Isaiah 11:16

There will be a highway for the remnant of his people that return from Assyria, 1 as there was for Israel in their coming up from the land of Egypt.

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And there shall be an highway for the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria; like as it was to Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt.

In Context

15Yahweh will completely destroy the gulf of the Sea of Egypt. 1 With his scorching wind he will wave his hand over the Euphrates River 1 and will divide it into seven streams, so it can be crossed over in sandals. 1

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Cross References

Exodus 14:26Yahweh said to Moses, “Reach out with your hand over the sea so that the waters may come back onto the Egyptians, their chariots, and their horsemen.”

Isaiah 19:23In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian will come to Egypt, and the Egyptian to Assyria; and the Egyptians will worship with the Assyrians.

Isaiah 35:8A highway will be there called The Holy Way. 1 The unclean will not travel it. But it will be for him who walks in it. 1 No fool will go on it. 1

Isaiah 42:15I will lay waste mountains and hills and dry up all their vegetation; 1 and I will turn the rivers into islands and will dry up the marshes. 1

Isaiah 49:12Look, these will come from far away, some from the north and the west; and others from the land of Sinim. 1

Isaiah 57:14He will say, 1 'Build, build! Clear a way! Remove all the stumbling blocks from the path of my people!'” 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 11:11-16

Advancement of Messiah's Kingdom. ( b. c. 740.) 10 And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious. 11 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea. 12 And he… Read the whole commentary →

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