Isaiah 11:11

Next the prophet speaks of the restoration of the dispersed Israelites from their exile in the various kingdoms by which Judah was surrounded. The second time] The first time was at the Mosaic exodus. Recover] RM 'purchase': cp. Exodus 15:16. Pathros] upper, or southern, Egypt. Cush] Ethiopia, still further S. (Isaiah 18:1; Isaiah 37:9). Elam] the country at the head of the Persian Gulf. Shinar] i.e. Babylonia.

Hamath] see on Isaiah 10:9. Islands of the sea] a phrase found here only in Isaiah 1-39, but several times in Isaiah 40-66. It denotes the islands of, and lands bordering upon, the Mediterranean Sea, and sometimes stands for distant countries generally.