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14 Together they will swoop down
    on the foothills of the Philistines to the west
    and plunder the people of the east.
Edom and Moab will become subject to their rule,
    and the Ammonites will obey them.[a]
15 The Lord will dry up a pathway
    through the Sea of Egypt,
and he will wave his hand over the Euphrates
    in his fierce anger,
splitting it into seven streams
    so that it can be crossed on foot.
16 Thus there will be a highway
    for the remnant of his people from Assyria,
as there was for the Israelites
    when they came up from the land of Egypt.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 11:14 The peoples listed were Israel’s neighbors and traditional enemies.

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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