Isaiah 56:8

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

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
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“The Lord Jehovah, who gathereth the outcasts of Israel, saith, Yet will I gather others to him, besides his own that are gathered.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, Who is gathering the outcasts of Israel: `Again I gather to him--to his gathered ones.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Isaiah 56:8 — 23 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 49:10The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his.
  2. Psalms 106:47Save 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.
  3. Psalms 107:2Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy
  4. Psalms 147:2The LORD builds up Jerusalem; He gathers the exiles of Israel.
  5. Isaiah 11:11On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
  6. Isaiah 27:12In that day the LORD will thresh from the flowing Euphrates to the Wadi of Egypt, and you, O Israelites, will be gathered one by one.
  7. 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—
  8. Isaiah 49:6He says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones of Israel. I will also make You a light for the nations, to bring My salvation to the ends of the earth.”
  9. Isaiah 49:12Behold, they will come from far away, from the north and from the west, and from the land of Aswan.”
  10. Isaiah 49:22This is what the Lord GOD says: “Behold, I will lift up My hand to the nations, and raise My banner to the peoples. They will bring your sons in their arms and carry your daughters on their shoulders.
  11. Isaiah 54:7“For a brief moment I forsook you, but with great compassion I will bring you back.
  12. Isaiah 60:3Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn.
  13. Isaiah 66:18“And I, knowing their deeds and thoughts, am coming to gather all nations and tongues, and they will come and see My glory.
  14. Jeremiah 30:17But I will restore your health and heal your wounds, declares the LORD, because they call you an outcast, Zion, for whom no one cares.”
  15. Jeremiah 31:10Hear, 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.
  16. Hosea 1:11Then the people of Judah and of Israel will be gathered together, and they will appoint for themselves one leader, and will go up out of the land. For great will be the day of Jezreel.
  17. Micah 4:6“On that day,” declares the LORD, “I will gather the lame; I will assemble the outcast, even those whom I have afflicted.
  18. Zephaniah 3:18“I will gather those among you who grieve over the appointed feasts, so that you will no longer suffer reproach.
  19. Zechariah 10:8I will whistle for them to gather,for I have redeemed them;and they will be as numerousas they once were.
  20. John 10:16I 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.
  21. John 11:52and not only for the nation, but also for the scattered children of God, to gather them together into one.
  22. Ephesians 1:10as a plan for the fullness of time, to bring all things in heaven and on earth together in Christ.
  23. Ephesians 2:14For He Himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has torn down the dividing wall of hostility

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