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Isaiah 56:8

Isaiah 56:8
The Lord GOD which gathereth the outcasts of Israel saith, Yet will I gather others to him, beside those that are gathered unto him.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

The Lord God, which gathereth the outcasts of Israel, saith,.... Not the outcasts of literal Israel, the captives in Babylon, and elsewhere; but of spiritual Israel, and who are cast out, not by the…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

The 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…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Isaiah 56:3-8

The prophet is here, in God's name, encouraging those that were hearty in joining themselves to God and yet laboured under great discouragements. 1. Some were discouraged because they were not of the…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

The Lord God … saith Saith the Lord Jehovah &c. The formula usually followsthe sentence to which it refers; here it introduces it, as ch. Isa 1:24; Zec 12:1; Psa 110:1.

which gathereth the dispersed…