Isaiah 56:8

Translations

Modern

Thus declares the Lord GOD, who gathers the dispersed of Israel: “I will gather to them still others besides those already gathered.”

Traditional

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

Literal

A declaration of the Lord YHWH, the One gathering the banished ones of Israel: “Yet more will I gather to him, besides those having been gathered to him.”

Latin

Ait Dominus Deus, qui congregat dispersos Israël: Adhuc congregabo ad eum congregatos ejus.

Original

Hebrew

English

Thus declares the Lord GOD, who gathers the dispersed of Israel: “I will gather to them still others besides those already gathered.”

Notes

Isaiah 56:8

The 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).

Isaiah 56:1–8

This section summarizes chapters 1–55 with an invitation to the outcasts to participate in God’s redemption.

Theme notes and profiles

Isaiah God’s Servant Salvation in Isaiah

Events

Prophecies of Isaiahc. 759 BC

Related verses

John 10:16
I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them in as well, and they will listen to My voice. Then there will be one flock and one shepherd.
Isaiah 54:7
“For a brief moment I forsook you, but with great compassion I will bring you back.
Isaiah 60:3–11
Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn.
Ephesians 1:10
…as a plan for the fullness of time, to bring all things in heaven and on earth together in Christ.
Jeremiah 31:10
Hear, O nations, the word of the LORD, and proclaim it in distant coastlands: “The One who scattered Israel will gather them and keep them as a shepherd keeps his flock.
Isaiah 66:18–21
“And I, knowing their deeds and thoughts, am coming to gather all nations and tongues, and they will come and see My glory.
Genesis 49:10
The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his.
Zechariah 10:8–10
I will whistle for them to gather, for I have redeemed them; and they will be as numerous as they once were.
Ephesians 2:14–16
For He Himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has torn down the dividing wall of hostility
Jeremiah 30:17
But I will restore your health and heal your wounds, declares the LORD, because they call you an outcast, Zion, for whom no one cares.”
Isaiah 43:6
I 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—
Psalm 106:47
Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name, that we may glory in Your praise.

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes LORD: Names or title used to refer to God

Glossary

Isaiah, Book of Nations New Creation, New Creature Outcast Proselyte

Topics

Church: Prophecies Concerning Prosperity of Cultural Diversity Culture Isaiah: Prophecies, Reproofs, and Exhortations of Exhorts to Sanctification Jesus, the Christ: Prophecies Concerning Universality of the Kingdom of Rebuilding the Temple Righteous: Promises To, Expressed or Implied

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