Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from the west country;
Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from, the west - i e., from every region (cf. Psalms 50:1. The "east" is literally, 'the rising of the sun;' the "west" is literally, 'the going down of the sun х mizraach (H4217) ... mªbow' (H3996) hashaamesh (H8121)] to which they are scattered. They are now found especially in countries west of Jerusalem. The dispersion under Nebuchadnezzar was only to the east-namely, to Babylonia, The restoration, including a spiritual return to God (Zechariah 8:8), here foretold, must, therefore, be still future (Isaiah 11:11-12; Isaiah 43:5-6; Ezekiel 37:21; Amos 9:14-15; also Zechariah 13:9; Jeremiah 30:22; Jeremiah 31:1; Jeremiah 31:33).