Thomas Aquinas

Here he calls them back from the punishment of captivity: and first he calls them back; second he shows the cause of the calling back, at the place, "But I said." Concerning the first, two things. First he sets forth the calling back; second, the response of those called back, at the place, "and I will take you, one from a city, and two from a kindred, and I will bring you into Sion." Concerning the first, two things. First he calls back those of the ten tribes, calling them to return, toward the North, where the captives are held in the land of the Assyrians. Ps. 102: he will not be angry forever, nor will he threaten unto eternity. And for the recognizing of sins, "nevertheless know." "You have scattered your ways to strangers," as it were to many idols. Above, 2: "see your ways in the valley, know what you have done." Second, those of the two tribes: "be converted," by repenting, "returning to me." Or "returning," from captivity. Hosea 2: "and it shall be in that day, says the Lord, she will call me: My husband, and she will no longer call me Baalim."