6 I shall say to the north,+ ‘Give up!’ and to the south,* ‘Do not keep back. Bring my sons from far off, and my daughters from the extremity of the earth,+

8 Here I am bringing them from the land of the north,+ and I will collect them together from the remotest parts of the earth.+ Among them will be the blind and the lame, the pregnant woman and the one giving birth, all together.+ As a great congregation they will return here.+

27 When I bring them back from the peoples and I actually collect them together out of the lands of their enemies,+ I will also sanctify myself* among them before the eyes of many nations.’+

29 Furthermore, people will come from eastern parts and western, and from north and south,+ and will recline at the table in the kingdom of God.+