- Yet will I bring:
- Many of the Moabites were afterwards restored to their country by Cyrus, as we learn from Josephus; but they never were restored to their national consequence; and perhaps their restoration in the latter days refers to the conversion of their scattered remnants to the gospel. "And I will deliverª° them into the handª of those that seekª° their lives,ª and into the handª of Nebuchadrezzarª kingª of Babylon,ª and into the handª of his servants:ª and afterwardª¹ it shall be inhabited,ª° as in the daysª of old,ª saithª° the LORD.ª" {Jer 46:26} + "And afterwardª¹ I will bring againª°¹ the captivityª of the childrenª of Ammon,ª saithª° the LORD.ª" {Jer 49:6} + "But it shall come to pass¹ in the latterª days,ª [that] I will bring againª°°°¹ the captivityª° of Elam,ª saithª° the LORD.ª" {Jer 49:39} + "In that¹ timeª shall the presentª be broughtª° unto the LORDª of hostsª of a peopleª scatteredª° and peeled,ª° and from a peopleª¹ terribleª° from¹ their beginning¹ hitherto;ª a nationª meted outª² and trodden under foot,ª whose¹ landª the riversª have spoiled,ª° to¹ the placeª of the nameª of the LORDª of hosts,ª the mountª Zion.ª" {Isa 18:7} + "In that¹ dayª shall¹ fiveª citiesª in the landª of Egyptª speakª° the languageª of Canaan,ª and swearª° to the LORDª of hosts;ª oneª shall be called,ª° The cityª of destruction.ª ... In that¹ dayª shall there be¹ a highwayª out of Egyptª¹ to Assyria,ª and the Assyrianª shall comeª° into Egypt,ª and the Egyptianª into Assyria,ª and the Egyptiansª shall serveª° with¹ the Assyrians.ª" {Isa 19:18-23} + "And her merchandiseª and her hireª shall be¹ holinessª to the LORD:ª it shall not¹ be treasuredª° nor¹ laid up;ª° for¹ her merchandiseª shall be¹ for them that dwellª° beforeª the LORD,ª to eatª° sufficiently,ª and for durableª clothing.ª" {Isa 23:18} + "When I shall bring againª°¹ their captivity,ª°¹ the captivityª° of Sodomª and her daughters,ª and the captivityª° of Samariaª and her daughters,ª then [will I bring again] the captivityª° of thy captivesª in the midstª of them: ... When thy sisters,ª Sodomª and her daughters,ª shall returnª° to their former estate,ª and Samariaª and her daughtersª shall returnª° to their former estate,ª then thou¹ and thy daughtersª shall returnª° to your former estate.ª" {Ezk 16:53-55}
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