O ye kindreds of the people; or, O ye families of the people of the world. And the word families may be understood either,
1. Strictly and properly; and so it may be intimated that this great blessing of salvation by Christ should not be imparted to whole nations, but only to some persons taken out of every people and nation, as it is expressed, Revelation 5:9. Or,
2. More largely for nations, as it is taken, Genesis 12:3 Jeremiah 25:9 Malachi 14:18; and so it may be implied that not only some few of the heathen people should be brought to the acknowledgment and worship of the true God, as was usual in the times of the Old Testament, but that whole nations should come in to the church of God together. Give unto the Lord; ascribe to him, or acknowledge to be in him.