Verse 6

'On that day,' declares the LORD, 'I will gather the lame, assemble the exiles, and bring together those I have afflicted.'

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  • Zeph 3:19 : 19 Behold, at that time I will deal with all your oppressors. I will save the lame and gather the scattered. I will make them a praise and a name in every land where they have suffered shame.
  • Ps 147:2 : 2 The LORD builds up Jerusalem; He gathers the exiles of Israel.
  • Ezek 34:12-17 : 12 As a shepherd looks after his scattered sheep when he is with them, so I will look after My flock. I will rescue them from all the places where they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness. 13 I will bring them out from the nations, gather them from the countries, and bring them to their own land. I will shepherd them on the mountains of Israel, in the valleys, and in all the inhabited places of the land. 14 I will feed them in good pasture, and their grazing land will be on the high mountains of Israel. There they will lie down in a pleasant grazing land and feed in rich pastures on the mountains of Israel. 15 I Myself will tend My flock and cause them to lie down, declares the Lord GOD. 16 I will seek the lost, bring back the scattered, bind up the injured, and strengthen the weak. But the fat and the strong I will destroy—I will shepherd them with justice. 17 As for you, My flock, this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I will judge between one sheep and another, between the rams and the male goats.
  • Ezek 36:24 : 24 I will take you from the nations and gather you from all the lands, and I will bring you back into your own land.
  • Ezek 37:21-22 : 21 Then say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Behold, I will take the Israelites from among the nations where they have gone. I will gather them from all around and bring them back into their own land.' 22 I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel, and one king will rule over them all. They will no longer be two nations or divided into two kingdoms.
  • Ezek 39:25-29 : 25 Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: Now I will restore the fortunes of Jacob and have compassion on the whole house of Israel, and I will be zealous for my holy name. 26 They will forget their shame and all the unfaithfulness they committed against me when they live securely in their land with no one to make them afraid. 27 When I bring them back from the nations and gather them from the lands of their enemies, I will show my holiness through them in the sight of many nations. 28 Then they will know that I am the LORD their God when I send them into exile among the nations and gather them back into their land, leaving none behind. 29 And I will no longer hide my face from them, for I have poured out my Spirit on the house of Israel, declares the Sovereign LORD.
  • Mic 2:12 : 12 I will surely gather all of you, Jacob; I will surely bring together the remnant of Israel. I will place them together like sheep in a fold, like a flock in its pasture—a noisy throng of people.
  • Isa 35:3-6 : 3 Strengthen the weak hands and make firm the feeble knees. 4 Say to those with fearful hearts, 'Be strong; do not fear! Behold, your God will come with vengeance, with divine retribution. He will come and save you.' 5 Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, and the ears of the deaf will be unstopped. 6 Then the lame will leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute will sing for joy. For waters will break forth in the wilderness and streams in the desert.
  • Isa 56:8 : 8 The Sovereign LORD declares, 'The One who gathers the dispersed of Israel: I will gather others to them besides those already gathered.'
  • Jer 3:18 : 18 In those days, the people of Judah and the people of Israel will come together; they will come from a land in the north to the land I gave your ancestors as an inheritance.
  • Jer 30:17-18 : 17 For I will restore you to health and heal your wounds, declares the LORD, because they have called you an outcast, saying, 'This is Zion; no one cares for her.' 18 This is what the LORD says: Behold, I will restore the fortunes of Jacob’s tents and have compassion on his dwellings; the city will be rebuilt on its ruins, and the palace will stand in its proper place.
  • Jer 31:8 : 8 Behold, I will bring them from the land of the north and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth. Among them will be the blind and the lame, the pregnant woman and she who is giving birth—all together. They will return as a great company.
  • Luke 19:10 : 10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost.
  • John 10:16 : 16 I have other sheep that are not of this sheepfold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. Then there will be one flock and one shepherd.
  • Heb 12:12-13 : 12 Therefore, strengthen your drooping hands and your weak knees. 13 Make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but rather be healed.
  • Ps 38:17 : 17 For I said, "Lest they rejoice over me; when my foot slips, they magnify themselves against me."