And in that day there shall be the Root of Jesse, standing as a banner for the people; to Him the nations shall resort; and His resting place shall be glorious.

All you inhabitants of the world and you dwelling on the earth, you see when he lifts up a banner on the mountains. And you hear when he blows the shofar.

So shall they fear the name of Jehovah from the west, and His glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of Jehovah shall drive him out.

Pass! Pass through the gates! Prepare the way for the people. Raise up! Raise up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a banner for the people.

And they sing a new song, saying: You are worthy to take the scroll, and to open its seals; for You were slain, and have redeemed us to God by Your blood out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation,

And it shall be in that day that the great shofar shall be blown, and those about to perish in the land of Assyria shall come, along with the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall bow down to Jehovah in the holy mountain at Jerusalem.

I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Do not keep back; bring My sons from afar and My daughters from the ends of the earth;

And I will make all My mountains a way, and My highways shall be elevated.

Behold, these shall come from afar; and, lo, those from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.

Thus says the Lord Jehovah who gathers the outcasts of Israel, Yet I will gather to him others besides those who are gathered to him.

I have said, I will dash them in pieces, I will bring to an end the memory of them from among men,

The Lord said, I will bring back from Bashan; I will bring back My people from the depths of the sea;

Jehovah builds up Jerusalem; He gathers together the outcasts of Israel.

From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia, My suppliants, the daughter of My scattered ones, shall bring My offering.

Then the Jews said among themselves, Where does He intend to go that we shall not find Him? He does not intend to go to the Dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks does He?

1 Epistle of JACOB 0 -the VW-edition name as properly derived from the Greek (Iakobos) Jacob, a bondservant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad: Greetings.