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(A)On Zion, God's sacred hill,
    there will be nothing harmful or evil.
The land will be as full of knowledge of the Lord
    as the seas are full of water.

The Exiled People Will Return

10 (B)A day is coming when the new king from the royal line of David will be a symbol to the nations. They will gather in his royal city and give him honor. 11 When that day comes, the Lord will once again use his power and bring back home those of his people who are left in Assyria and Egypt, in the lands of Pathros, Ethiopia,[a] Elam, Babylonia, and Hamath, and in the coastlands and on the islands of the sea.

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  1. Isaiah 11:11 Hebrew Cush: Cush is the ancient name of the extensive territory south of the First Cataract of the Nile River. This region was called Ethiopia in Graeco-Roman times, and included within its borders most of modern Sudan and some of present-day Ethiopia (Abyssinia).

They will neither harm nor destroy(A)
    on all my holy mountain,(B)
for the earth(C) will be filled with the knowledge(D) of the Lord
    as the waters cover the sea.

10 In that day(E) the Root of Jesse(F) will stand as a banner(G) for the peoples; the nations(H) will rally to him,(I) and his resting place(J) will be glorious.(K) 11 In that day(L) the Lord will reach out his hand a second time to reclaim the surviving remnant(M) of his people from Assyria,(N) from Lower Egypt, from Upper Egypt,(O) from Cush,[a](P) from Elam,(Q) from Babylonia,[b] from Hamath(R) and from the islands(S) of the Mediterranean.(T)

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  1. Isaiah 11:11 That is, the upper Nile region
  2. Isaiah 11:11 Hebrew Shinar