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Isaiah 5:26

He lifts a banner for the distant nations and whistles for those at the ends of the earth. Behold—how speedily and swiftly they come!

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ASV

And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss for them from the end of the earth; and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly.

KJV

And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly:

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְנָֽשָׂא־ve.na.sa'-and he will lift upH5375 →
נֵ֤סnesa standardH5251 →
לַגּוֹיִם֙la.go.Yimfor the nationsH1471 →
מֵרָח֔וֹקme.ra.Chokfrom a distanceH7350 →
וְשָׁ֥רַקve.Sha.rakand he will whistleH8319 →
ל֖וֹlofor it
מִקְצֵ֣הmik.Tzehfrom [the] end ofH7097 →
הָאָ֑רֶץha.'A.retzthe earthH776 →
וְהִנֵּ֥הve.hi.Nehand there!H2009 →
מְהֵרָ֖הme.he.RahquicklyH4120 →
קַ֥לkalswiftH7031 →
יָבֽוֹא׃ya.Vo'it will comeH935 →

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Zechariah 10:8I will whistle for them to gather, for I have redeemed them; and they will be as numerous as they once were.Deuteronomy 28:49The LORD will bring a nation from afar, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down upon you like an eagle—a nation whose language you will not understand,Isaiah 7:18On that day the LORD will whistle to the flies at the farthest streams of the Nile and to the bees in the land of Assyria.Isaiah 18:3All you people of the world and dwellers of the earth, when a banner is raised on the mountains, you will see it; when a ram’s horn sounds, you will hear it.Psalms 60:4You have raised a banner for those who fear You, that they may flee the bow. SelahIsaiah 11:12He will raise a banner for the nations and gather the exiles of Israel; He will collect the scattered of Judah from the four corners of the earth.Isaiah 10:3What will you do on the day of reckoning when devastation comes from afar? To whom will you flee for help? Where will you leave your wealth?Malachi 1:11For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name will be great among the nations,” says the LORD of Hosts.Zechariah 14:2For I will gather all the nations for battle against Jerusalem, and the city will be captured, the houses looted, and the women ravished. Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be removed from the city.Isaiah 13:5They are coming from faraway lands, from the ends of the heavens—the LORD and the weapons of His wrath—to destroy the whole country.Isaiah 30:16“No,” you say, “we will flee on horses.” Therefore you will flee! “We will ride swift horses,” but your pursuers will be faster.Isaiah 39:3Then the prophet Isaiah went to King Hezekiah and asked, “Where did those men come from, and what did they say to you?” “They came to me from a distant land,” Hezekiah replied, “from Babylon.”Habakkuk 1:8Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves of the night. Their horsemen charge ahead, and their cavalry comes from afar. They fly like a vulture, swooping down to devour.Lamentations 4:19Those who chased us were swifter than the eagles in the sky; they pursued us over the mountains and ambushed us in the wilderness.Psalms 72:8May he rule from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth.Jeremiah 51:27“Raise a banner in the land! Blow the ram’s horn among the nations! Prepare the nations against her. Summon the kingdoms against her—Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a captain against her; bring up horses like swarming locusts.Joel 2:7They charge like mighty men; they scale the walls like men of war. Each one marches in formation, not swerving from the course.Isaiah 13:2Raise a banner on a barren hilltop; call aloud to them. Wave your hand, that they may enter the gates of the nobles.

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The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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