Jeremiah 31:8 BSB — MannaFest

Jeremiah 31:8

Behold, I will bring them from the land of the north and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth, including the blind and the lame, expectant mothers and women in labor. They will return as a great assembly!

BSB

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ASV

Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the uttermost parts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall they return hither.

KJV

Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall return thither.

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Commentary

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Jerome

Commentary on Jeremiah (420)

(Verse 8) Behold, I will bring them from the land of the North, and gather them from the ends of the earth. What follows: In the solemnity of the Passover, he shall beget many sons, which is not found in Hebrew, but is only read in the Septuagint, for which it is written among the Hebrews: Among them will be the blind, and the lame, and the pregnant, and those giving birth together: the great Church of those returning here.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

I will bring them from the north country - From Babylon. From the coasts of the earth - The ten tribes were carried away partly into Assyria by Tiglath-pileser, and partly into Mesopotamia and Media by Shalmaneser, 2Ki 15:29; 2Ki 17:6. Assyria and Media, being very distant from Palestine, might have been called, in prophetic language, the coasts of the earth.

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
הִנְנִי֩	hi.Ni	here I	H2005 →
מֵבִ֨יא	me.Vi'	[am] about to bring	H935 →
אוֹתָ֜ם	'o.Tam	<obj.> them	H853 →
מֵאֶ֣רֶץ	me.'E.retz	from a land of	H776 →
צָפ֗וֹן	tza.Fon	[the] north	H6828 →
וְקִבַּצְתִּים֮	ve.ki.batz.Tim	and I will gather them	H6908 →
מִיַּרְכְּתֵי־	mi.yar.ke.tei-	from [the] remotest parts of	H3411 →
אָרֶץ֒	'a.Retz	[the] earth	H776 →
בָּ֚ם	bam	[will be] among <the> them
עִוֵּ֣ר	'i.Ver	[the] blind	H5787 →
וּפִסֵּ֔חַ	u.fi.Se.ach	and [the] lame	H6455 →
הָרָ֥ה	ha.Rah	[the] pregnant	H2030 →
וְיֹלֶ֖דֶת	ve.yo.Le.det	and [one] giving birth	H3205 →
יַחְדָּ֑ו	yach.Dav	alike	H3162 →
קָהָ֥ל	ka.Hal	a company	H6951 →
גָּד֖וֹל	ga.Dol	great	H1419 →
יָשׁ֥וּבוּ	ya.Shu.vu	they will return	H7725 →
הֵֽנָּה׃	He.nah	hither	H2008 →

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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 42:16
I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These…
leads to
- Isaiah 30:21
  And whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear this command behind you: “This is the way. Walk in it.”
- Luke 3:5
  Every valley shall be filled in, and every mountain and hill made low. The crooked ways shall be made straight, and the rough ways smooth.
- Isaiah 60:19–20
  No longer will the sun be your light by day, nor the brightness of the moon shine on your night; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your…
- Isaiah 35:8
  And there will be a highway called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel it—only those who walk in the Way—and fools will not stray onto it.
- Isaiah 40:4
  Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill made low; the uneven ground will become smooth, and the rugged land a plain.
Through
Ezekiel 34:16
I will seek the lost, bring back the strays, bind up the broken, and strengthen the weak; but the sleek and strong I will destroy. I will shepherd them with justice.’
leads to
- Luke 19:10
  For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
- Ezekiel 34:4
  You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bound up the injured, brought back the strays, or searched for the lost. Instead, you have ruled them with violence and cruelty.
- Ezekiel 34:11
  For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I Myself will search for My flock and seek them out.