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14 But they shall swoop[a] upon the Philistine shoulder,[b] westward.[c]
    Together they shall plunder the sons of the east.
Edom and Moab will be under their command,[d]
    and the sons of Ammon will be their subjugated people.
15 And Yahweh will divide[e] the tongue[f] of the sea of Egypt,[g]
    and he will wave his hand over the river[h] with his scorching wind;
and he will strike it into seven streams,
    and he will make it passable by foot.[i]
16 So there shall be a highway from Assyria for the remnant of his people that remains,
    as there was for Israel when[j] it went up from the land of Egypt.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 11:14 Literally “fly”
  2. Isaiah 11:14 That is, the hill country west of Judah
  3. Isaiah 11:14 Literally “sea”
  4. Isaiah 11:14 Literally “the stretching of their hand”
  5. Isaiah 11:15 Or “utterly destroy”
  6. Isaiah 11:15 Probably the “gulf”
  7. Isaiah 11:15 That is, the Red Sea
  8. Isaiah 11:15 That is, the Euphrates River
  9. Isaiah 11:15 Literally “cause to walk with the sandal”
  10. Isaiah 11:16 Literally “in the day”

14 They will swoop down on the slopes of Philistia(A) to the west;
    together they will plunder the people to the east.(B)
They will subdue Edom(C) and Moab,(D)
    and the Ammonites(E) will be subject to them.(F)
15 The Lord will dry up(G)
    the gulf of the Egyptian sea;
with a scorching wind(H) he will sweep his hand(I)
    over the Euphrates River.(J)
He will break it up into seven streams
    so that anyone can cross over in sandals.(K)
16 There will be a highway(L) for the remnant(M) of his people
    that is left from Assyria,(N)
as there was for Israel
    when they came up from Egypt.(O)

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