*‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭11:11‬ ‭NIV* “In that day the Lord will reach out his hand a second time to reclaim the surviving remnant of his people from Assyria, from Lower Egypt, from Upper Egypt, from Cush, from Elam, from Babylonia, from Hamath and from the islands of the Mediterranean.”‬‬

*11:11* When will this remnant of God’s people be returned to their land? Old Testament prophesy is often applied both to the near future and the distant future. Judah would soon be exiled to Babylon, and a remnant would return to Jerusalem in 537 B.C. at Cyrus’s decree. In the ages to come, however, God’s people would be dispersed throughout the world. These cities represent the four corners of the known world - Hamath in the north, Egypt in the south, Assyria and Babylonia in the east, the islands of the sea in the west. Ultimately God’s people will be regathered when Christ comes to reign over the world.