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10 I will bring my people back from Egypt,

and I will bring them here together from Assyria.

I will bring them to Gilead and to Lebanon.

There will not be enough room for them all.

11 And he will come to the difficult sea.

But it will be no trouble to him.

He will stop the waves in the sea.

He will make the river Nile dry.[a]

Proud Assyria will have nothing to be proud about and

the power of Egypt's people will finish.’

12 ‘I will make my people strong.

They will obey me because they love my name.’

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Footnotes

  1. 10:11 Many years ago, Moses led Israel's people out of Egypt. The Lord made a dry path for them through the Red Sea. The Lord will make the river Nile dry as he did to the Red Sea then.

10 I will bring them back from Egypt
    and gather them from Assyria.(A)
I will bring them to Gilead(B) and Lebanon,
    and there will not be room(C) enough for them.
11 They will pass through the sea of trouble;
    the surging sea will be subdued
    and all the depths of the Nile will dry up.(D)
Assyria’s pride(E) will be brought down
    and Egypt’s scepter(F) will pass away.(G)
12 I will strengthen(H) them in the Lord
    and in his name they will live securely,(I)
declares the Lord.

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