They will walk after Yahweh, Who will roar like a lion; For he will roar, and the children will come trembling from the west.
This verse, as Keil noted, not only indicates obedience to the gathering voice of the Lord on Israel's part, but also denotes their, "Walking in true obedience to the Lord which follows from conversion."[18] This verse is therefore a reference to the times of the dispensation of Christ and his holy apostles; and the Israel in view is not the old secular kingdom at all, but the new Israel of the Church of Jesus Christ.  "This word is a ray of hope to be realized under the Messiah, through whom they would be called by the gospel to peace and protection `in Him.'"[19]  Butler also construed this verse as positively Messianic and noted that the roaring lion as a figure of the Lord is like those of  Joel 3:16-17 and  Amos 1:2, which is, of course, "A sending forth of the gospel from Jerusalem to all those who will hear and become sons of the covenant in the Messianic age."[20]