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I will sow them among the peoples; and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and shall return.
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Not Scattered, But Sown
Commentators overwhelmingly agree that the word 'sow' here signifies a positive, purposeful action, not a punitive scattering. While Israel's dispersion was a consequence of sin, God frames it as planting a seed for a future harvest. As scholars like Albert Barnes and Charles Ellicott note, the goal is multiplication and growth, turning a judgment into a redemptive act.
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Zechariah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And I will sow them among the nations - Such had been the prophecy of Hosea: I will sow her to Me in the earth, as the prelude of s…
19th Century
Anglican
Sow is never used in a bad sense, that is, “to scatter,” but rather means to spread and multiply ([Reference Hos…
Baptist
And I will sow them among the people and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and turn again. I wi…
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16th Century
Protestant
He continues the same subject and employs here a most suitable metaphor — that the dispersion of the people would have a better outcome than what a…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And I will sow them among the people , The people of God in the Gentile world: this is to be understood of the conve…
Here are precious promises to the people of God, which refer to the state of the Jews and even to the latter days of the church. Preaching the gosp…
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