I will say to the north and south,‘ Bring my sons and daughters back to Israel from the distant corners of the earth.

我要对北方说：‘交出来！’对南方说：‘不要拘留！’将我的众子从远方带来，将我的众女从地极领回，

我要对北方说，交出来！对南方说，不可扣留！要将我的儿子从远方带来，将我的女儿从地极领回，

我要对北方说，交出来！对南方说，不可扣留！要将我的儿子从远方带来，将我的女儿从地极领回，

我要对北方说，‘交出来！’对南方说，‘不要扣留！’要从远方把我的儿子们带来，从地极把我的女儿们领回。

我要对北方说：‘把他们交出来！’又对南方说：‘不要拘留他们！’要把我的众子从远方带回来，把我的女儿从地极领回来，

对北方，我要说：‘交出来！’对南方，我要说：‘不可留阻！’你们要把我的儿子们从远方带来，把我的女儿们从地极带来——

我要對北方說，交出來！對南方說，不要拘留！將我的眾子從遠方帶來，將我的眾女從地極領回，

我要對北方說，交出來！對南方說，不可扣留！要將我的兒子從遠方帶來，將我的女兒從地極領回，

我要對北方說，交出來！對南方說，不可扣留！要將我的兒子從遠方帶來，將我的女兒從地極領回，

我要對北方說，『交出來！』對南方說，『不要扣留！』要從遠方把我的兒子們帶來，從地極把我的女兒們領回。

我要對北方說：‘把他們交出來！’又對南方說：‘不要拘留他們！’要把我的眾子從遠方帶回來，把我的女兒從地極領回來，

我必對北方說：交出來！對南方說：不要拘留！要將我的眾兒子從遠方帶來，將我的女兒從地儘邊領回，

對北方，我要說：『交出來！』對南方，我要說：『不可留阻！』你們要把我的兒子們從遠方帶來，把我的女兒們從地極帶來——

謂北方曰、當令旋返、謂南方曰、勿行拘留、攜我諸子、還自遠方、攜我諸女、歸從地極、

謂北方曰、當反我民、謂南方曰、無阻我民、使我子女、歸從四極、

謂北方曰、釋之返、謂南方曰、勿拘留、以我諸子攜自遠方、以我諸女返自地極、

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—

I will say to the north,‘ Let them go!’ And I will say to the south,‘ Do not hold them back.’ Bring my sons from far away. Bring my daughters from the farthest places on earth.

I will say to the north, Give up, and to the south, Do not withhold; bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the end of the earth,

I will say to the north,‘ Give them up!’ and to the south,‘ Do not hold them back!’ Bring my sons from far away, and my daughters from the ends of the earth—

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,

I will say to the north,‘ Give them up!’ And to the south,‘ Do not keep them back!’ Bring My sons from afar, And My daughters from the ends of the earth—

I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back; bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the end of the earth;

I will say to the north: Give them up! and to the south: Do not hold them back! Bring My sons from far away, and My daughters from the ends of the earth—

I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth;

I will say to the north,‘ Hand them over!’ and to the south,‘ Don’t hold any back!’ Bring my sons from distant lands, and my daughters from the remote regions of the earth,

I will tell the north,‘ Give them up!’ and tell the south,‘ Don’t hold them back! Bring my sons from far away, and my daughters from the ends of the earth—

Therefore, come out from among unbelievers, and separate yourselves from them, says the Lord. Don’t touch their filthy things, and I will welcome you.And I will be your Father, and you will be my sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”

“ Return home, you wayward children,” says the Lord,“ for I am your master. I will bring you back to the land of Israel— one from this town and two from that family— from wherever you are scattered.

In those days the people of Judah and Israel will return together from exile in the north. They will return to the land I gave your ancestors as an inheritance forever.“ I thought to myself,‘ I would love to treat you as my own children!’ I wanted nothing more than to give you this beautiful land— the finest possession in the world. I looked forward to your calling me‘ Father,’ and I wanted you never to turn from me.

For you are all children of God through faith in Christ Jesus.And all who have been united with Christ in baptism have put on Christ, like putting on new clothes.There is no longer Jew or Gentile, slave or free, male and female. For you are all one in Christ Jesus.And now that you belong to Christ, you are the true children of Abraham. You are his heirs, and God’s promise to Abraham belongs to you.

At that time the Lord of Heaven’s Armies will receive gifts from this land divided by rivers, from this tall, smooth skinned people, who are feared far and wide for their conquests and destruction. They will bring the gifts to Jerusalem, where the Lord of Heaven’s Armies dwells.

Concerning the Gentiles, God says in the prophecy of Hosea,“ Those who were not my people, I will now call my people. And I will love those whom I did not love before.”And,“ Then, at the place where they were told,‘ You are not my people,’ there they will be called‘ children of the living God.’”

Being descendants of Abraham doesn’t make them truly Abraham’s children. For the Scriptures say,“ Isaac is the son through whom your descendants will be counted,” though Abraham had other children, too.This means that Abraham’s physical descendants are not necessarily children of God. Only the children of the promise are considered to be Abraham’s children.

“ Yet the time will come when Israel’s people will be like the sands of the seashore— too many to count! Then, at the place where they were told,‘ You are not my people,’ it will be said,‘ You are children of the living God.’Then the people of Judah and Israel will unite together. They will choose one leader for themselves, and they will return from exile together. What a day that will be— the day of Jezreel— when God will again plant his people in his land.

For he has gathered the exiles from many lands, from east and west, from north and south.