Isaiah 11 · Verse 12

Isaiah 11:12

And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
Isaiah 11:12, King James Version

Isaiah 11:12 in other translations

BSBHe will raise a banner for the nations and gather the exiles of Israel; He will collect the scattered of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
WEBHe will set up a banner for the nations, and will assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
ASVAnd he will set up an ensign for the nations, and will assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
YLTAnd He hath lifted up an ensign to nations, And gathereth the driven away of Israel, And the scattered of Judah He assembleth, From the four wings of the earth.
DARBYAnd he shall lift up a banner to the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
BBEAnd he will put up a flag as a sign to the nations, and he will get together those of Israel who had been sent away, and the wandering ones of Judah, from the four ends of the earth.
WebsterAnd he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.

What does Isaiah 11:12 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
12. In the first restoration Judah alone was restored, with perhaps some few of Israel (the ten tribes): in the future restoration both are expressly specified (Eze 37:16-19; Jr 3:18). To Israel are ascribed the "outcasts" (masculine); to Judah the "dispersed" (feminine), as the former have been longer and more utterly castaways (though not finally) than the latter (Joh 7:52). The masculine and feminine conjoined express the universality of the restoration. from the four corners of the earth--Hebrew, "wings of the earth."

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 11:10-16

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, mountains of opposition shall become plains before him. God can soon turn gloomy days into glorious ones. And while we expect the Lord to gather his ancient people, and bring them home to his church, also to bring in the fulness…

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Isaiah 11:12 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְנָשָׂ֥אve.na.Sa'and he will lift upH5375
נֵס֙nesa standardH5251
לַגּוֹיִ֔םla.go.Yimfor the nationsH1471
וְאָסַ֖ףve.'a.Safand he will gatherH622
נִדְחֵ֣יnid.Chei[the] banished [men] ofH5080
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
וּנְפֻצ֤וֹתu.ne.fu.Tzotand [the] scattered [women] ofH5310
יְהוּדָה֙ye.hu.DahJudahH3063
יְקַבֵּ֔ץye.ka.Betzhe will assembleH6908
מֵאַרְבַּ֖עme.'ar.Ba'from [the] fourH702
כַּנְפ֥וֹתkan.Fot[the] corners ofH3671
הָאָֽרֶץ\׃ha.'A.retzthe earthH776

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Cross references for Isaiah 11:12

  • Isaiah 43:6

    I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth;

  • Isaiah 56:8

    The Lord God which gathereth the outcasts of Israel saith, Yet will I gather others to him, beside those that are gathered unto him.

  • Zephaniah 3:10

    From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering.

  • Psalms 147:2

    The Lord doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.

  • Zechariah 10:6

    And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have mercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am the Lord their God, and will hear them.

  • Isaiah 11:10

    And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.

  • Psalms 68:22

    The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring my people again from the depths of the sea:

  • Isaiah 27:13

    And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the Lord in the holy mount at Jerusalem.

  • Isaiah 49:11-12

    And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted. Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.

  • Isaiah 18:3

    All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, see ye, when he lifteth up an ensign on the mountains; and when he bloweth a trumpet, hear ye.

  • John 7:35

    Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?

  • Revelation 5:9

    And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
set up.
10; 18:3; 59:19; 62:10; Re 5:9
shall assemble.
27:13; 43:6; 49:11,12; 56:8; De 32:26; Ps 68:22; 147:2; Zep 3:10
Joh 7:35; Jas 1:1
corners. Heb. wings.

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Context

  • Isaiah 11:11

    And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.

  • Isaiah 11:12

    And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.

  • Isaiah 11:13

    The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim.

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Isaiah 11:12 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y levantará pendón á las gentes, y juntará los desterrados de Israel, y reunirá los esparcidos de Judá de los cuatro cantones de la tierra.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et il élèvera un étendard devant les nations, et rassemblera les exilés d’Israël, et réunira les dispersés de Juda des quatre bouts de la terre.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und er wird den Nationen ein Panier erheben und die Vertriebenen Israels zusammenbringen, und die Zerstreuten Judas wird er sammeln von den vier Enden der Erde.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et levabit signum in nationes, et congregabit profugos Israël, et dispersos Juda colliget a quatuor plagis terræ.