13 The hatred also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy [a]Judah, neither shall Judah vex Ephraim:

14 But they shall flee upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the West: they shall spoil them of the East together: Edom and Moab shall be the stretching out of their hands, and the children of Ammon in their obedience.

15 The Lord also shall utterly destroy the [b]tongue of the Egyptian’s sea, and with his mighty wind shall lift up his hand [c]over the river, and shall smite him in his seven streams, and cause men to walk therein with shoes.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 11:13 Here he describeth the consent that shall be in his Church, and their victory against their enemies.
  2. Isaiah 11:15 Meaning, a corner of the sea, that entereth into the land, and hath the form of a tongue.
  3. Isaiah 11:15 To wit, Nile, the great river of Egypt, which entereth into the sea with seven streams.

13 Ephraim’s jealousy will vanish,
    and Judah’s enemies[a] will be destroyed;
Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah,
    nor Judah hostile toward Ephraim.(A)
14 They will swoop down on the slopes of Philistia(B) to the west;
    together they will plunder the people to the east.(C)
They will subdue Edom(D) and Moab,(E)
    and the Ammonites(F) will be subject to them.(G)
15 The Lord will dry up(H)
    the gulf of the Egyptian sea;
with a scorching wind(I) he will sweep his hand(J)
    over the Euphrates River.(K)
He will break it up into seven streams
    so that anyone can cross over in sandals.(L)

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  1. Isaiah 11:13 Or hostility