
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God Gathers the Broken
Commentators explain that the "lame" and "driven away" refer to people in a state of weakness, sin, and distress. This imagery describes those who are spiritually weary, morally "halting" between God and idols, or personally struggling with fear and doubt. The promise is that God actively seeks out and assembles not the strong, but the broken and outcast, to be His people.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
In that day - that is, in that day of Christ and of His Gospel, of grace and salvation, the last days of which he had been speaking. Until n…
19th Century
Anglican
Her that halted. —Like flocks wearied with heat and journeys. The promise immediately refers to the return when God would…
Baptist
In that day, saith the LORD will I assemble her that halteth,
God will bring to himself you that limp, that hesitate, that tremble,…
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16th Century
Protestant
The Prophet pursues the same subject. But we must always remember what I have previously reminded you of—that the trials would be so severe and vio…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
In that day, says the Lord, will I assemble her that halts , &c.] The Jews or Israelites so described; not from the …
The nations have not yet submitted to the Prince of Peace to such an extent that they beat their swords into plowshares, nor has war ceased. But th…
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