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Zechariah 10:8

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

I will him for them; σημανῶ αὐτοῖς," I will signal to them"; sibilabo eis (Vulgate). The slightest summons will bring them when God wills the return of the dispersed. The "hissing" is the whistling or tinkling with which bees are allured to swarm (Isaiah 5:26; Isaiah 7:18, Isaiah 7:19).

I have redeemed them. They were virtually delivered from captivity and exile, though all had not taken advantage of the deliverance. They shall increase as they have increased. The same promise is made in Ezekiel 36:10, Ezekiel 36:11.

The allusion is to the marvellous growth of the Israelite nation in Egypt (Exodus 1:7, Exodus 1:12). The prophets often announce this fulfilment of the promise made to Abraham (Genesis 13:16; Genesis 15:5, etc.

) after the return (see Isaiah 54:2; Hosea 1:10; Micah 2:12).

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