“Thus says Yahweh.
‘Sing aloud with gladness
For Jacob!
Raise shouts
For the chief of the nations!
Proclaim!
Give praise!
Say!
‘Save!
O Yahweh!
Your people!
The remnant of Israel!’
See!
I am going to bring them
From the north country.
I am going to gather them
From the farthest parts of the earth.
Among them will be
The blind,
The lame,
Those with child,
Those in labor,
Together,
A great company.
They shall return here.’”
Yahweh, via Jeremiah, wants everyone to sing out loud and be glad for Jacob. They should shout out with joy as they proclaim and praise Yahweh. The people should ask Yahweh to save the remnant of its people. Yahweh was going to return all his people from the lands of the north, as well as from all over the earth, wherever they were. This would include the blind and the lame, women with children and those expecting. Everyone would come together in a great gathering of people as they returned home.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 