He will also liftup a standardto the distantnation,And will whistlefor it from the endsof the earth;And behold,it will comewith speedswiftly.
You have givena bannerto those who fearYou, That it may be displayedbecauseof the truth.Selah.
May he also rulefrom seato seaAnd from the Riverto the endsof the earth.
Now whatwill you doin the dayof punishment,And in the devastationwhich will comefrom afar?To whomwill you fleefor help?And wherewill you leaveyour wealth?
And He will liftup a standardfor the nationsAnd assemblethe banishedones of Israel,And will gatherthe dispersedof JudahFrom the fourcornersof the earth.
Liftup a standardon the barehill,Raiseyour voiceto them, Wavethe handthat they may enterthe doorsof the nobles.
I have commandedMy consecratedones, I have evencalledMy mightywarriors,My proudlyexultingones,To [execute] My anger.
A soundof tumulton the mountains,Likethat of manypeople!A soundof the uproarof kingdoms,Of nationsgatheredtogether! The LORDof hostsis musteringthe armyfor battle.
They are comingfrom a farcountry,From the farthesthorizons,The LORDand His instrumentsof indignation,To destroythe wholeland.
Allyou inhabitantsof the worldand dwellerson earth,As soon as a standardis raisedon the mountains,you will see[it], And as soon as the trumpetis blown,you will hear[it].
And you said,"No,for we will fleeon horses,"Thereforeyou shall flee!"And we will rideon swift[horses]," Thereforethose who pursueyou shall be swift.
"His rockwill passawaybecauseof panic,And his princeswill be terrifiedat the standard,"Declaresthe LORD,whosefireis in Zionand whose furnaceis in Jerusalem.
Then Isaiahthe prophetcameto KingHezekiahand saidto him, "Whatdid thesemensay,and from wherehave they cometo you?" And Hezekiahsaid,"They have cometo me from a farcountry,from Babylon."
In that daythe LORDwill whistlefor the flythat is in the remotestpartof the riversof Egyptand for the beethat is in the landof Assyria.
"Behold,he goesup like clouds,And his chariotslike the whirlwind;His horsesare swifterthaneagles.Woeto us, for we are ruined!"
"Behold,I am bringinga nationagainstyou from afar,O houseof Israel,"declaresthe LORD."It is an enduringnation,It is an ancientnation,A nationwhose languageyou do not know,Norcan you understandwhatthey say.
Liftup a signalin the land,Blowa trumpetamong the nations!Consecratethe nationsagainsther, Summonagainsther the kingdomsof Ararat,Minniand Ashkenaz;Appointa marshalagainsther, Bringup the horseslike bristlylocusts.
Our pursuerswere swifterThanthe eaglesof the sky;They chasedus on the mountains,They waitedin ambushfor us in the wilderness.
Thussaysthe LordGOD,"Are you the oneof whomI spokein formerdaysthroughMy servantsthe prophetsof Israel,who prophesiedin thosedaysfor [many] yearsthat I would bringyou againstthem?
They runlike mightymen,They climbthe walllike soldiers;And they eachmarchin line,Nordo they deviatefrom their paths.
"Their horsesare swifterthanleopardsAnd keenerthanwolvesin the evening.Their horsemencomegalloping,Their horsemencomefrom afar;They flylike an eagleswooping[down] to devour.
"I will whistlefor them to gatherthem together, For I have redeemedthem; And they will be as numerousas they were before.
"For from the risingof the sunevento its setting,My name[will be] greatamong the nations,and in everyplaceincenseis going to be offeredto My name,and a grain offering[that is] pure;for My name[will be] greatamong the nations,"saysthe LORDof hosts.
"The LORDwill bringa nationagainstyou from afar,from the endof the earth,as the eagleswoopsdown,a nationwhoselanguageyou shall not understand,
