Isaiah 11:12

The meaning of the "signal" here is explained by ch. Isaiah 49:22; it is a signal to the nationsto release or even to bring back the exiles.

the dispersed of Judah The participle in Hebr. is fem. This may be "a short way of expressing that both sexes will be included" (Cheyne). Giesebrecht, however, explains it by the favourite emblem (with later writers) of a scattered flock (Ezekiel 34:4 ff.; Zephaniah 3:19).

the four corners(lit. "edges," Deuteronomy 22:12) of the earth The expression occurs only in Ezekiel 7:2 (of the land); Job 37:3; Job 38:13 (cf. Isaiah 24:16).