Isaiah 11:11-15

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¹¹In that day^(A) the Lord will reach out his hand a second time to reclaim the surviving remnant^(B) of his people from Assyria,^(C) from Lower Egypt, from Upper Egypt,^(D) from Cush,^[a]^(E) from Elam,^(F) from Babylonia,^[b] from Hamath^(G) and from the islands^(H) of the Mediterranean.^(I)

¹²He will raise a banner^(J) for the nations
    and gather^(K) the exiles of Israel;^(L)
he will assemble the scattered people^(M) of Judah
    from the four quarters of the earth.^(N)
¹³Ephraim’s jealousy will vanish,
    and Judah’s enemies^[c] will be destroyed;
Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah,
    nor Judah hostile toward Ephraim.^(O)
¹⁴They will swoop down on the slopes of Philistia^(P) to the west;
    together they will plunder the people to the east.^(Q)
They will subdue Edom^(R) and Moab,^(S)
    and the Ammonites^(T) will be subject to them.^(U)
¹⁵The Lord will dry up^(V)
    the gulf of the Egyptian sea;
with a scorching wind^(W) he will sweep his hand^(X)
    over the Euphrates River.^(Y)
He will break it up into seven streams
    so that anyone can cross over in sandals.^(Z)

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Footnotes

Isaiah 11:11 That is, the upper Nile region
Isaiah 11:11 Hebrew Shinar
Isaiah 11:13 Or hostility

Zechariah 10

New International Version

The Lord Will Care for Judah

10 Ask the Lord for rain in the springtime;
    it is the Lord who sends the thunderstorms.
He gives showers of rain^(A) to all people,
    and plants of the field^(B) to everyone.
²The idols^(C) speak deceitfully,
    diviners^(D) see visions that lie;
they tell dreams^(E) that are false,
    they give comfort in vain.^(F)
Therefore the people wander like sheep
    oppressed for lack of a shepherd.^(G)

³“My anger burns against the shepherds,
    and I will punish the leaders;^(H)
for the Lord Almighty will care
    for his flock, the people of Judah,
    and make them like a proud horse in battle.^(I)
⁴From Judah will come the cornerstone,^(J)
    from him the tent peg,^(K)
from him the battle bow,^(L)
    from him every ruler.
⁵Together they^[a] will be like warriors in battle
    trampling their enemy into the mud of the streets.^(M)
They will fight because the Lord is with them,
    and they will put the enemy horsemen to shame.^(N)

⁶“I will strengthen^(O) Judah
    and save the tribes of Joseph.
I will restore them
    because I have compassion^(P) on them.^(Q)
They will be as though
    I had not rejected them,
for I am the Lord their God
    and I will answer^(R) them.
⁷The Ephraimites will become like warriors,
    and their hearts will be glad as with wine.^(S)
Their children will see it and be joyful;
    their hearts will rejoice^(T) in the Lord.
⁸I will signal^(U) for them
    and gather them in.
Surely I will redeem them;
    they will be as numerous^(V) as before.
⁹Though I scatter them among the peoples,
    yet in distant lands they will remember me.^(W)
They and their children will survive,
    and they will return.
¹⁰I will bring them back from Egypt
    and gather them from Assyria.^(X)
I will bring them to Gilead^(Y) and Lebanon,
    and there will not be room^(Z) enough for them.
¹¹They will pass through the sea of trouble;
    the surging sea will be subdued
    and all the depths of the Nile will dry up.^(AA)
Assyria’s pride^(AB) will be brought down
    and Egypt’s scepter^(AC) will pass away.^(AD)
¹²I will strengthen^(AE) them in the Lord
    and in his name they will live securely,^(AF)”
declares the Lord.