Isaiah 11:16

New International Reader's Version

There was a road the people of Israel used when they came up from Egypt. In the same way, there will be a wide road coming out of Assyria. It will be used by the Lord’s people who are left alive there.

Cross References

Exodus 14:22

The people of Israel went through the sea on dry ground. There was a wall of water on their right side and on their left.

Isaiah 1:9

The Lord who rules over all has let some people live through that time of trouble. If he hadn’t, we would have become like Sodom. We would have been like Gomorrah.

Isaiah 10:20

In days to come, some people will still be left alive in Israel. They will be from Jacob’s family line. But they won’t depend any longer on the nation that struck them down. Instead, they will truly depend on the Lord. He is the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 11:11

At that time the Lord will reach out his hand. He will gather his people a second time. He will bring back those who are left alive. He’ll bring them back from Assyria, Lower Egypt, Upper Egypt and Cush. He’ll bring them from Elam, Babylon and Hamath. He will also bring them from the islands of the Mediterranean Sea.

Isaiah 19:23

At that time there will be a wide road from Egypt to Assyria. The people of Assyria will go to Egypt. And the people of Egypt will go to Assyria. The people of Egypt and Assyria will worship the Lord together.

Isaiah 27:13

At that time a loud trumpet will be blown. Those who were dying in Assyria will come and worship the Lord. So will those who were taken away to Egypt. All of them will worship the Lord on his holy mountain in Jerusalem.

Isaiah 49:11

I will make roads across the mountains. I will build wide roads for my people.

Isaiah 49:12

They will come from far away. Some of them will come from the north. Others will come from the west. Still others will come from Aswan in the south.”

Isaiah 51:10

Didn’t you dry up the Red Sea? Didn’t you dry up those deep waters? You made a road on the bottom of that sea. Then those who were set free went across.

Isaiah 57:14

A messenger says, “Build up the road! Build it up! Get it ready! Remove anything that would keep my people from coming back.”

Isaiah 62:10

Go out through your gates, people of Jerusalem! Go out! Prepare the way for the rest of your people to return. Build up the road! Build it up! Remove the stones. Raise a banner over the city for the nations to see.

Zephaniah 2:7

That land will belong to those who are still left alive among the people of Judah. They will find grasslands there. They will take over the houses in Ashkelon and live in them. The Lord their God will take care of them. He will bless them with great success again.