Psalms Chapter 147 verse 2 Holy Bible
Jehovah doth build up Jerusalem; He gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.
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The Lord is building up Jerusalem; he makes all the outlaws of Israel come together.
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Jehovah doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth the outcasts of Israel.
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The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.
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Yahweh builds up Jerusalem. He gathers together the outcasts of Israel.
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Building Jerusalem `is' Jehovah, The driven away of Israel He gathereth.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 2. - The Lord doth build up Jerusalem. The rebuilding of Jerusalem after the return from the Babylonish captivity covered a space of above ninety years, from B.C. 538 till B.C. 445. First the temple was built (B.C. 533-515); then the city; finally, the walls and the gates ( B.C. 445). It was in connection with this last portion of the building that the present psalm seems to have been written. He gathereth together the outcasts of Israel. The exiles returned gradually - some with Zerubbabel ( B.C. 538); some with Ezra, in B.C. 457; others, doubtless, with Nehemiah, in B.C. 445; and again in B.C. 434.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(2) Build up--i.e., of course, "rebuild." The word "outcasts," which is that used in Isaiah 11:12; Isaiah 56:8, shows that the rebuilding after the captivity is intended. The LXX. and Vulg. have "dispersion;" Symmachus, "those thrust out."