The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah Vol 1 - Predestination

anner to gather our dispersed, and gather us
together firom the four ends of the earth. Blessed
be Thou, O Lord! Who gatherest the outcasts of
Thy people Israel.'' That prayer included in its
generality also ^H^zLii the lost ten tribes. So, for
example, the prophecy'* was rendered:
* They hasten hither, like a bird out of Egypt,'—
referring to Israel of old; ^ and like a dove out of
the land of Assyria'—referring to the ten tribes.®'
And thus even these wanderers, so long lost, were
to be reckoned in the fold of the Good Shepherd.^
It is worth while to trace, how universally and
warmly both Eastern and Western Judaism
cherished this hope of all Israel's return to their
own land. The Targumim bear repeated reference
to it;^ and although there may be question as to the
exact date of these paraphrases, it cannot be
doubted, that in this respect they represented the
views of the Synagogue at the time of Jesos. For
the same reason we may gather from the Talmud
and earliest com* mentaries, what Israel's hope