New English Translation
Jeremiah 31:8
8Then I will reply, ‘I will bring them back from the land of the north. I will gather them in from the distant parts of the earth. Blind and lame people will come with them, so will pregnant women and women about to give birth. A vast throng of people will come back here.
Jeremiah 31:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall return thither.
- New International Version (NIV)See, I will bring them from the land of the north and gather them from the ends of the earth. Among them will be the blind and the lame, expectant mothers and women in labor; a great throng will return.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Behold, I will bring them from the north country and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth, among them the blind and the lame, the pregnant woman and she who is in labor, together; a great company, they shall return here.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Behold, I will bring them from the north country, And gather them from the ends of the earth, Among them the blind and the lame, The woman with child And the one who labors with child, together; A great throng shall return there.
Context of Jeremiah 31:8
6Yes, a time is coming when watchmen will call out on the mountains of Ephraim, “Come! Let us go to Zion to worship the Lord our God!”’” 7Moreover, the Lord says, “Sing for joy for the descendants of Jacob. Utter glad shouts for that foremost of the nations. Make your praises heard. Then say, ‘Lord, rescue your people. Deliver those of Israel who remain alive.’ Then I will reply, ‘I will bring them back from the land of the north. I will gather them in from the distant parts of the earth. Blind and lame people will come with them, so will pregnant women and women about to give birth. A vast throng of people will come back here. 9They will come back shedding tears of contrition. I will bring them back praying prayers of repentance. I will lead them besides streams of water, along smooth paths where they will never stumble. I will do this because I am Israel’s father; Ephraim is my firstborn son.’” 10Hear what the Lord has to say, O nations. Proclaim it in the faraway lands along the sea. Say, “The one who scattered Israel will regather them. He will watch over his people like a shepherd watches over his flock.”
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הִנְנִי֩ מֵבִ֨יא אוֹתָ֜ם מֵאֶ֣רֶץ צָפ֗וֹן וְקִבַּצְתִּים֮ מִיַּרְכְּתֵי־אָרֶץ֒ בָּ֚ם עִוֵּ֣ר וּפִסֵּ֔חַ הָרָ֥ה וְיֹלֶ֖דֶת יַחְדָּ֑ו קָהָ֥ל גָּד֖וֹל יָשׁ֥וּבוּ הֵֽנָּה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Behold, I will bringבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935
- them from the northצָפוֹןtsâphôn tsâphôn · northH6828
- countryאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
- and gatherקָבַץqâbats · to gatherH6908
- them from the coastsיַרְכָהyerêkâh · flankH3411
- with them the blindעִוֵּר‛ivvêr · blindH5787
- and the lameפִּסֵּחַpissêach · lameH6455
- the woman with childהָרָהhâreh hârîy · pregnantH2030
- and her that travaileth with childיָלַדyâlad · to begetH3205
- togetherיָחְדָּוyachad · togetherH3162
- a greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
- companyקָהָלqâhâl · assemblyH6951
- shall returnשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
Cross-references for Jeremiah 31:8
- Jeremiah 3:12“Go and shout this message to my people in the countries in the north. Tell them, ‘Come back to me, wayward Israel,’ says the Lord. ‘I will not continue to look on you with displeasure. For I am merciful,’ says the Lord. ‘I will not be angry with you forever.
- Jeremiah 23:8But at that time they will affirm them with “I swear as surely as the Lord lives who delivered the descendants of the former nation of Israel from the land of the north and from all the other lands where he had banished them.” At that time they will live in their own land.’”
- Jeremiah 29:14I will make myself available to you,’ says the Lord. ‘Then I will reverse your plight and will regather you from all the nations and all the places where I have exiled you,’ says the Lord. ‘I will bring you back to the place from which I exiled you.’
- Psalms 107:3and gathered from foreign lands, from east and west, from north and south.
- Zechariah 2:6“You there! Flee from the northland!” says the Lord, “for like the four winds of heaven I have scattered you,” says the Lord.
- Psalms 65:5You answer our prayers by performing awesome acts of deliverance, O God, our savior. All the ends of the earth trust in you, as well as those living across the wide seas.
- Psalms 98:3He remains loyal and faithful to the family of Israel. All the ends of the earth see our God deliver us.
- Isaiah 43:6I will say to the north, ‘Hand them over!’ and to the south, ‘Don’t hold any back!’ Bring my sons from distant lands, and my daughters from the remote regions of the earth,
- Isaiah 45:22Turn to me so you can be delivered, all you who live in the earth’s remote regions! For I am God, and I have no peer.
- Isaiah 52:10The Lord reveals his royal power in the sight of all the nations; the entire earth sees our God deliver.
- Ezekiel 20:34I will bring you out from the nations, and will gather you from the lands where you are scattered, with a powerful hand and an outstretched arm and with an outpouring of rage!
- Ezekiel 34:13I will bring them out from among the peoples and gather them from foreign countries; I will bring them to their own land. I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the streams and all the inhabited places of the land.
- Isaiah 40:11Like a shepherd he tends his flock; he gathers up the lambs with his arm; he carries them close to his heart; he leads the ewes along.
- Isaiah 42:16I will lead the blind along an unfamiliar way; I will guide them down paths they have never traveled. I will turn the darkness in front of them into light, and level out the rough ground. This is what I will do for them. I will not abandon them.
- Ezekiel 34:16I will seek the lost and bring back the strays; I will bandage the injured and strengthen the sick, but the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them – with judgment!
- Micah 4:6“In that day,” says the Lord, “I will gather the lame, and assemble the outcasts whom I injured.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 31:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8I will bring them from the north country - From Babylon. From the coasts of the earth - The ten tribes were carried away partly into Assyria by Tiglath-pileser, and partly into Mesopotamia and Media by Shalmaneser, 2 Kings 15:29; 2 Kings 17:6. Assyria and Media, being very distant from Palestine, might have been called, in prophetic language, the coasts of the earth. The blind and the lame - I will so effectually remove all difficulties out of the way, so…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8The coasts of the earth - See Jeremiah 6:22 note. Thither - Really, here. Not to the north country, but to Palestine, where Jeremiah wrote. A company is the word constantly used of Israel at the Exodus Exodus 16:3 as an organized community.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8The Lord promised to gather the surviving exiles from wherever they were scattered, including the weak and helpless. The large group of exiles who returned in 538 to 536 BC numbered 49,697 (Ezra 2:64).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. north--Assyria, Media, &c. (see on Jr 3:12; Jr 3:18; 23:8). gather from ... coasts of ... earth--(Eze 20:34, 41; 34:13). blind ... lame, &c.--Not even the most infirm and unfit persons for a journey shall be left behind, so universal shall be the restoration. a great company--or, they shall return "in a great company" [Maurer].Read the comment
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Commentaries on Jeremiah 31
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- 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
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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