The Lord (A)builds up Jerusalem;
He (B)gathers the outcasts of Israel.

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12 And He will lift up a (A)standard for the nations
And (B)assemble the banished ones of Israel,
And will gather the dispersed of Judah
From the four corners of the earth.

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The Lord [a]God, who (A)gathers the dispersed of Israel, declares,
“Yet (B)others I will gather to [b]them, to those already gathered.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 56:8 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
  2. Isaiah 56:8 Lit him

10 “From beyond the rivers of (A)Ethiopia
My [a]worshipers, [b]My dispersed ones,
Will (B)bring My offerings.

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Footnotes

  1. Zephaniah 3:10 Or suppliants
  2. Zephaniah 3:10 Lit the daughter of My dispersed ones

Testing Your Faith

[a](A)James, a (B)bond-servant of God and (C)of the Lord Jesus Christ,

To (D)the twelve tribes who are [b](E)dispersed abroad: (F)Greetings.

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Footnotes

  1. James 1:1 Or Jacob
  2. James 1:1 Lit in the Dispersion

A Living Hope, and a Sure Salvation

(A)Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ,

To those who reside as (B)aliens, (C)scattered throughout (D)Pontus, (E)Galatia, (F)Cappadocia, (G)Asia, and (H)Bithynia, (I)who are chosen

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