Isaiah 11:15
15 And the LORD [Yahovah] shall
utterly destroy [charam] the tongue [lashown] of the Egyptian [Mitsrayim]
sea; [yam] and with his mighty [`ayam] wind [ruwach] shall he
shake [nuwph] his hand [yad] over the river, [nahar] and
shall smite [nakah] it in the seven [sheba`] streams, [nachal] and make
men go over [darak] dryshod. [na`al]KJV-Interlinear
15 And the
Lord will utterly destroy The tongue of the Sea of Egypt; And He will wave His
hand over the River With His scorching wind; And He will strike it into seven
streams, And make men walk over dry-shod. NASB
The Sea of Egypt is
generally a term that refers to the Suez Gulf or the Red Sea.
The river, is most often
used to refer to the Euphrates River.
The Tigress and the
Euphrates both empty into the Persian Gulf or the Gulf of Aqaba.
Both of these gulfs when
viewed on a map look like tongues that extend northward from the Arabian Sea.
The imagery here is from
the exodus when God parted the waters of the Red Sea and the Israelites crossed
over on dry land. The barrier was
removed and the crossing was made easy.
And what Isaiah is saying
here is that God will remove the most formidable barriers that have historically
prevented the Jews from returning to Israel.
But even more than that,
this regathering is not to Jerusalem exclusively, or even to the land, but it
is a regathering of the surviving Jewish people, to Christ.
The scorching wind, the
shaking of His hand, the seven streams, all point to the resolve of purpose,
and to the finality and accomplishment of Gods plan.
When the Kingdom of God
is installed, then all barriers, great and small, will be removed.
Evil is removed, the
wildness and uncertainties of nature are removed, the enemies of the world are
removed, and the geographical features of great seas and rivers and such, will
be removed.
For people all over the
world, who survive at the end of the Tribulation, and this is not exclusive to
the Middle East, the path to Christ, will be made easy.
