Isaiah 56:8

Isaiah 56:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The Lord God which gathereth the outcasts of Israel saith, Yet will I gather others to him, beside those that are gathered unto him.
• New International Version (NIV)The Sovereign Lord declares— he who gathers the exiles of Israel: “I will gather still others to them besides those already gathered.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)The Lord God, who gathers the outcasts of Israel, declares, "I will gather yet others to him besides those already gathered."
• New King James Version (NKJV)The Lord God, who gathers the outcasts of Israel, says, “Yet I will gather to him Others besides those who are gathered to him.”

Context of Isaiah 56:8

6“Also the foreigners who join themselves to the Lord, To attend to His service and to love the name of the Lord, To be His servants, every one who keeps the Sabbath so as not to profane it, And holds firmly to My covenant; 7Even those I will bring to My holy mountain, And make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be acceptable on My altar; For My house will be called a house of prayer for all the peoples.” The Lord God, who gathers the dispersed of Israel, declares, “I will yet gather others to them, to those already gathered.” 9All you wild animals, All you animals in the forest, Come to eat. 10His watchmen are blind, All of them know nothing. All of them are mute dogs unable to bark, Dreamers lying down, who love to slumber;

Isaiah 56:8 word by word

נְאֻם֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֔ה מְקַבֵּ֖ץ נִדְחֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל ע֛וֹד אֲקַבֵּ֥ץ עָלָ֖יו לְנִקְבָּצָֽיו׃Read the interlinear

• The Lordאֲדֹנָי'ădônây · LordH136
• Godיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• gathersקָבַץqâbats · to gatherH6908
• the dispersedנָדַחnâdach · to banishH5080
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• declaresנְאֻםne'ûm · utteranceH5002
• I will yetעוֹד‛ôd ‛ôd · stillH5750

Cross-references for Isaiah 56:8

• Isaiah 11:11Then it will happen on that day that the Lord Will again recover with His hand the second time The remnant of His people who will remain, From Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Cush, Elam, Shinar, Hamath, And from the islands of the sea.
• Isaiah 27:12On that day the Lord will thresh from the flowing stream of the Euphrates River to the brook of Egypt, and you will be gathered up one by one, you sons of Israel.
• Isaiah 54:7“For a brief moment I abandoned you, But with great compassion I will gather you.
• Psalms 106:47Save us, Lord our God, And gather us from the nations, To give thanks to Your holy name And glory in Your praise.
• Psalms 107:2The redeemed of the Lord shall say so, Those whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy
• Psalms 147:2The Lord builds up Jerusalem; He gathers the outcasts of Israel.
• Jeremiah 30:17For I will restore you to health And I will heal you of your wounds,’ declares the Lord, ‘Because they have called you an outcast, saying: “It is Zion; no one cares for her.”’
• Jeremiah 31:10Hear the word of the Lord, you nations, And declare it in the coastlands far away, And say, “He who scattered Israel will gather him, And He will keep him as a shepherd keeps his flock.”
• Hosea 1:11And the sons of Judah and the sons of Israel will be gathered together, And they will appoint for themselves one leader, And they will go up from the land, For the day of Jezreel will be great.
• Micah 4:6“On that day,” declares the Lord, “I will assemble those who limp And gather the scattered, Those whom I have afflicted.
• Zephaniah 3:18I will gather those who are worried about the appointed feasts-- They came from you, Zion; The disgrace of exile is a burden on them.
• Zechariah 10:8I will whistle for them and gather them together, For I have redeemed them; And they will be as numerous as they were before.
• Isaiah 43:6I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’ And to the south, ‘Do not hold them back.’ Bring My sons from afar And My daughters from the ends of the earth,
• Isaiah 49:12Behold, these will come from afar; And behold, these will come from the north and from the west, And these from the land of Aswan.”
• Isaiah 60:3Nations will come to your light, And kings to the brightness of your rising.
• Isaiah 66:18“For I know their works and their thoughts; the time is coming to gather all the nations and tongues. And they shall come and see My glory.

Commentaries on Isaiah 56:8

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8The Lord God - This verse is a continuation of the promise made in the previous verses, that those of other nations would be united to the ancient people of God. The sense is, that Yahweh would not only gather back to their country those who were scattered abroad in other lands, but would also call to the same privileges multitudes of those who were now aliens and strangers. Which gathereth the outcasts of Israel - Who will collect again and restore to…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 3-8Verses 3-8 Unbelief often suggests things to discourage believers, against which God has expressly guarded. Spiritual blessings are unspeakably better than having sons and daughters; for children are a care, and may prove a grief and shame, but the blessings we partake of in God's house, are comforts which cannot be made bitter. Those who love the Lord truly, will serve him faithfully, and then his commandments are not grievous. Three things are promised…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8The outcasts of Israel were people scattered among other nations due to the exile in Babylon (see also Isaiah 11:12). The others included eunuchs and non-Jews (Isaiah 56:3–7; see also 57:19; John 10:16).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. Jehovah will not only restore the scattered outcasts of Israel (Is 11:12; Psa 147:2) to their own land, but "will gather others ('strangers') to him (Israel), besides those gathered" (Margin, "to his gathered"; that is, in addition to the Israelites collected from their dispersion), (Joh 10:16; Ep 1:10; 2:19).Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 56:8

• Church
• Gentiles
• Isaiah
• Righteous
• Salvation

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• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
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Commentaries on Isaiah 56

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings