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11     On that day,
The Lord shall again take it in hand
    to reclaim the remnant of his people
    that is left from Assyria and Egypt,
Pathros, Ethiopia, and Elam,
    Shinar, Hamath, and the isles of the sea.(A)
12 He shall raise a signal to the nations(B)
    and gather the outcasts of Israel;
The dispersed of Judah he shall assemble
    from the four corners of the earth.
13 The envy of Ephraim shall pass away,
    and those hostile to Judah shall be cut off;
Ephraim shall not envy Judah,
    and Judah shall not be hostile to Ephraim;
14 But they shall swoop down on the foothills
    of the Philistines to the west,
    together they shall plunder the people of the east;[a]
Edom and Moab shall be their possessions,
    and the Ammonites their subjects.
15 The Lord shall dry up the tongue[b] of the Sea of Egypt,
    and wave his hand over the Euphrates with his fierce wind,
And divide it into seven streamlets,
    so that it can be crossed in sandals.(C)
16 There shall be a highway for the remnant of his people
    that is left from Assyria,
As there was for Israel
    when it came up from the land of Egypt.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 11:14 People of the east: tribes in the Arabian Desert (cf. Jgs 6:3, 33; 7:12).
  2. 11:15 Tongue: perhaps to be identified with the Gulf of Suez.

11 In that day(A) the Lord will reach out his hand a second time to reclaim the surviving remnant(B) of his people from Assyria,(C) from Lower Egypt, from Upper Egypt,(D) from Cush,[a](E) from Elam,(F) from Babylonia,[b] from Hamath(G) and from the islands(H) of the Mediterranean.(I)

12 He will raise a banner(J) for the nations
    and gather(K) the exiles of Israel;(L)
he will assemble the scattered people(M) of Judah
    from the four quarters of the earth.(N)
13 Ephraim’s jealousy will vanish,
    and Judah’s enemies[c] will be destroyed;
Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah,
    nor Judah hostile toward Ephraim.(O)
14 They will swoop down on the slopes of Philistia(P) to the west;
    together they will plunder the people to the east.(Q)
They will subdue Edom(R) and Moab,(S)
    and the Ammonites(T) will be subject to them.(U)
15 The Lord will dry up(V)
    the gulf of the Egyptian sea;
with a scorching wind(W) he will sweep his hand(X)
    over the Euphrates River.(Y)
He will break it up into seven streams
    so that anyone can cross over in sandals.(Z)
16 There will be a highway(AA) for the remnant(AB) of his people
    that is left from Assyria,(AC)
as there was for Israel
    when they came up from Egypt.(AD)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 11:11 That is, the upper Nile region
  2. Isaiah 11:11 Hebrew Shinar
  3. Isaiah 11:13 Or hostility