以賽亞書11:10-16

11:10 到那日，耶西的根立作萬民的大旗；外邦人必尋求他，他安息之所大有榮耀。
11:11 當那日，主必二次伸手救回自己百姓中所餘剩的，就是在亞述、埃及、巴忒羅、古實、以攔、示拿、哈馬，並眾海島所剩下的。
11:12 他必向列國豎立大旗，招回以色列被趕散的人，又從地的四方聚集分散的猶大人。
11:13 以法蓮的嫉妒就必消散；擾害猶大的必被剪除。以法蓮必不嫉妒猶大，猶大也不擾害以法蓮。
11:14 他們要向西飛，撲在非利士人的肩頭上（肩頭上：或譯西界），一同擄掠東方人，伸手按住以東和摩押；亞捫人也必順服他們。
11:15 耶和華必使埃及海汊枯乾，掄手用暴熱的風使大河分為七條，令人過去不致濕腳。
11:16 為主餘剩的百姓，就是從亞述剩下回來的，必有一條大道，如當日以色列從埃及地上來一樣。

¹⁰ On that day the root of Jesse shall stand as a signal to the peoples; the nations shall inquire of him, and his dwelling shall be glorious.

¹¹ On that day the Lord will extend his hand yet a second time to recover the remnant that is left of his people, from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Ethiopia, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the coastlands of the sea.

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He will raise a signal for the nations,

and will assemble the outcasts of Israel,

and gather the dispersed of Judah

from the four corners of the earth.

13

The jealousy of Ephraim shall depart,

the hostility of Judah shall be cut off;

Ephraim shall not be jealous of Judah,

and Judah shall not be hostile towards Ephraim.

14

But they shall swoop down on the backs of the Philistines in the west,

together they shall plunder the people of the east.

They shall put forth their hand against Edom and Moab,

and the Ammonites shall obey them.

15

And the Lord will utterly destroy

the tongue of the sea of Egypt;

and will wave his hand over the River

with his scorching wind;

and will split it into seven channels,

and make a way to cross on foot;

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so there shall be a highway from Assyria

for the remnant that is left of his people,

as there was for Israel

when they came up from the land of Egypt.

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    猶大的歸回已經實現了，但是以色列的歸回卻遲遲未現，甚至讓人認為以色列的十個支派已經不見了！但是上帝既然要拯救萬民，那些以色列人必並會再歸回，使萬民看見上帝奇妙的拯救！

    這也讓我們感受到，許多事在人看來是不可能，但是在上帝沒有甚麼不可能，因為一切的規則都在上帝掌理之中，而且只有上帝能突破一切規條的建立原則，為人立一個新的法則！

    上帝在基督耶穌裡的救贖何嘗不是如此呢？祂使用「道成肉身」和「神人二性」，是耶穌基督成為上帝和人之間真正的中保，使上帝和人破裂的關係，可以建立起來。