10:9
There is no easy plan of salvation. They would be scattered to many lands, and note that it is the Lord who scatters them. Other nations would be the instruments, but it would be the Lord’s doing. This happened, the Jews were scattered in many lands at the time of the early church, and continued to be scattered throughout the world until today. But in these distant lands they would remember the Lord and be saved. No matter how lost we are, if we remember the Lord, if we repent and believe, we will be saved.
10:10-12
The Lord would gather them from Egypt and Assyria. Just as it was the Lord who scattered them, so it would be the Lord who brought them back. And He would bring them back in large numbers.
They would pass through the surging sea. God may bring us through times of trouble, but He does so to bring us to a place of salvation. The seas would be subdued by the Lord. Passing through the Nile could be an allusion to passing through the Red Sea. The strength and power of the nations that oppressed them would be taken away.
So her enemies would be weakened, but Israel herself would be strengthened. They would be strong in the Lord, and “in His Name” they would live securely. We find security only in the Lord.
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