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.
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Interpretation
When the gospel should be publicly preached, the Gentiles would seek Christ Jesus as their Lord and Savior, 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.
Glossary
- Assyria Place
- Biblical region. Modern identification: Nineveh.
- Cush Place
- Country of burnt faces; the Greek word by which the Hebrew Cush is rendered. Modern identification: Meroe.
- Egypt Place
- The land of the Nile and the pyramids, the oldest kingdom of which we have any record, holds a place of great significance in Scripture. Modern identification: Ain Shams.
- Elam Place
- Biblical region. Modern identification: Shush.
- Great Sea Place
- (Heb. yam), signifies (1) “the gathering together of the waters,” the ocean ( Gen. 1:10 ); (2) a river, as the Nile ( Isa. 19:5 ), the Euphrates ( Isa. 21:1 ; Jer. 51:36 ); (3) the Red Sea. Modern identification: Mediterranean Sea.
- Hamath Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Hama.
- Pathros Place
- Biblical region. Modern identification: Upper Egypt.
- Shinar Place
- Biblical region. Modern identification: Babylon.