Isaiah 5:26

Therefore will he lift up an ensign to the nations afar off, And signal for him from the end of the earth,—And lo! with hot haste, will he come:

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly:

In Context

25For this cause, did the anger of Yahweh kindle upon his own people, And he stretched out his hand against them and smote them—So that the mountains, trembled, And, their dead bodies, served, for fuel in the midst of the streets. For all this, hath his anger, not turned back, But still, is his hand outstretched,

27None shall be weary, and none shall stumble in his midst, He shall neither slumber nor sleep,—Nor shall be loosened, the girdle of his loins, Nor snapped, the thong of his sandals:

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Cross References

Psalms 72:8So let him have dominion, From sea to sea, And from the River [="Euphrates"] unto the ends of the earth;

Isaiah 10:3What, then, will ye do for the day of visitation, And for the devastation, which from afar, shall come? Unto whom, will ye flee for help? And where will ye leave your gory?

Isaiah 13:2Upon a bare mountain, lift ye up a standard, Raise high the voice to them, Wave the hand, That they may enter the doors of nobles.

Isaiah 18:3All ye inhabitants of the world And ye, that dwell in the earth,—When there is lifted up an ensign on the mountains, Ye shall look, And when there is blown a horn, Ye shall hearken.

Isaiah 39:3Then came Isaiah the prophet, unto King Hezekiah,—and said unto him—What said these men? and whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah said, From a land far away, came they unto me, from Babylon!

Jeremiah 5:15Behold me! bringing upon you a nation from afar, O house of Israel, Declareth Yahweh,—A nation invincible, it is, A nation from age-past times, hath it been, A nation whose tongue thou shalt not know, Neither shalt thou understand what it speaketh:

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 5:19-30

Denunciations against Sin. ( b. c. 758.) 18 Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope: 19 That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it! 20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! 21 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in… Read the whole commentary →

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