Isaiah 11:9-16

New Living Translation

⁹Nothing will hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain,
for as the waters fill the sea,
so the earth will be filled with people who know the Lord.

¹⁰In that day the heir to David’s throne^[a]
    will be a banner of salvation to all the world.
The nations will rally to him,
    and the land where he lives will be a glorious place.^[b]
¹¹In that day the Lord will reach out his hand a second time
    to bring back the remnant of his people—
those who remain in Assyria and northern Egypt;
    in southern Egypt, Ethiopia,^[c] and Elam;
    in Babylonia,^[d] Hamath, and all the distant coastlands.
¹²He will raise a flag among the nations
    and assemble the exiles of Israel.
He will gather the scattered people of Judah
    from the ends of the earth.

¹³Then at last the jealousy between Israel^[e] and Judah will end.
    They will not be rivals anymore.
¹⁴They will join forces to swoop down on Philistia to the west.
    Together they will attack and plunder the nations to the east.
They will occupy the lands of Edom and Moab,
    and Ammon will obey them.
¹⁵The Lord will make a dry path through the gulf of the Red Sea.^[f]
    He will wave his hand over the Euphrates River,^[g]
sending a mighty wind to divide it into seven streams
    so it can easily be crossed on foot.
¹⁶He will make a highway for the remnant of his people,
    the remnant coming from Assyria,
just as he did for Israel long ago
    when they returned from Egypt.

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Footnotes

11:10a Hebrew the root of Jesse.
11:10b Greek version reads In that day the heir to David’s throne [literally the root of Jesse] will come, / and he will rule over the Gentiles. / They will place their hopes on him. Compare Rom 15:12.
11:11a Hebrew in Pathros, Cush.
11:11b Hebrew in Shinar.
11:13 Hebrew Ephraim, referring to the northern kingdom of Israel.
11:15a Hebrew will destroy the tongue of the sea of Egypt.
11:15b Hebrew the river.