“Look toward the east!
O Jerusalem!
See the joy
That is coming
To you
From God!
Look!
Your children
Are coming!
Those you sent away
Are coming.
They are gathered
From the east,
From the west,
At the word
Of the Holy One,
Rejoicing
In the glory
Of God.”
Jerusalem was to look to the east to see the joy of those coming back to Jerusalem. The children, who were sent away, are now returning to this holy city. They are being gathered from the east and the west at the word of the Holy One, not Yahweh. They are rejoicing in the glory of God.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 