Isa 11:11-12:6, Isa 60, 66:8-20, Mic 4:1-2, 5:7, Zec 2:11, Rom 11:25 | ESV | STEP | In that day the Lord will extend his hand yet a second time to recover the remnant that remains of his people , from Assyria , from Egypt , from Pathros , from Cush , from Elam , from Shinar , from Hamath , and from the coastlands of the sea .

11 ^aIn that day the Lord will extend his hand yet a second time to recover the remnant that remains of his people, ^bfrom Assyria, ^cfrom Egypt, from ^dPathros, from ^eCush, ^{▼▼Probably Nubia} from ^gElam, from ^hShinar, from ⁱHamath, and from ^jthe coastlands of the sea.

12 He will raise ^ka signal for the nations
and will assemble ^lthe banished of Israel,
and gather the dispersed of Judah
from the four corners of the earth.
13 ^mThe jealousy of Ephraim shall depart,
and those who harass Judah shall be cut off;
Ephraim shall not be jealous of Judah,
and Judah shall not harass Ephraim.
14 ⁿBut they shall swoop down on the shoulder of the Philistines in the west,
and together they shall plunder ^othe people of the east.
They shall put out their hand ^pagainst ^qEdom and ^rMoab,
and ^sthe Ammonites shall obey them.
15 And the Lord will utterly destroy ^{▼▼Hebrew devote to destruction}
^uthe tongue of the Sea of Egypt,
and will wave his hand over ^vthe River
with his scorching breath, ^{▼▼Or wind}
and strike it into seven channels,
and he will lead people across in sandals.
16 And there will be ^xa highway from Assyria
for the remnant that remains of his people,
^yas there was for Israel
when they came up from the land of Egypt.

Isaiah 12

The Lord Is My Strength and My Song

1 You ^{▼▼The Hebrew for you is singular in verse 1} will say ^aain that day:
“I will give thanks to you, O Lord,
for though you were angry with me,
^abyour anger turned away,
that you might comfort me.
2 “Behold, God is my salvation;
I will trust, and will not be afraid;
for ^acthe Lord God ^{▼▼Hebrew for Yah, the Lord} is my strength and my song,
and he has become my salvation.”
3 ^aeWith joy you ^{▼▼The Hebrew for you is plural in verses 3, 4} will draw water from the wells of salvation. 4 ^agAnd you will say in that day:

^ah“Give thanks to the Lord,
call upon his name,
^aimake known his deeds among the peoples,
proclaim ^ajthat his name is exalted.
5 ^ak“Sing praises to the Lord, for he has done gloriously;
let this be made known ^{▼▼Or this is made known} in all the earth.
6 Shout, and sing for joy, O inhabitant of Zion,
for great ^amin your ^{▼▼The Hebrew for your in verse 6 is singular, referring to the inhabitant of Zion} midst is ^aothe Holy One of Israel.”

Isaiah 60

The Future Glory of Israel

1 ^apArise, shine, for your light has come,
and ^aqthe glory of the Lord has risen upon you.
2 For behold, darkness shall cover the earth,
and thick darkness the peoples;
but the Lord will arise upon you,
and his glory will be seen upon you.
3 ^arAnd nations shall come to your light,
and kings to the brightness of your rising.
4 ^asLift up your eyes all around, and see;
they all gather together, they come to you;
^atyour sons shall come from afar,
and your daughters shall be carried on the hip.
5 Then you shall see and ^aube radiant;
your heart shall thrill and exult, ^{▼▼Hebrew your heart shall tremble and grow wide}
because the abundance of the sea shall be turned to you,
^awthe wealth of the nations shall come to you.
6 A multitude of camels shall cover you,
the young camels of ^axMidian and ^ayEphah;
all those from ^azSheba shall come.
^baThey shall bring gold and frankincense,
and shall bring good news, the praises of the Lord.
7 All the flocks of ^bbKedar shall be gathered to you;
the rams of ^bcNebaioth shall minister to you;
^bdthey shall come up with acceptance on my altar,
^beand I will beautify my beautiful house.
8 Who are these that fly like a cloud,
and ^bflike doves to their windows?
9 For ^bgthe coastlands shall hope for me,
^bhthe ships of Tarshish first,
^bito bring your children from afar,
their silver and gold with them,
for the name of the Lord your God,
and for the Holy One of Israel,
because ^bjhe has made you beautiful.
10 ^bkForeigners shall build up your walls,
and ^bltheir kings shall minister to you;
for in my wrath I struck you,
but in my favor I have had mercy on you.
11 ^bmYour gates shall be open continually;
day and night they shall not be shut,
^bnthat people may bring to you the wealth of the nations,
with their kings led in procession.
12 ^boFor the nation and kingdom
that will not serve you shall perish;
those nations shall be utterly laid waste.
13 ^bpThe glory of Lebanon shall come to you,
the cypress, the plane, and ^bqthe pine,
to beautify the place of my sanctuary,
and I will make the place of my feet glorious.
14 ^brThe sons of those who afflicted you
shall come bending low to you,
^bsand all who despised you
shall bow down at your feet;
^btthey shall call you the City of the Lord,
the Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
15 ^buWhereas you have been forsaken and hated,
with no one passing through,
^bvI will make you majestic forever,
a joy from age to age.
16 ^bwYou shall suck the milk of nations;
you shall nurse at the breast of kings;
and you shall know that ^bxI, the Lord, am your Savior
and your Redeemer, ^bythe Mighty One of Jacob.
17 Instead of bronze I will bring gold,
and instead of iron I will bring silver;
instead of wood, bronze,
instead of stones, iron.
I will make your overseers peace
^bzand your taskmasters righteousness.
18 ^caViolence shall no more be heard in your land,
devastation or destruction within your borders;
^cbyou shall call your walls Salvation,
and your gates Praise.
19 ^ccThe sun shall be no more
your light by day,
nor for brightness shall the moon
give you light; ^{▼▼Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint, Targum add by night}
but the Lord will be your everlasting light,
and your God will be your glory. ^{▼▼Or your beauty}
20 Your sun shall no more go down,
nor your moon withdraw itself;
for the Lord will be your everlasting light,
and ^cfyour days of mourning shall be ended.
21 ^cgYour people shall all be righteous;
^chthey shall possess the land forever,
^cithe branch of my planting, the work of my hands,
that I might be glorified. ^{▼▼Or that I might display my beauty}
22 ^ckThe least one shall become a clan,
and the smallest one a mighty nation;
^clI am the Lord;
in its time I will hasten it.

Isaiah 66:8-20

8 Who has heard such a thing?
Who has seen such things?
Shall a land be born in one day?
Shall a nation be brought forth in one moment?
For ^cmas soon as Zion was in labor
she brought forth her children.
9 Shall I bring to the point of birth and not cause to bring forth?”
says the Lord;
“shall I, who cause to bring forth, shut the womb?”
says your God.
10 ^cn“Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad for her,
all you who love her;
rejoice with her in joy,
all you who mourn over her;
11 that you may nurse and be satisfied
from her consoling breast;
that you may drink deeply with delight
from her glorious abundance.” ^{▼▼Or breast}
12 For thus says the Lord:
^cp“Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river,
and the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream;
and ^cqyou shall nurse, you shall be carried upon her hip,
and bounced upon her knees.
13 As one whom his mother comforts,
so ^crI will comfort you;
you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.
14 You shall see, and your heart shall rejoice;
^csyour bones shall flourish like the grass;
and ^ctthe hand of the Lord shall be known to his servants,
and he shall show his indignation against his enemies.

Final Judgment and Glory of the Lord

15 “For behold, ^cuthe Lord will come in fire,
and ^cvhis chariots like the whirlwind,
to render his anger in fury,
and his rebuke with flames of fire.
16 For ^cwby fire ^cxwill the Lord enter into judgment,
and by his sword, with all flesh;
and those slain by the Lord shall be many.
17 ^cy“Those who sanctify and purify themselves to go into the gardens, following one in the midst, ^czeating pig’s flesh and the abomination and mice, shall come to an end together, declares the Lord.

18 “For I know ^{▼▼Septuagint, Syriac; Hebrew lacks know} their works and their thoughts, and the time is coming ^{▼▼Hebrew and it is coming} ^dcto gather all nations and tongues. And they shall come and shall see my glory, 19 and I will set a sign among them. And from them ^ddI will send survivors to the nations, to ^deTarshish, ^dfPul, and ^dgLud, who draw the bow, to ^dhTubal and ^diJavan, ^djto the coastlands far away, ^dkthat have not heard my fame or seen my glory. And they shall declare my glory among the nations. 20 ^dlAnd they shall bring all your brothers from all the nations ^dmas an offering to the Lord, on horses and in chariots and in litters and on mules and on dromedaries, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, says the Lord, just as the Israelites bring their grain offering in a clean vessel to the house of the Lord.

Micah 4:1-2

The Mountain of the Lord

1 It shall come to pass ^dnin the latter days
that the mountain of the house of the Lord
shall be established as the highest of the mountains,
and it shall be lifted up above the hills;
and peoples shall flow to it,
2 and many nations shall come, and say:
“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
to the house of the God of Jacob,
that he may teach us his ways
and that we may walk in his paths.”
For out of Zion shall go forth the law, ^{▼▼Or teaching}
and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

Micah 5:7

A Remnant Shall Be Delivered

7 Then ^dpthe remnant of Jacob shall be
in the midst of many peoples
like dew from the Lord,
like showers on the grass,
which delay not for a man
nor wait for the children of man.

Zechariah 2:11

11 ^dqAnd many nations shall join themselves to the Lord in that day, and shall be my people. ^drAnd I will dwell in your midst, and ^dsyou shall know that the Lord of hosts has sent me to you.

Romans 11:25

The Mystery of Israel’s Salvation

25 ^dtLest you be wise in your own sight, I do not want you to be unaware of this mystery, brothers: ^{▼▼Or brothers and sisters} ^dva partial hardening has come upon Israel, ^dwuntil the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.