Sow is never used in a bad sense, i.e., “to scatter,” but rather means to spread and multiply (Hos. 2:25; Jeremiah 31:27). There is, therefore, no word here of a new dispersion of the people, but rather of an increasing and in-gathering.

Shall live with. — Comp. Ezekiel 37:14. — i.e., survive with. They will “turn again,” because they “remember” God in the land of their captivity, and feel a yearning for the place where He hath set His name again.

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