Scattering & Gathering

July 13-19: 2 Kings 17, 24-25

Ideas taken from verses on the

scattering & gathering of Israel

Oh Zion and her daughters

To whence have ye all fled?

Oh Israel my beloved

Where too hath come thy dread?

The house of God is ravaged

Thy children’s bones are dried,

The beauty of thy cities fades

To ashes for thy pride.

For did I ever cast thee out

Did ever I betray?

No, to another ye that gone

And sold yourself away.

For only just a moment

I’ll turn my face away,

But with my endless mercies

I'll prepare you for that day.

When again the lost dispersed

Do hear their Shepherd’s call,

And see His banner lifted up

And join the saints withal.

Gather in oh Israel

Come out from every land,

The Lord thy God will feed His sheep

With mercy from His hand.

And then outcast of Israel

And Judah, both adored,

Will hear God's loving call and come

Rejoicing in the Lord.

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