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Zechariah 10:9

I will sow them among the people peoples, R. V. Their dispersion among the nations of the earth shall not be for their destruction, but like the sowing of corn, which is scattered broad-cast, not that it may be lost and perish, but that it may bring forth much fruit. Comp. Hosea 2:23. "Ego eos multiplicabo, ut dispersio in populis non videatur esse divisio, sed sementis operatio, et liberorum et nepotum segete multiplicata vivant cum filiis suis." Hieron.

they shall live Comp. Ezekiel 37:14.

turn again or, return to God. Jeremiah 3:12; Jeremiah 3:14; Isaiah 10:21. The consequent return to their own land is promised in the next verse.

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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