Isaiah 11:11

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 11:10-16

We have here a further prophecy of the enlargement and advancement of the kingdom of the Messiah, under the type and figure of the flourishing condition of the kingdom of Judah in the latter end of Hezekiah's reign, after the defeat of Sennacherib. I. This prediction was in part accomplished when the great things God did for Hezekiah and his people proved as an ensign, inviting the neighbouring nations to them to enquire of the wonders done in the land, on which errand the king of Babylon's... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 11:11

And it shall come to pass in that day ,.... Before spoken of, and which includes the whole Gospel dispensation: that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time ; which refers to a first, in which the Lord exerted his power in the recovery of his people out of the hands of their enemies; and that was the deliverance of them out of Egypt, and which was typical of the deliverance of the Lord's people in the times of Christ; and it is usual with the Jews F9 Midrash Koheleth,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 11:11

And it shall come to pass in that day - This part of the chapter contains a prophecy which certainly remains yet to be accomplished. The Lord "Jehovah" - For אדני Adonai , thirty-three MSS. of Kennicott's, and many of De Rossi's, and two editions, read יהוה Yehovah . The islands of the sea - The Roman and Turkish empires, say Kimchi. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 11:10-12

God's mercy in bringing the Gentiles into his kingdom. In the old world, when "all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth," God sent forth a fierce destruction, and swept away the entire human race, excepting eight persons. After the Flood he promised, of his own free grace, that he would never so destroy mankind again ( Genesis 9:11-15 ). But it was open to him to have sent upon the world some other equally severe visitation, and to have once more rid the earth of "a seed of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 11:10-13

THE JEWS AND GENTILES SHALL BE GATHERED TOGETHER INTO MESSIAH 'S KINGDOM . It is characteristic of "the evangelical prophet" that he dwells earnestly and frequently on the calling of the Gentiles (see Isaiah 2:2 ; Isaiah 19:22-25 ; Isaiah 25:6 ; Isaiah 27:13 , etc.). The prophecies to Abraham had repeatedly declared that "in him," or "in his seed," "all the families of the earth should be blessed" ( Genesis 12:3 ; Genesis 18:18 ; Genesis 22:18 ; Genesis... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 11:10-16

Judah and the nations. I. HONOR TO THE ROOT OF JUDAH . The scion from the ancient trunk will be honored far and wide among the heathen, because of those virtues already described in the preceding section. It will be a banner to which they will flock, a center of light and living oracles. II. REDEMPTION OF THE REMNANT . The mighty hand of Jehovah will be stretched forth to gather the scattered ones from all the four quarters of their dispersion. When the banner is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 11:11

The Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover , etc. The first recovery was from the servitude in Egypt. Isaiah now foresees that there will be a dispersion of the Israelites through several distant lands, instead of a mere transference of them from one land to another, as in Jacob's time ( Genesis 46:1-29 ). God, who brought them out of Egypt, will likewise some day "set his hand" to recover them from the various countries through which they will have been dispersed, and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 11:11

The unity of the race in Messiah's kingdom. This unity is the great dream and hope of humanity. It can never be attained in any temporal kingdom, and it could be only a formal and outward unity ii it were. No unities of mind or of government are possible; but unity of heart is. Men can be one in God; and one in that spiritual kingdom in which God rules. This verse is used as an argument for what is known as the second coming of Christ. Its force and value in that relation we do not now... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 11:11-12

The refuge of the remnant. Allusion is here made again to "the remnant" (see Isaiah 10:20-22 ), who are spoken of in the following verse ( Isaiah 11:12 ) as "the outcasts" and "the dispersed." The remnant of a thing or of a community is not the choice part, but rather that which is left when everything (every one) else has been chosen—the shapeless scraps which remain when all else has been selected and appropriated; the broken-off ends which are flung aside as of no account; the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 11:11

And it shall come to pass - The prophet having, in the previous verse, stated the effect of the reign of the Messiah on the Gentile world, proceeds to state the result on the scattered Jews. Whether it is to be a literal re-collecting of the scattered tribes to the land of their fathers, has been a subject of debate, and is still so by expositors. We may be able to determine what is the correct general interpretation after the particular phrases have been examined.In that day - That future time... read more

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