(A)For a brief moment I deserted you,
    but with great compassion I will gather you.

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“For a brief moment(A) I abandoned(B) you,
    but with deep compassion(C) I will bring you back.(D)

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(A)For his anger is but for a moment,
    and (B)his favor is for a lifetime.[a]
(C)Weeping may tarry for the night,
    but (D)joy comes with the morning.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 30:5 Or and in his favor is life

For his anger(A) lasts only a moment,(B)
    but his favor lasts a lifetime;(C)
weeping(D) may stay for the night,
    but rejoicing comes in the morning.(E)

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But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and (A)a thousand years as one day.

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But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.(A)

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The Lord Shall Rescue Zion

(A)In that day, declares the Lord,
    (B)I will assemble the (C)lame
and gather those who have been driven away
    and those whom I have afflicted;

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The Lord’s Plan

“In that day,” declares the Lord,

“I will gather the lame;(A)
    I will assemble the exiles(B)
    and those I have brought to grief.(C)

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20 Come, my people, enter your chambers,
    and shut your doors behind you;
hide yourselves (A)for a little while
    until the fury has passed by.

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20 Go, my people, enter your rooms
    and shut the doors(A) behind you;
hide(B) yourselves for a little while
    until his wrath(C) has passed by.(D)

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(A)Lift up your eyes all around, and see;
    they all gather together, they come to you;
(B)your sons shall come from afar,
    and your daughters shall be carried on the hip.

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“Lift up your eyes and look about you:
    All assemble(A) and come to you;
your sons come from afar,(B)
    and your daughters(C) are carried on the hip.(D)

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then the Lord your God (A)will restore your fortunes and have mercy on you, and he will (B)gather you again from all the peoples where the Lord your God has scattered you.

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then the Lord your God will restore your fortunes[a](A) and have compassion(B) on you and gather(C) you again from all the nations where he scattered(D) you.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 30:3 Or will bring you back from captivity

18 “For I know[a] their works and their thoughts, and the time is coming[b] (A)to gather all nations and tongues. And they shall come and shall see my glory,

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 66:18 Septuagint, Syriac; Hebrew lacks know
  2. Isaiah 66:18 Hebrew and it is coming

18 “And I, because of what they have planned and done,(A) am about to come[a] and gather the people of all nations(B) and languages, and they will come and see my glory.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 66:18 The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.

17 For (A)this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison,

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17 For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.(A)

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Lament over Jerusalem

37 (A)“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that (B)kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have (C)gathered (D)your children together (E)as a hen gathers her brood (F)under her wings, and (G)you were not willing!

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37 “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you,(A) how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings,(B) and you were not willing.

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24 (A)I will take you (B)from the nations and gather you from all the countries and (C)bring you into your own land.

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24 “‘For I will take you out of the nations; I will gather you from all the countries and bring you back into your own land.(A)

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10 (A)Foreigners shall build up your walls,
    and (B)their kings shall minister to you;
for in my wrath I struck you,
    but in my favor I have had mercy on you.

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10 “Foreigners(A) will rebuild your walls,
    and their kings(B) will serve you.
Though in anger I struck you,
    in favor(C) I will show you compassion.(D)

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The Lord God,
    (A)who gathers the outcasts of Israel, declares,
(B)“I will gather yet others to him
    besides those already gathered.”

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The Sovereign Lord declares—
    he who gathers the exiles of Israel:
“I will gather(A) still others to them
    besides those already gathered.”

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