“See!
I am going to gather them
From all the lands
To which I drove them
In my anger,
In my wrath,
With great indignation.
I will bring them back
To this place.
I will settle them
In safety.
They shall be my people.
I will be their God.
I will give them one heart
With one way.
Thus they may fear me
For all time,
For their own good,
As well as the good
Of their children after them.”
Yahweh was going to restore the Israelites back in their land. He was going to gather them from all the countries that they had been scattered to, when he was angry, wrathful, and indignant over their behavior. They would be settled in the Promised Land to live safely. They would be his people. He would be their God. This phrase shows the strong love of God for his people. They would have one heart and one way of doing things. They would fear him all the time, for their own good as well as the good of their children to come. Happy days were ahead.