| Geneva Study Bible I will {i} hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall increase as they have increased. (i) By which he declares the power of God, who needs no great preparation when he will deliver his own: for with a gesture or hiss he can call them suddenly from all places. Wesley's Notes 10:8 I will hiss - Though they are now scattered far off, I will call them as a shepherd, and they shall run with speed back to the flock. As they have increased - As they did of old time. Scofield Reference Notes Margin redeemed Isa 59:20 Ex 14:30. See Scofield Note: "Isa 59:20". See Scofield Note: "Ex 14:30" Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 8. hiss for them-Keepers of bees by a whistle call them together. So Jehovah by the mere word of His call shall gather back to Palestine His scattered people (Zec 10:10; Isa 5:26; Eze 36:11). The multitudes mentioned by Josephus [Wars of the Jews, 3:2], as peopling Galilee two hundred years after this time, were a pledge of the future more perfect fulfilment of the prophecy. for I have redeemed them-namely, in My covenant purpose "redeemed" both temporally and spiritually. as they have increased-in former times. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 10:6-12 Here are precious promises to the people of God, which look to the state of the Jews, and even to the latter days of the church. Preaching the gospel is God's call for souls to come to Jesus Christ. Those whom Christ redeemed by his blood, God will gather by his grace. Difficulties shall be got over easily, and effectually, as those in the way of the deliverance out of Egypt. God himself will be their strength, and their song. When we resist, and so overcome our spiritual enemies, then our hearts shall rejoice. If God strengthen us, we must bestir ourselves in all the duties of the Christian life, must be active in the work of God; and we must do all in the name of the Lord Jesus. | 
