8. hiss for them--Keepers of bees by a whistle call them together. So
Jehovah by the mere word of His call shall gather back to Palestine His
scattered people
(Zec 10:10;
Isa 5:26;
Eze 36:11).
The multitudes mentioned by
JOSEPHUS [Wars of the Jews, 3:2],
as peopling Galilee two hundred years after this time, were a pledge of
the future more perfect fulfilment of the prophecy.
for I have redeemed them--namely, in My covenant purpose "redeemed"
both temporally and spiritually.
as they have increased--in former times.
JFB.
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