I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from afar, and my daughters from the ends of the earth;
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
North. Assyria.
South. Egypt. The captives returned from these countries under Cyrus, Alexander the Great, so that before the coming of Christ, Judea was as well peopled as ever. (Calmet)