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Isaiah 11:16 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 16. 16And there shall be an highway for the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria; like as it was to Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt.
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Quick Meaning
The prophetic poem or speech in Isaiah carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And there shall be an highway for the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria” at Isaiah 11:16 as part of “The Root of Jesse Gathers a Remnant among the Nations.”
Read It With
- Isaiah 11:10–16
Read Isaiah 11:16 with 11:10–16. By itself, “And there shall be an highway for the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria” can be detached from the speaker, addressee, historical horizon, poetic movement, or outcome that gives it force. The complete unit establishes: A signal draws nations and gathers dispersed Israel and Judah, heals old rivalry, and imagines a second exodus road from Assyria.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Within the same chapter, this unit advances from “Jesse's Shoot Judges Justly and Makes Peace” into “The Root of Jesse Gathers a Remnant among the Nations.” Its non-interchangeable movement is: A signal draws nations and gathers dispersed Israel and Judah, heals old rivalry, and imagines a second exodus road from Assyria. This verse's placement is specific: The prophetic poem or speech in Isaiah carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And there shall be an highway for the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria” at Isaiah 11:16 as part of “The Root of Jesse Gathers a Remnant among the Nations.”
What Remains True
Hope for a community must hold justice, belonging, safety, worship, grief, and repair together. In Isaiah 11:16, that bounded truth is carried through this verse's role: The prophetic poem or speech in Isaiah carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And there shall be an highway for the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria” at Isaiah 11:16 as part of “The Root of Jesse Gathers a Remnant among the Nations.”
How It Can Shape Life
- Serve real communities with accountable justice and welcome while refusing territorial absolutism, misogyny, or claims that one modern city exhausts the poetry. This response follows Isaiah 11:10–16's specific concern, “The Root of Jesse Gathers a Remnant among the Nations.” This verse directs that response through its exact role: The prophetic poem or speech in Isaiah carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And there shall be an highway for the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria” at Isaiah 11:16 as part of “The Root of Jesse Gathers a Remnant among the Nations.”
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
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Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Isaiah 11:10–16, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Isaiah
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology at the exact unit, without treating morphology as apparatus, lexicon, composition history, or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Isa.xml, OSIS 11:10–16 with Hebrew/KJV versification difference checked
Open the fixed Hebrew Isaiah file ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible Notes: Isaiah
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2016; current official PDF
Supports: Verse-level controls for Hebrew, syntax, poetry, older KJV language, chronology, names, textual issues, and material translation alternatives.
Exact location: Official NET Isaiah PDF, translator, study, and textual notes attached to Isaiah 11:10–16 in the complete 205-page book PDF
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