Israel
Isaiah 11:11-16
Isaiah · ~700 BC · Status: Future · Confidence: 60%
“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.”
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The Root of Jesse as a banner for the nations, gathering both Jewish exiles and Gentiles to himself.
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11:11And 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.
11:12And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
11:13The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.
11:14But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them.
11:15And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dryshod.
11:16And 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.
Fulfillment References
Romans 15:12 Revelation 22:16 Matthew 12:21
How Traditions Read This Prophecy
Apostolic (Oneness) PentecostalThe 'root of Jesse' standing as an ensign to whom the Gentiles seek is the Lord Jesus (Rom. 15:12; Rev. 22:16) — God's salvation reaching the nations in Christ. The second regathering of Israel awaits His day; the one God gathers Jew and Gentile to Himself in the one Name.
JewishThe future ingathering of the dispersed (a 'second' exodus surpassing the first) under the Davidic Messiah, Israel reunited and the nations subdued — a core messianic-age expectation.
CatholicThe root of Jesse is Christ, the ensign to the nations; the ingathering is read of both Israel's restoration and the Church's universality.
ProtestantA literal end-time regathering of Israel; the root of Jesse drawing the Gentiles is fulfilled in Christ (Rom. 15:12), with national restoration yet to come.
AcademicA restoration oracle promising a second exodus and the reunification of Judah and Ephraim; 'root of Jesse' recalls 11:1, applied by Paul to Jesus.
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