From Assyria; as there was another highway from Egypt in the former verse. So the sense is, that all impediments shall be removed, and a way made for the return of God's Israel from all parts of the world. He mentions Assyria, because thither the ten tribes were carried, 2 Kings 17:23; whose case seemed to be most desperate.
AND THERE SHALL BE AN HIGHWAY - All obstructions shall be removed, and they shall be permitted to return without hinderance (compare the note at Isaiah 35:8). FOR THE REMNANT OF HIS PEOPLE FROM ASSYR...
CHAPTER 11 The Coming King and His Kingdom 1. _The King: Who He is and what He will do (Isaiah 11:1)_ 2. _The peace and blessing He brings (Isaiah 11:6)_ 3. The gathering of scattered Israel (Isaiah...
THE RETURN OF ISRAEL AND JUDAH FROM THE DISPERSION, AND VICTORIOUS ALLIANCE AGAINST THEIR ANCIENT FOES. This is probably post-exilic. The ideas are characteristic of that period Israel's spiritual pri...
HIGHWAY. See note on Isaiah 7:3. LIKE AS IT WAS. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 14:22). App-92. IN THE DAY. when. See note on Genesis 2:17, and App-18....
_a highway_ through river and desert. This miraculous "highway" is a frequent feature in prophetic descriptions of the return from exile. Cf. ch. Isaiah 35:8; Isaiah 40:3-4; Isaiah 42:16;...
A miraculous passage prepared for the return of the exiles. The allusions to the Exodus are palpable and extend to the next chapter....
11:(10) Isaiah 11:11-16. A Prophecy of the Return from Exile...
AND THE LORD SHALL UTTERLY DESTROY— This is the last part of this illustrious prophesy, in which the prophet declares, that about that time in which God should establish the kingdom of his Son in the...
DRAMATIC DELIVERANCE TEXT: Isaiah 11:10-16 10 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the root of Jesse, that standeth for an ensign of the peoples, unto him shall the nations seek; and his res...
And there shall be an highway for the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria; like as it was to Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt. THERE SHALL BE AN HIGH...
1. ROD OUT OF THE STEM] RV 'shoot out of the stock,' implying that the tree has been cut down. The Assyrians have been compared in the vv. preceding to cedars, which when felled throw out no fresh suc...
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD’S PLANS FOR JUDAH, ASSYRIA AND EGYPT ISAIAH CHAPTER S 10 TO 20 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 11 THE KING WHO IS COMING V1 Like a branch that grows from a *stump...
As still another example of his power, the *Lord makes his people’s return easier by his control of nature. STUMP ~ short lower piece of a tree that remains in the ground after the rest of the tree ha...
AND THERE SHALL BE AN HIGHWAY FOR THE REMNANT... — The “highway” is, as in Isaiah 19:23; Isaiah 49:11, and elsewhere, the raised embanked road, made by Eastern kings for the march of their armies. Suc...
וְ הָיְתָ֣ה מְסִלָּ֔ה לִ שְׁאָ֣ר עַמֹּ֔ו אֲשׁ
BOOK 3 PROPHECIES FROM THE ACCESSION OF HEZEKIAH TO THE DEATH OF SARGON 727-705 B.C. THE prophecies with which we have been engaged (Chapter s 2-10:4) fall either before or during the great Assyrian...
A SONG OF THANKSGIVING Isaiah 11:10-16; Isaiah 12:1-6 The prophet's vision extends. He has seen the effect of redemption, as it emanates from Jesus Christ, upon the whole physical creation; now he be...
In this section the prophet's eyes are lifted toward the light of a far-off day. With judgment imminent, he yet sees the ultimate issue of it all. There is fist a description of a Coming One Isaiah 11...
_Assyrians. They shall march without impediment. (Calmet)_...
How blessed is the account here given of the Gentile church. To this same root of Jesse, meaning Christ, shall the Gentiles seek. And that we might not lose sight of our elder brethren, the Jews, the...
REFLECTIONS PRECIOUS Jesus! was the prophet commissioned to bring the Church acquainted with thy nature, according to the flesh? Didst thou indeed come forth as rod out of the stem of Jesse, and as br...
16._And there shall be a path. _(192) This verse contains nothing new, but explains the former verse. The people would perceive the same power of God in the deliverance from Babylon as they had percei...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 9:8-21, 10, 11, AND 12. In Isaiah 9:8 the Spirit, having given the great leading facts as to Messiah, Immanuel, resumes the general history of Israel without...
AND THERE SHALL BE A HIGHWAY FOR THE REMNANT OF HIS PEOPLE,.... That is, through the river; that being dried up, and all hindrances and obstacles being removed, the way will be clear for multitudes to...
And there shall be an highway for the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria; like as it was to Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt. Ver. 16. _And there shall...
_And the Lord shall utterly destroy_ Shall not only divide it, as of old, but shall quite dry it up, that it may be a highway; _the tongue of the Egyptian sea_ The Red sea, which may well be called th...
The Spread of the Messiah's Kingdom...
And there shall be an highway for the remnant of His people, cast up or purposely built for the believers in the Lord's Church, WHICH SHALL BE LEFT, FROM ASSYRIA, permitting the captives to return to...
10-16 When the gospel should be publicly preached, the Gentiles would seek Christ Jesus as their Lord and Saviour, and find rest of soul. When God's time is come for the deliverance of his people, mo...
Isaiah 11:16 highway H4546 remnant H7605 people H5971 Who H834 left H7604 (H8735) Assyria H804 Israel H3478 day...
THE RESTORATION OF ISRAEL AND JUDAH (ISAIAH 11:11). And now, as after Isaiah 2:5; Isaiah 9:7, we are suddenly brought abruptly down to earth again. The glory of the coming eternal kingdom has been rev...
CONTENTS: Prophecy of the Davidic Kingdom and restoration of Israel. CHARACTERS: Christ, Holy Spirit. CONCLUSION: The great comfort in days of distress is the hope of the coming universal kingdom of...
Isaiah 11:1. _A rod out of the stem of Jesse._ See the note on Isaiah 4:2. David's house had been cut down by Jehu, and latterly by the invasion against Ahaz: chap. 7. Now a branch shall arise out of...
_And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse_ A PROPHECY CONCERNING MESSIAH THE PRINCE I. HIS RISE OUT OF THE HOUSE OF DAVID (Isaiah 11:1). II. HIS QUALIFICATIONS FOR HIS GREAT UNDERT...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 11:16 ASSYRIA. Where many Israelites have gone into exile (see v. Isaiah 11:11)....
ISAIAH’S VISION OF THE KING AND OF HIS KINGDOM Chapter S 11 AND 12 This is one of the visions that Isaiah _saw_ (chap. Isaiah 1:1, Isaiah 2:1, &c.). He was a dreamer of dreams. With a keen perception,...
EXPOSITION ISAIAH 11:1 A RENEWED PROPHECY OF MESSIAH AND OF HIS KINGDOM. This chapter is closely connected with the preceding. With the final destruction of Assyria, which, being cut down, sends out...
Shall we turn to Isaiah, chapter 11, for the beginning of our study this evening. In the tenth chapter, the closing part of chapter 10 of Isaiah, and again, let me remind you that the chapter distinct...
Exodus 14:26; Isaiah 11:11; Isaiah 19:23; Isaiah 27:13; Isaiah 35:8
As it was — As there was another high — way from Egypt. All impediments shall be removed, and a way made for the return of God's Israel from all parts of the world. He mentions Assyria, because thithe...