In that day, saith the LORD, will I assemble her that halteth, and I will gather her that is driven out, and her that I have afflicted;
Ver. 6. In that day] sc. of grace and of the gospel. It is called a day, and that day, by an excellence, in regard of revelation, adornation, consolation, distinction, speedy preterition.
Saith the Lord] Whose word cannot be broken, John 10:25, and is therefore the best security, 2 Corinthians 1:20 .
Will I assemble her that halteth] Heb. that goeth sideling, that is maimed, disjointed, lamed, Isaiah 35:3, torn, Psalms 35:15, and tired out with long journeys into captivity, as the Jews were by the Babylonians, Greeks, and Romans before Christ's coming: that they might breathe after those days of refreshing from the presence of the Lord, Malachi 3:1 .
And I will gather her that is driven out] Or, rejected, thrust away with a force, that is, the Gentiles suffered to walk in their own ways, Acts 14:16, and carried away unto dumb idols, even as they were led, 1 Corinthians 12:2 .
And her that I have afflicted] Both Jews and Gentiles, the whole community of people: for God shook all nations then, when the Desire of all nations Christ, Heb 12:26 was to come, Haggai 2:7; Haggai 2:22,23. Junius, after the Septuagint, rendereth it, ut veniant desiderati omnium gentium, So may they come, the desire of all nations, that the saints, those desirable ones, out of all nations may come: for unto Shiloh in a most afflicted time (when the sceptre was departed from Judah, &c.) was the gathering of all people to be, Gen 49:10 Isaiah 26:8,9, See Isaiah 66:20 : rather in litters (as lame people are carried) should they come, than not at all: rather on one leg, with Jacob, should they wrestle, than not prevail.