Jeremiah 31:10 BSB — MannaFest

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.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Hear the word of Jehovah, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off; and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.

KJV

Hear the word of the Lord, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.

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Commentary

1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

The isles - The coast land of the Mediterranean, used here to show that the most distant countries are to hear and marvel at Israel’s wonderful restoration.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
שִׁמְע֤וּ	shim.'U	hear	H8085 →
דְבַר־	de.var-	[the] word of	H1697 →
יְהוָה֙	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
גּוֹיִ֔ם	go.Yim	O nations	H1471 →
וְהַגִּ֥ידוּ	ve.ha.Gi.du	and declare	H5046 →
בָאִיִּ֖ים	va.'i.Yim	in the islands	H339 →
מִמֶּרְחָ֑ק	mi.mer.Chak	from a distance	H4801 →
וְאִמְר֗וּ	ve.'im.Ru	and say	H559 →
מְזָרֵ֤ה	me.za.Reh	[the] [one who] scattered of	H2219 →
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
יְקַבְּצֶ֔נּוּ	ye.ka.be.Tze.nu	he will gather it	H6908 →
וּשְׁמָר֖וֹ	u.she.ma.Ro	and he will keep it	H8104 →
כְּרֹעֶ֥ה	ke.ro.'Eh	like a shepherd	H7462 →
עֶדְרֽוֹ׃	ed.Ro	flock his	H5739 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Isaiah 40:11
He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes.
leads to
- Revelation 7:17
  For the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd. ‘He will lead them to springs of living water,’ and ‘God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’”
- Psalms 23:1–6
  The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
- Micah 5:4
  He will stand and shepherd His flock in the strength of the LORD, in the majestic name of the LORD His God. And they will dwell securely, for then His greatness will extend to…
- Ezekiel 34:23
  I will appoint over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will feed them. He will feed them and be their shepherd.
- John 10:11–16
  I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.
Through
Isaiah 66:19
I will establish a sign among them, and I will send survivors from among them to the nations—to Tarshish, Put, and the archers of Lud; to Tubal, Javan, and the islands far away who…
leads to
- Isaiah 52:15
  so He will sprinkle many nations. Kings will shut their mouths because of Him. For they will see what they have not been told, and they will understand what they have not heard.
Through
John 11:52
and not only for the nation, but also for the scattered children of God, to gather them together into one.
leads to
- 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.
Through
Ezekiel 34:12
As a shepherd looks for his scattered sheep when he is among the flock, so I will look for My flock. I will rescue them from all the places to which they were scattered…
leads to
- John 10:11–12
  I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.