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Chapter 46: Isaiah describes the destruction of Babylon (46:1). God is not a mortal and not subject to mortal restraints. He can help us always. He has no limitations. He can make up for the limitations we have or acquire (46:4). Money can be important yet it is only a means. Like strength, youth, and life itself, it should be seen only as a means to fulfil the tasks God through life places upon us (46:6). Isaiah (chapter 46) spoke of the fall of the gods of Babylon.
Chapter 47: Chapter 47 speaks of the fall of the people of Babylon. God was angry at Judah his people. The Babylonians took advantage and did not show them what mercy they could have done therefore they will be punished (47:6). All your scientists will not help you, Babylon (47:13).
Chapter 48: The present State of Israel which is however primarily comprised of Judah is condemned (48:1-2). Judah will be punished but not completely. God will have mercy on Judah for the sake of His Name that is called upon Judah (48:3-11). Both Jacob (the Lost Ten Tribes) and Israel (usually the Ten Tribes but when juxtaposed with Jacob meaning Judah) are called upon to acknowledge the Almighty (48:12). Babylon will be punished (48:14) but before then may yet cause harm to Israel (48:20).
Chapter 49:The Isles are called upon to listen to God (49:1). Israel is the servant of God (49:3). Israel will raise up the Tribes of Jacob and restore the preserved of Israel, to be an enlightening influence on the Gentiles unto the geographical extremities of the earth (49:6). God calls to the Jews who were despised ands says HE will save them (49:7). The Ten Tribes will be made into a Brit-Am or covenant of peoples. They will settle and civilize wasted heritages (49:8) and free the prisoners while converging together along their paths of migration (49:9). Judah will be consoled (49:13-16). Much of the troubles of Judah were caused by her own wayward sons (49:17). Judah will be compensated greatly (49:18-20). When the Lost Ten Tribes return Judah will be reticent about receiving them. The Jews will ask where were all those now identified as Israel when the Jews needed help and were alone? According to the Midrash (Pesikta Rabati 32;10) this reaction of the Jews will indeed take place WHEN THEY SEE THE THREE EXILES OF THE LOST TEN TRIBES RETURNING! (49:21). Judah will be elevated and her former oppressors will come bowing down to her (49:22-26).
Chapter 50: Judah has not been disowned. Judah was not divorced and is still obligated by the Law. Jeremiah spoke of the Lost Ten Tribes being divorced (Jeremiah 3:8). Even so in the Last Days God will say that HE never really divorced either Judah or Israel. They shall always belong to the Almighty and each in their own way had their task to fulfil (50:1). In the same way that God punishes or afflicts so too can He bestow blessings. Do good and ultimately good will come unto you some how or other. The good will come in the form you yourself would prefer if you knew all the options and were aware of all your culpableness (50:2). Judah was forced to become passive and bear affliction in Exile (50:6). In the end, the justification for Judah comes from God (50:8).

Chapters with Brit-Am Commentary:
Isaiah 46 to 50
Chapter 46
Isaiah Chapter 46
[Isaiah 46:1] BEL BOWETH DOWN, NEBO STOOPETH, THEIR IDOLS WERE UPON THE BEASTS, AND UPON THE CATTLE: YOUR CARRIAGES WERE HEAVY LOADEN; THEY ARE A BURDEN TO THE WEARY BEAST.              
Amos Chacham (in "Safer Yishayahu", Daat Mikra) says that these verses refer to the capture of Babylon by Cyrus but he admits this explanation is problematic. Cyrus did not destroy the gods of Babylon but rather respected them. Similarly the verses in Isaiah referring to Cyrus are not exactly appropriate. The Sages themselves noticed this and suggested that the reference was to "Another Cyrus" who would appear in the future. This fits the direction we have been indicating.

 [Isaiah 46:2] THEY STOOP, THEY BOW DOWN TOGETHER; THEY COULD NOT DELIVER THE BURDEN, BUT THEMSELVES ARE GONE INTO CAPTIVITY.

 [Isaiah 46:3] HEARKEN UNTO ME, O HOUSE OF JACOB, AND ALL THE REMNANT OF THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL, WHICH ARE BORNE BY ME FROM THE BELLY, WHICH ARE CARRIED FROM THE WOMB:

 [Isaiah 46:4] AND EVEN TO YOUR OLD AGE I AM HE; AND EVEN TO HOAR HAIRS WILL I CARRY YOU: I HAVE   MADE, AND I WILL BEAR; EVEN I WILL CARRY, AND WILL DELIVER YOU.
God is not a mortal and not subject to mortal restraints. He can help us always. He has no limitations. He can make up for the limitations we have or acquire.

 [Isaiah 46:5] TO WHOM WILL YE LIKEN ME, AND MAKE ME EQUAL, AND COMPARE ME, THAT WE MAY BE LIKE?

 [Isaiah 46:6] THEY LAVISH GOLD OUT OF THE BAG, AND WEIGH SILVER IN THE BALANCE, AND HIRE A GOLDSMITH; AND HE MAKETH IT A GOD: THEY FALL DOWN, YEA, THEY WORSHIP.                    
Money can be important yet it is only a means. Like strength, youth, and life itself, it should be seen only as a means to fulfil the tasks God through life places upon us.

 [Isaiah 46:7] THEY BEAR HIM UPON THE SHOULDER, THEY CARRY HIM, AND SET HIM IN HIS PLACE, AND HE STANDETH; FROM HIS PLACE SHALL HE NOT REMOVE: YEA, ONE SHALL CRY UNTO HIM, YET CAN HE NOT ANSWER, NOR SAVE HIM OUT OF HIS TROUBLE.
This is speaking about the statuetttes of idolatry. Sometimes these statues themselves were attributed divine attributes. This phenomenon  still  exists in Latin and Slavic countries and in Germany. There are statuettes and icons of Mary, etc,  that people believe have magical properties, shed tears, blood, perform miracles, etc., and have adherents of their own, dedicated to the statue, etc.

 [Isaiah 46:8] REMEMBER THIS, AND SHEW YOURSELVES MEN: BRING IT AGAIN TO MIND, O YE TRANSGRESSORS.

 [Isaiah 46:9] REMEMBER THE FORMER THINGS OF OLD: FOR I AM GOD, AND THERE IS NONE ELSE; I AM GOD,  AND THERE IS NONE LIKE ME,      

 [Isaiah 46:10] DECLARING THE END FROM THE BEGINNING, AND FROM ANCIENT TIMES THE THINGS THAT ARE NOT YET DONE, SAYING, MY COUNSEL SHALL STAND, AND I WILL DO ALL MY PLEASURE:                     

 [Isaiah 46:11] CALLING A RAVENOUS BIRD FROM THE EAST, THE MAN THAT EXECUTETH MY COUNSEL FROM A FAR COUNTRY: YEA, I HAVE SPOKEN IT, I WILL ALSO BRING IT TO PASS; I HAVE PURPOSED IT, I WILL ALSO DO IT.

 [Isaiah 46:12] HEARKEN UNTO ME, YE STOUTHEARTED, THAT ARE FAR FROM RIGHTEOUSNESS:

 [Isaiah 46:13] I BRING NEAR MY RIGHTEOUSNESS; IT SHALL NOT BE FAR OFF, AND MY SALVATION SHALL NOT TARRY: AND I WILL PLACE SALVATION IN ZION FOR ISRAEL MY GLORY.
 

Chapter 47
The Commentary for this chapter was inspired in part by the Commentator "Daat Sofrim".
[Isaiah 47:1] COME DOWN, AND SIT IN THE DUST, O VIRGIN DAUGHTER OF BABYLON, SIT ON THE GROUND: THERE IS NO THRONE, O DAUGHTER OF THE CHALDEANS: FOR THOU SHALT NO MORE BE CALLED TENDER AND DELICATE.
Previous chapter (ch. 46) spoke of the fall of the gods of Babylon. This chapter speaks of the fall of the people.
Historically Babylon was conquered by the Persians and then by the Greeks. Relatively speaking Babylon was respected. The fate of the Babylonians was not as bad as the Prophet depicted. The answer to this apparent contradiction has two aspects:
1. The Babylonians indeed were very cruel to Judah and to the people of Judah at the time of exile. Later however on the whole they treated them reasonably. Therefore they escaped immediate destruction when they were conquered.
2. The main thrust of the prophecy is directed to the future. Babylon was often taken as overlapping Rome and Edom.

 [Isaiah 47:2] TAKE THE MILLSTONES, AND GRIND MEAL: UNCOVER THY LOCKS, MAKE BARE THE LEG, UNCOVER THE THIGH, PASS OVER THE RIVERS.
"GRIND MEAL": Hebrew commentators took this to mean that the Babylonians only ground seed that had already been grounded up beforehand, i.e. they would not have defeated Judah if God had not delivered Judah over.

 [Isaiah 47:3] THY NAKEDNESS SHALL BE UNCOVERED, YEA, THY SHAME SHALL BE SEEN: I WILL TAKE VENGEANCE, AND I WILL NOT MEET THEE AS A MAN.
"THY NAKEDNESS SHALL BE UNCOVERED": At the time of your destruction scandalous details about you that had been kept secret will be revealed to everybody.

 [Isaiah 47:4] AS FOR OUR REDEEMER, THE LORD OF HOSTS IS HIS NAME, THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL.

 [Isaiah 47:5] SIT THOU SILENT, AND GET THEE INTO DARKNESS, O DAUGHTER OF THE CHALDEANS: FOR THOU SHALT NO MORE BE CALLED, THE LADY OF KINGDOMS.
"CHALDEANS" in Hebrew "Chasdim".  I do not know where the equation "Chasdim=Chaldeans" originates from but presume it is very old. The gods of Urartu north of Assyria were known as Chaldee.

 [Isaiah 47:6] I WAS WROTH WITH MY PEOPLE, I HAVE POLLUTED MINE INHERITANCE, AND GIVEN THEM INTO THINE HAND: THOU DIDST SHEW THEM NO MERCY; UPON THE ANCIENT HAST THOU VERY HEAVILY LAID THY YOKE.
God was angry at Judah his people. The Babylonians took advantage and did not show them what mercy they could have done therefore they will be punished.
cf.
[Zechariah 1:15] AND I AM VERY SORE DISPLEASED WITH THE HEATHEN THAT ARE AT EASE: FOR I WAS BUT A LITTLE DISPLEASED, AND THEY HELPED FORWARD THE AFFLICTION.                     

Note: "THEY HELPED FORWARD THE AFFLICTION" in Hebrew "azru [helped] leRa [to make worse]".
It means that because the Jews (Judah) had sinned God was angry at them and delivered them into non-Jewish hands as a punishment BUT the non-Jews took advantage of the situation and oppressed the Jews. Therefore God is angry at them.

 [Isaiah 47:7] AND THOU SAIDST, I SHALL BE A LADY FOR EVER: SO THAT THOU DIDST NOT LAY THESE THINGS TO THY HEART, NEITHER DIDST REMEMBER THE LATTER END OF IT.

 [Isaiah 47:8] THEREFORE HEAR NOW THIS, THOU THAT ART GIVEN TO PLEASURES, THAT DWELLEST CARELESSLY, THAT SAYEST IN THINE HEART, I AM, AND NONE ELSE BESIDE ME; I SHALL NOT SIT AS A WIDOW, NEITHER SHALL I KNOW THE LOSS OF CHILDREN:     

 [Isaiah 47:9] BUT THESE TWO THINGS SHALL COME TO THEE IN A MOMENT IN ONE DAY, THE LOSS OF CHILDREN, AND WIDOWHOOD: THEY SHALL COME UPON THEE IN THEIR PERFECTION FOR THE MULTITUDE OF THY SORCERIES, AND FOR THE GREAT ABUNDANCE OF THINE ENCHANTMENTS.
Babylon developed sorcery to a fine art. After the fall of Babylon sorcery never again achieved the same heights of its development.

 [Isaiah 47:10] FOR THOU HAST TRUSTED IN THY WICKEDNESS: THOU HAST SAID, NONE SEETH ME. THY WISDOM AND THY KNOWLEDGE, IT HATH PERVERTED THEE; AND THOU HAST SAID IN THINE HEART, I AM, AND NONE ELSE BESIDE ME.
"THY WISDOM AND THY KNOWLEDGE": Archaeological evidence exists that Nebuchadnessar of Babylon conquered Greece.  Greek science and philosophy was the fountainhead of western thought. Much of this derived from Hebrew or Babylonian sources. Indian philosophy was also derived from the same two founts.

 [Isaiah 47:11] THEREFORE SHALL EVIL COME UPON THEE; THOU SHALT NOT KNOW FROM WHENCE IT RISETH: AND MISCHIEF SHALL FALL UPON THEE; THOU SHALT NOT BE ABLE TO PUT IT OFF: AND DESOLATION SHALL COME UPON THEE SUDDENLY, WHICH THOU SHALT NOT KNOW.
"THOU SHALT NOT BE ABLE TO PUT IT OFF" because you will not know where it came from and was unprepared for it.  If you had have known through Charity and Justice you could have alleviated the coming affliction or even put it off altogether. In the immediate sense the rulers of Babylon did make some degree of repenting and the disaster was less at that time than IT COULD HAVE BEEN.
On the other hand there is a tradition in Talmudic Literature that all the original seed of Babylon were exterminated. It may be that the original Babylonians were indeed wiped out though the city remained much as it was being populated with colonists from elsewhere who had absorbed Babylonian culture.

 [Isaiah 47:12] STAND NOW WITH THINE ENCHANTMENTS, AND WITH THE MULTITUDE OF THY SORCERIES,  WHEREIN THOU HAST LABOURED FROM THY YOUTH; IF SO BE THOU SHALT BE ABLE TO PROFIT, IF SO BE THOU MAYEST PREVAIL.

 [Isaiah 47:13] THOU ART WEARIED IN THE MULTITUDE OF THY COUNSELS. LET NOW THE ASTROLOGERS, THE STARGAZERS, THE MONTHLY PROGNOSTICATORS, STAND UP, AND SAVE THEE FROM THESE THINGS THAT SHALL COME UPON THEE.
All your scientists will not help you.
Some people identify the USA with Babylon in prophecy but this is not so.

 [Isaiah 47:14] BEHOLD, THEY SHALL BE AS STUBBLE; THE FIRE SHALL BURN THEM; THEY SHALL NOT DELIVER THEMSELVES FROM THE POWER OF THE FLAME: THERE SHALL NOT BE A COAL TO WARM AT, NOR FIRE TO SIT BEFORE IT.

 [Isaiah 47:15] THUS SHALL THEY BE UNTO THEE WITH WHOM THOU HAST LABOURED, EVEN THY MERCHANTS, FROM THY YOUTH: THEY SHALL WANDER EVERY ONE TO HIS QUARTER; NONE SHALL SAVE THEE.
Your friends and allies will slip away from you.
 

Chapter 48
[Isaiah 48:1] HEAR YE THIS, O HOUSE OF JACOB, WHICH ARE CALLED BY THE NAME OF ISRAEL, AND ARE COME FORTH OUT OF THE WATERS OF JUDAH, WHICH SWEAR BY THE NAME OF THE LORD, AND MAKE MENTION OF THE GOD OF ISRAEL, BUT NOT IN TRUTH, NOR IN RIGHTEOUSNESS.
This could be referring to the present State of Israel whose founders and main constituting members descend from Judah.
By world standards Israel as a country is not as bad as it is sometimes represented. There is a lot of charity, a lot of concern for the welfare of others, a lot of good points. On the other hand there are many matters that should be corrected. In Israel, all the left-wing "do-gooders" who in other countries do manage now and again to effect needed reforms often seem more concerned with the Palestinians than they are with their own people. There is no reason why the standard of concern for others should be inferior to that of any other nation. Left-wing bodies (such as "BeTzelem") receive financial support from European governments (and in the past from the USA under Clinton) and these governments pay for Palestinian concerns.

 [Isaiah 48:2] FOR THEY CALL THEMSELVES OF THE HOLY CITY, AND STAY THEMSELVES UPON THE GOD OF ISRAEL; THE LORD OF HOSTS IS HIS NAME.
The present-day Jews do acknowledge the God of Israel.

 [Isaiah 48:3] I HAVE DECLARED THE FORMER THINGS FROM THE BEGINNING; AND THEY WENT FORTH OUT OF MY MOUTH, AND I SHEWED THEM; I DID THEM SUDDENLY, AND THEY CAME TO PASS.        
They say that everything that happens is written somewhere in the Bible. The problem is to read it. Even without trying to discover "secret" things concerning the present or future the Bible is worth reading. It is in itself more interesting than any other work. The problem is that we are all a little lazy and also have a self-destructive impulse within us.

 [Isaiah 48:4] BECAUSE I KNEW THAT THOU ART OBSTINATE, AND THY NECK IS AN IRON SINEW, AND THY BROW BRASS;                     

 [Isaiah 48:5] I HAVE EVEN FROM THE BEGINNING DECLARED IT TO THEE; BEFORE IT CAME TO PASS I SHEWED IT THEE: LEST THOU SHOULDEST SAY, MINE IDOL HATH DONE THEM, AND MY GRAVEN IMAGE, AND MY MOLTEN IMAGE, HATH COMMANDED THEM.

 [Isaiah 48:6] THOU HAST HEARD, SEE ALL THIS; AND WILL NOT YE DECLARE IT? I HAVE SHEWED THEE NEW THINGS FROM THIS TIME, EVEN HIDDEN THINGS, AND THOU DIDST NOT KNOW THEM.           

 [Isaiah 48:7] THEY ARE CREATED NOW, AND NOT FROM THE BEGINNING; EVEN BEFORE THE DAY WHEN THOU HEARDEST THEM NOT; LEST THOU SHOULDEST SAY, BEHOLD, I KNEW THEM.

 [Isaiah 48:8] YEA, THOU HEARDEST NOT; YEA, THOU KNEWEST NOT; YEA, FROM THAT TIME THAT THINE EAR WAS NOT OPENED: FOR I KNEW THAT THOU WOULDEST DEAL VERY TREACHEROUSLY, AND WAST CALLED A TRANSGRESSOR FROM THE WOMB.      

 [Isaiah 48:9] FOR MY NAME'S SAKE WILL I DEFER MINE ANGER, AND FOR MY PRAISE WILL I REFRAIN FOR THEE, THAT I CUT THEE NOT OFF.          

 [Isaiah 48:10] BEHOLD, I HAVE REFINED THEE, BUT NOT WITH SILVER; I HAVE CHOSEN THEE IN THE FURNACE OF AFFLICTION.           

 [Isaiah 48:11] FOR MINE OWN SAKE, EVEN FOR MINE OWN SAKE, WILL I DO IT: FOR HOW SHOULD MY NAME BE POLLUTED" AND I WILL NOT GIVE MY GLORY UNTO ANOTHER.
Even if Judah is not worthy the name of the God of Israel is called upon them in the eyes of the peoples of the earth. God will therefore not destroy them but rather deliver them for the sake of HIS name.

 [Isaiah 48:12] HEARKEN UNTO ME, O JACOB AND ISRAEL, MY CALLED; I AM HE; I AM THE FIRST, I ALSO AM THE LAST.

 [Isaiah 48:13] MINE HAND ALSO HATH LAID THE FOUNDATION OF THE EARTH, AND MY RIGHT HAND HATH SPANNED THE HEAVENS: WHEN I CALL UNTO THEM, THEY STAND UP TOGETHER.          

 [Isaiah 48:14] ALL YE, ASSEMBLE YOURSELVES, AND HEAR; WHICH AMONG THEM HATH DECLARED THESE THINGS" THE LORD HATH LOVED HIM: HE WILL DO HIS PLEASURE ON BABYLON, AND HIS ARM SHALL BE ON THE CHALDEANS.
According to simple meaning He is speaking of Cyrus the King of Persia who has been called to conquer Babylon.  If speaking of the future he is apparently speaking of a future leader of the Ten Tribes ("Messiah the son of Joseph"") spoken of elsewhere.  If so however he is not speaking so much of Judah.

 [Isaiah 48:15] I, EVEN I, HAVE SPOKEN; YEA, I HAVE CALLED HIM: I HAVE BROUGHT HIM, AND HE SHALL MAKE HIS WAY PROSPEROUS.

 [Isaiah 48:16] COME YE NEAR UNTO ME, HEAR YE THIS; I HAVE NOT SPOKEN IN SECRET FROM THE BEGINNING; FROM THE TIME THAT IT WAS, THERE AM I: AND NOW THE LORD GOD, AND HIS SPIRIT, HATH SENT ME.

 [Isaiah 48:17] THUS SAITH THE LORD, THY REDEEMER, THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL; I AM THE LORD THY GOD WHICH TEACHETH THEE TO PROFIT, WHICH LEADETH THEE BY THE WAY THAT THOU SHOULDEST GO.           

 [Isaiah 48:18] O THAT THOU HADST HEARKENED TO MY COMMANDMENTS! THEN HAD THY PEACE BEEN AS A RIVER, AND THY RIGHTEOUSNESS AS THE WAVES OF THE SEA:

 [Isaiah 48:19] THY SEED ALSO HAD BEEN AS THE SAND, AND THE OFFSPRING OF THY BOWELS LIKE THE GRAVEL THEREOF; HIS NAME SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN CUT OFF NOR DESTROYED FROM BEFORE ME.
This is what could have been and can still be on a national level if we do God's will.

 [Isaiah 48:20] GO YE FORTH OF BABYLON, FLEE YE FROM THE CHALDEANS, WITH A VOICE OF SINGING DECLARE YE, TELL THIS, UTTER IT EVEN TO THE END OF THE EARTH; SAY YE, THE LORD HATH REDEEMED HIS SERVANT JACOB.
"FLEE YE FROM THE CHALDEANS": Amos Chacham (Daat Mikra) suggests that it means to flee from the Land of the Chaldeans lest you be overcome with the disaster that will befall that area.
"END OF THE EARTH"  An expression frequently linked to the Lost Ten Tribes as we have explained elsewhere. Perhaps the Lost Ten Tribes will be subjugated to "Babylon" for a period prior to the end?
Babylon and Assyria may sometimes interchange. The Assyrian Empire recognized the separate existence of Babylon. The King of Assyria was sometimes coronated separately in Babylon as Monarch of that city.

 [Isaiah 48:21] AND THEY THIRSTED NOT WHEN HE LED THEM THROUGH THE DESERTS: HE CAUSED THE WATERS TO FLOW OUT OF THE ROCK FOR THEM: HE CLAVE THE ROCK ALSO, AND THE WATERS GUSHED OUT.
Water was very important. I was just reading an account of the Holocaust. One of the ways the Germans subjugated the Jewish population before exterminating them was by denying them sufficient water.  A person constantly on the edge of collapse through thirst can become very compliant.

 [Isaiah 48:22] THERE IS NO PEACE, SAITH THE LORD, UNTO THE WICKED.

Chapter 49
[Isaiah 49:1] LISTEN, O ISLES, UNTO ME; AND HEARKEN, YE PEOPLE, FROM FAR; THE LORD HATH CALLED ME FROM THE WOMB; FROM THE BOWELS OF MY MOTHER HATH HE MADE MENTION OF MY NAME.           

 [Isaiah 49:2] AND HE HATH MADE MY MOUTH LIKE A SHARP SWORD; IN THE SHADOW OF HIS HAND HATH HE  HID ME, AND MADE ME A POLISHED SHAFT; IN HIS QUIVER HATH HE HID ME;

 [Isaiah 49:3] AND SAID UNTO ME, THOU ART MY SERVANT, O ISRAEL, IN WHOM I WILL BE GLORIFIED.
The Prophet is personifying Israel, i.e. the "servant" is both the Prophet and Israel.

 [Isaiah 49:4] THEN I SAID, I HAVE LABOURED IN VAIN, I HAVE SPENT MY STRENGTH FOR NOUGHT, AND IN VAIN: YET SURELY MY JUDGMENT IS WITH THE LORD, AND MY WORK WITH MY GOD.              
Israel runs the course of history and at the end is uncertain of his acheivements.

 [Isaiah 49:5] AND NOW, SAITH THE LORD THAT FORMED ME FROM THE WOMB TO BE HIS SERVANT, TO BRING  JACOB AGAIN TO HIM, THOUGH ISRAEL BE NOT GATHERED, YET SHALL I BE GLORIOUS IN THE EYES OF THE  LORD, AND MY GOD SHALL BE MY STRENGTH. 

[Isaiah 49:6] AND HE SAID, IT IS A LIGHT THING THAT THOU SHOULDEST BE MY SERVANT TO RAISE UP THE TRIBES  OF JACOB, AND TO RESTORE THE PRESERVED OF ISRAEL: I WILL ALSO GIVE THEE FOR A LIGHT TO THE GENTILES,  THAT THOU MAYEST BE MY SALVATION UNTO THE END OF THE EARTH.

The prophet Isaiah addressed himself frequently to the Lost Ten Tribes of Israel. One of his several addresses to the Ten Tribes is found in chapter 49:
    "Isles" and "isles of the sea" meaning mainly Isles in the Atlantic Ocean (Isles of Britain and coastlines of northwest Europe and North America) are several times mentioned in Scripture in a context recalling the Lost Tribes of Israel.
    "The Tribes of Jacob" (recalled above in ISAIAH 49) remind one that the flag of Britain is called the UNION JACK (i.e. union or covenant of Jacob) and the nickname "YANKEE" for North American is derivable from a Hebrew form of Jacob.
    "A light to the Gentiles" is what the British descended peoples and northwest European peoples comparatively speaking have been despite frequent moral mistakes. On the whole these nations have been the best civilizing influence the world has ever known and they still are despite everything!
    "End of the earth", or "ends of the earth" is a frequent expression in the Prophets concerning the Lost Ten Tribes and nearly all of these peoples dwell at the geographical extremities of Continental masses when the Biblical view of the Holy Land of Israel as the center is taken into account. The next verse in ISAIAH (49;7) has the nature of an aside and refers to Judah:

JUDAH: THE LAWGIVER AND SUFFERING SERVANT

ISAIAH (ch.49:7) continues,
 [Isaiah 49:7] THUS SAITH THE LORD, THE REDEEMER OF ISRAEL, AND HIS HOLY ONE, TO HIM WHOM MAN DESPISETH, TO HIM WHOM THE NATION ABHORRETH, TO A SERVANT OF RULERS, KINGS SHALL SEE AND ARISE, PRINCES ALSO SHALL WORSHIP, BECAUSE OF THE LORD THAT IS FAITHFUL, AND THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL, AND HE SHALL CHOOSE THEE.

    This verse is arranged in the Hebrew (Masoretic Traditionally scripted) Bible as a Paragraph in its own right having the equivalent significance of parentheses.
The expression  "TO HIM WHOM THE NATION ABHORRETH" in Hebrew "Mita-aev goi" can be understoood to mean "He whom other peoples despise", i.e. the people of Judah as a whole from the historical perspective.

 The whole verse is a momentary aside and is referring to the Jews of JUDAH who were despised and persecuted but in the END TIME will be rehabilitated in the eyes of the nations and recompensed for the indignity they were forced by others to suffer ultimately BECAUSE THEY REFUSED TO DENY THE ONE TRUE GOD!

Other Passages in Scripture elaborate on this matter. We have discussed this elsewhere several times.

These notes are based on Chapter Four in "Ephraim".  A few additional comments and additional information have been added here and there.

ISAIAH Chapter 49 is Also About the Lost Tribes

[Isaiah 49:8] THUS SAITH THE LORD, IN AN ACCEPTABLE TIME HAVE I HEARD THEE, AND IN A DAY OF SALVATION HAVE I HELPED THEE: AND I WILL PRESERVE THEE, AND GIVE THEE FOR A COVENANT OF THE  PEOPLE, TO ESTABLISH THE EARTH, TO CAUSE TO INHERIT THE DESOLATE HERITAGES;
A Covenant of the People [Hebrew: "BRIT-AM" i.e. Britain], to establish the earth [or in the Hebrew: "to found a country", e.g. the U.S.A., the State of Israel], to cause to inherit the desolate heritages".

    "Desolate heritages" relatively speaking were the regions of North America, Australia and New Zealand, and South Africa before the nations here spoken of colonized them. Also, on a long-term geo-political and economical level the Zionist Jewish re-settlement of part of the Land of Israel was made possible (like and/or believe it or not), in some measure, due to the policies of Britain (sic!) and America!!


 [Isaiah 49:9] THAT THOU MAYEST SAY TO THE PRISONERS, GO FORTH; TO THEM THAT ARE IN DARKNESS, SHEW YOURSELVES. THEY SHALL FEED IN THE WAYS, AND THEIR PASTURES SHALL BE IN ALL HIGH PLACES.

 [Isaiah 49:10] THEY SHALL NOT HUNGER NOR THIRST; NEITHER SHALL THE HEAT NOR SUN SMITE THEM: FOR HE THAT  HATH MERCY ON THEM SHALL LEAD THEM, EVEN BY THE SPRINGS OF WATER SHALL HE GUIDE THEM.

 [Isaiah 49:11] AND I WILL MAKE ALL MY MOUNTAINS A WAY, AND MY HIGHWAYS SHALL BE EXALTED.

 [Isaiah 49:12] BEHOLD, THESE SHALL COME FROM FAR: AND, LO, THESE FROM THE NORTH AND FROM THE WEST; AND THESE FROM THE LAND OF SINIM.

THE MIDRASH CONCERNING
THE THREE EXILES

    Proof that the gist of this present chapter (ISAIAH 49) really is concerned with the Lost Ten Tribes or not, is obtainable from the Midrashic explanation of the above verses:
      
    "THAT THOU MAYEST SAY TO THE PRISONERS, GO FORTH; TO THEM THAT ARE IN DARKNESS, SHEW YOURSELVES. THEY SHALL FEED IN THE WAYS, AND THEIR PASTURES SHALL BE IN ALL HIGH PLACES" (ISAIAH 49;9).
    The Midrash (Numbers Rabah 1;6, Eichah Rabah 2;9, Jerusalemi Sanhedrin ch.17, L.6,29) on these verses, comments:

    ~Rabbi Berachiah and Rabbi Chelbo in the name of Rabbi Shmuel bar Nachman said: To three places was Israel exiled, one to beyond the Sambation River, one to Daphneh of Antiochia, and one to where the Clouds came down and covered them; in the same way that they [i.e. the northern Israelites west of the Jordan River] were exiled to three places, so too were the Tribes [east of the Jordan River] of Reuben, Gad, and half Menasseh, exiled to three places. When they shall return so too will Reuben, Gad, and half Menasseh return with them. How do we know all this?
    ~` From the verse, "SAY TO THE PRISONERS GO FORTH" (ISAIAH 49;9):
    These are those exiled beyond the Sambation River.

    "TO THEM THAT ARE IN DARKNESS, SHEW YOURSELVES" (ISAIAH 49;9):
    These are those whom the cloud descended upon and covered.

    "THEY SHALL FEED IN THE WAYS, AND IN ALL HIGH PLACES THEIR PASTURES" (ISAIAH 49;9):
These are those who were exiled to Daphne of Antiochea.~'
    A Geographical explanation showing the present day pertinence of this Midrash follows:

THE MIDRASH EXPLAINED
    The Midrash on Isaiah 49;9 described above said that the Ten Tribes were exiled to three places: Beyond the Sambation River; To within the Clouds of Darkness; and to Daphne of Antiochea.
    The Sambation River has a name meaning in Judeo-Greek, Ethiopic, and other dialects, "THE RIVER OF SABBATH". Its original application was probably to the Lower Zab River which is an eastern tributary of the Tigris River. In local dialects the River "Zab" was rendered as SABATUS or Zabitha. In this region Ptolemy recorded the SAMBATAE people whose name is reminiscent of Sambation. Both "Sabatus" and "Sambat" could be attributed the same meaning as "Sabbath". Here (according to the Map of Ptolemy) was the city of "Gomara" of Cimmerian Gimri association. This city is located on the site of Sakkiz the Scythian capital. This was the region of Mannae whereto part of the exiled Israelites had been taken according to Amos ch.4. From this first area of SAMBATION the Israelite Scythians were to be forced northwards onto the South Russian Steppe lands.
    The land of southern Russia into which the Scythians moved became known as Scythia. In Scythian times there were early Greek settlements at the estuary of the Don River in Scythia and there the personal name "Sambation" has been recorded. From Scythia the Scythians moved westwards into Europe and the British Isles. A remnant of the Scythians were the Khazars. During the Khazar domination, a city on the site of modern Kiev was called "Sambat". This in some opinions was the original Asgard where a portion of Scythian-Israelites settled before continuing northward to Scandinavia. The Don and Dneiper Rivers were both at some time or other nicknamed the "River of Sabbath". Abraham Polak in his important study of the Khazars says that early post exilic Jewish Writings referred to the Don River as the Sambation. The name Sambation was understood to be another form of the term Sabbath. This strengthens the Medieval equation of the Don River with the Sambation. From the Don River and the region north of it the Scyths had migrated north and westward partly reaching Scandinavia, which was originally, named Scathanavia in their honor. Britain too in at least one Roman source was later considered a colony of Scythia.
    According to the Midrash the River Sambation bordered the area where the Lost Ten Tribes were to be found in.

The Midrash quoted above was based on the passage:

    "THAT THOU MAY SAYEST...TO THEM THAT ARE IN DARKNESS, SHEW YOURSELVES" (ISAIAH 49;9):

    This verse refers says the Talmud and Midrash TO THOSE OF THE LOST TRIBES WHOM THE CLOUD CAME DOWN UPON AND COVERED. Another Midrash (Numbers Rabah 17;16) says that part of the exiled Israelites went to the "Mountains of Darkness" which is a related concept. The Mountains of Darkness were identified by Rashi (on Amos 4;3) with the Mountains of Mannae whereas others equated them with the nearby Caucasus. The Caucasus in the Talmud are nicknamed "The Mountains of Slug" (i.e. "The Mountains of Snow" as the Scythians referred to them), and identified as an area to which the Lost Ten Tribes were exiled (Talmud Sanhedrin 94a).
    Now from those places to which the Lost Ten Tribes were exiled there emerged the Cimmerians, Scythians, and Gothic ethnic groups. There is much evidence that these peoples were either mainly Israelite or that at least Israelites were a significant element amongst them and that the bulk of Israelite exiles were to be found in their midst. 
    Like the third part of exiled Israelites in the Midrash, so too, were the Cimmerians in Classical Literature to be associated with Clouds, Mountains, or simply regions, of Darkness. A word root, "comer", (reminiscent of "Cimmerian") in both Hebrew and Latin even connotes "darkness"! At one stage a  portion of the Cimmerians were to be found in the Crimean Peninsula. At that time the climate was much wetter in the Crimean region than it is now and the area was apparently always cloudy. In Latin Literature there existed a phrase "Af tenebrae Cimmeriae" meaning "Cimmerian Darkness" and applied to the Crimea.
    The bulk of the Cimmerians via the Balkans entered Europe and moved westward. They are identified in general with the Celts. The name "Celt" has been interpreted as:

    "Meaning hidden the word  which gives us the Irish form `ceilt', i.e. concealment or secret, and the word which gives us the English word kilt". PETER BERRESFORD ELLIS, "The Celtic Empire," London, 1990, p.9.

    The Scottii who from Scythia reached Ireland and from there went to Scotland were counted as Celts. Their name ("Scotoi") in Greek was understandable as meaning obscure or hidden. In Britain and Brittany (Gaul) lived a people called Ostrynimians by the Carthaginians and Phoenicians (as recorded by Avienus) and this name also is said to mean hidden from the Hebrew root "sater". The god Saturn who allegedly reigned in the British Isles too has a name derivable in Hebrew from the same root ("sater") and connoting the "hidden god". Pagan writers identified Saturn with Israel. A portion of the Lost Tribes was understood to be hidden by the Clouds of Darkness. We find indeed amongst the Celts (especially those of Britain) terminology that relates them to the associated concepts of "hidden", "clouds", and "darkness". This could be dismissed as coincidental were it not for the fact that too numerous other proofs from all fields point in the same direction.
    Amongst the Celts, the Cimmerians are specially linkable with the Galatian section and even more especially with the Cimbri of Scandinavia and the Cymry of Britain. The Cimmerians have also been equated with the Western Celts on the whole.
    The Orphic Argonautica (supposed ca.500 BCE) placed the Cimmerians far away in the north somewhere in the British Isles:
    "Cimmerii who were hidden from the sun rising by the mountains of Ripaeus in Britain near the vicinity of Hades...far away in the north on the way to the Iernian [Ireland] islands".

Homer (in the "Odyssey" 11;19) mentioned,
    "The deep sea of Oceanos [i.e.The Atlantic Ocean] which is the World's boundary. There is the city of the Cimmerian people. Night is forever spread over these unhappy mortals".

    It is generally agreed that both these above passages are placing Cimmerians in Britain and it was be noticed that both use expressions implying darkness or hiddenness.
    Plutarch seems to have identified the Cimmerians with the Cimbri of Scandinavia and the North sea coast as did other Roman writers. Plutarch says of these Cimmerian descendants:
    "Part of them still inhabit the remotest regions upon the outer Ocean. These... live in a dark and woody region hardly penetrable by the sunbeams...their days and nights being equally continuous, they divide their year into one of Each..(Plutarch: "Caius Marius").
    A.W. Whatmore also noted the linkage in Classical works of the Cimmerians with the Dark in the Caucasus, in Crimea, in Britain, and in Scandinavia. So closely associated were the Cimmerians with darkness that a people in Italy, near Lake Arverno, who lived by robbery and dwelt in dark caves, were also named Cimmerians.
    Denmark was settled at one stage by the Cimbri descendants of the Cimmerians and then later by the Danes from the Israelite Tribe of Dan.
    This overlapping of Cimbri with the Danes of Dan is interesting. A Midrash commented on the Tribal Order of Marching forward in the Wilderness when the ancient Israelites had escaped from Egypt yet still had not been allowed to enter the Promised Land. The Midrash infers that this positioning was indicative of future developments. The Position of Dan, says the Midrash (Numbers Rabah 2), "was in the north, whence darkness comes".
    The Cimbri, claimed Plutarch, in their migrations carried a metal bull with them. The Cimbri in Scandinavia are known to have had a bull cult of Mediterranean origin. The Israelites in the Wilderness were punished for making a golden bull calf (Hebrew: "aegel") which they intended to go before them in their wanderings (Exodus 32;1 4). Excavations in the area of northern Israel have unearthed metallic statuettes of bulls that are dated to the period of Israelite occupation prior to their exile. King Jeroboam 1 from the Tribe of Ephraim was the first king of northern Israel after it broke away from the south. He set up a bull calf cult with golden statues and cultic centers at Dan and in Beth-el (2-Kings 12;28 29). These golden statues, according to one source, were later smashed. They may have been exchanged for metallic ones. Sargon, the Assyrian king after defeating northern Israel said, "I counted the gods on whom they trusted as spoil". The statue at Beth-el (Beth Aven)  was captured by the Assyrians and "carried unto Assyria" (Hosea 10;6). The Cimbri practice of carrying a metallic bull with them may have been a carryover from their North Israelite paganism.
    The Cimbri were later to be found throughout Scandinavia especially in Jutland of Denmark , which Procopius ("Gothic Wars 2.1.7) referred to as "Brittania" whereas the isle of Britain (home of the British Cymry) he called "Brittia". Part of the Cimbri reached Holland in their wanderings and there too the presence of a tribe of "Bretons" was reported (Pliny N.H.4;17). ISAIAH (ch.49) placed the Lost Israelites in "Isles of the Sea" and said they would establish a "Brit-Am" i.e. A People's Covenant or Commonwealth.
    Whatmore ("Insulae Britannicae", 1913) showed that in Classical Literature the Islands of Britain were considered the edge of the world, the last section of Scythia, and associated with Cimmerian darkness. The same characteristics were ascribed to Scandinavia and then later Scandinavian writers said the same things about North America wherein Viking Scandinavians attempted to settle!
    Leif Ericson in the 1100s CE visited the coasts of North America and an effort at colonization was made. A Chronicle of the event gave the names Helluland, Markland, and Vinland to the countries visited. Whatmore equated "Markland" with North America. After drawing parallels between the Danish Norwegian word "merke" and the Russian "mrak", he said that the name "Markland" (given to North America) signified DARKNESS.
    The Scandinavian Chronicler was continuing the Classical tradition and Whatmore concludes that "Markland" (i.e. the name given to North America),

    "is quite as likely an echo of the dark Kimmerian world".

    Another word for "dark" in Hebrew is Kedar. "Kedar" was a son of Ishmael (Genesis 25;13). Part of the sons of Kedar assimilated amongst the Arabs, others became the Kidarites who were once important in Central Asia. As We explained in our work "Ephraim" the descendants of Kedar also reached North America and intermarried with the Red Indians.

    It follows that in Biblical and Rabbinical tradition the Lost Ten Tribes or at least a portion of them were associated with Darkness, Clouds, and Concealment in general. Both linguistically and conceptually these same attributes were attached to the Cimmerians and to those who emerged from them. Proofs from other fields confirm that these same entities were descended largely from Israel.
 
"FEAR YOU NOT, JACOB MY SERVANT....FOR I AM WITH YOU; FOR I WILL MAKE A FULL END OF ALL THE NATIONS WHITHER I HAVE DRIVEN YOU: BUT I WILL NOT MAKE A FULL END OF YOU, BUT CORRECT YOU IN MEASURE: YET I WILL NOT LEAVE YOU WHOLLY UNPUNISHED (Isaiah 46:28).

    One of the places to which the Ten Tribes were exiled was Habor (2-Kings 17;6) which lay by a River (modern Khabor in Iraq) of the same name. For the ancient Sumerians of Mesopotamia, the "Hubur" (i.e. Habor) had been a mythical river in the west over which the dead had to cross. Procopious (in the 500s CE) reported that fishermen on the North Gaulish coast were traditionally exempt from taxation since they had the task of rowing the souls of the dead across the Channel to Britain. In Classical Literature Britain was known as the "Isle of the Dead" and Saturn (Dis Pater, the god of the dead) was said to rule there. On the Metaphysical level these notions fit Britain being the Place of the Lost Ten Tribes who in some late Jewish traditions had been taken away to an inaccesible place and their whereabouts was a mystery.
    The Celts believed in two worlds: This world and the "otherworld",
    "A constant exchange of souls took place between the two worlds: death in this world took a soul to the Otherworld; death in that world brought a soul to this world".
    These notions were appropriate for Israelites who had been uprooted from one sphere of existence and artificially transplanted into another, stranger, one.
    Jewish and Biblical sources indicate that it will be difficult for all of the Jews to accept the Lost Israelite Identity of their brothers from the Ten Tribes who were exiled by the Assyrians. Even so, it is these very sources that provide some of the most telling evidence. Despite everything it will be Jews who will bring the Lost Ten tribes back. To some extent Jewish notions complement those held by the Israelite Celts who were associated with dolmens and other Megalithic monuments and these too reveal a linkage between ancient Israel and the extremities of northwest Europe. Much of the population of Britain is of Celtic origin. Even most of those who are considered Anglo-Saxon are probably more Celtic than anything else.

THE RED AND WHITE ROSE OF ISRAELITE ENGLAND.
 
    The Zohar makes additional remarks of significance concerning the Northwest European identity with Israel and amongst other matters speaks of a rose of alternate red and white petals which symbolizes Israel:

In the beginning of the "Zohar" it says:
   
    "`As the rose among the thorns, so is my love among the maidens' (Song of Solomon 2;2): What is the rose? It is the Assemblage of Israel, the Community of Israel. For there is a rose (above) and a rose (below). Just as the rose which is among the thorns has red and white, so does the Assemblage of Israel have justice and mercy. Just as a rose has thirteen petals, so does the Assemblage [Hebrew: "Knesset"] of Israel have thirteen measures of compassion encompassing it on all sides.
    "...Five strong leaves surround the rose..."

    In ENGLAND BETWEEN THE YEARS 1450 to 1485 there occurred a series of civil wars, known as "Wars of the Roses" between the rival Houses of York and Lancaster. Each side was represented by a rose, York by a white rose, and Lancaster by a red one. At the end of the struggle a partly Welsh contestant named Henry Tudor became king. Henry claimed to unify in his person the two rival sides. He chose as his symbol a rose with both red and white petals (i.e. a large white rose with a smaller red rose overlayed on it) and with five green leaves around it. Paintings from Elizabethan times show that there then existed in England a real breed of rose that looked like this. This rose, unbeknown to Henry, was (says the above-quoted Zohar) the symbol of Israel. Henceforth the red and white petalled "Tudor Rose" became the symbol of the English monarchs and therefore of England itself. It still is an official symbol of Britain". The Tudor Rose admittedly has only ten petals whereas the "Rose of Israel" described in the Zohar has thirteen but then England being dominated by the tribe of Ephraim represents only ten out of the original thirteen Israelite Tribes.
    Henry Tudor was a great man: He came from a Ruling House legendarily connected with King Arthur and he may have been descended (as some believe) from King David. "He has been called the Solomon of England" (M-C p.5). He asserted the independence of England from Europe. The history of modern England as an outwardly looking independently minded great nation begins with him. His reign marks the beginning of that period in which the blessings promised to the seed of Israel would be realized in the British and British descended peoples! Under the Tudor monarchs, Newfoundland (in Canada) was first settled laying the basis for the "Anglo-Saxon" (i.e. of British-descent) colonization of North America and of the British Empire. The Tudor monarchs broke away from the Roman Church causing a re-orientation of British thought towards the Bible. They also defeated the Spaniards who at that time were the Pre-eminent world power. The Spaniards had sent a vast fleet of immense manned boats to invade England but were beaten due to the English seamens' courage and inspiration and several miraculous changes of the wind and weather. The very elements seemed to fight on the English side. It may be said that Divine Providence became more evident in the Tudor Period.
    The U.S.A. Congress in 1986 chose the rose as the national flower of the USA.
    In the precincts of the HOLY TEMPLE in Jerusalem before its destruction there was a special rose garden situated between the present Western ("Wailing") Wall and the actual Temple (i.e. Holy of Holies, Mishna Middot ch.1). The Presence of God never left the Western Wall. This wall is only a remnant of the wall that surrounded the whole Temple complex. The Temple complex is on the Temple Mount, which must be re-sanctified. The Temple should be re-built.
    Some sources of Jewish Rabbinical thought say that in order for the Third Temple to be rebuilt the participation of the Lost Ten Tribes is necessary. The rose garden will have to be re-planted.

We have seen how the Midrash relates this section of ISAIAH to the Lost Ten Tribes. This applies to more verses in ISAIAH 49 which is replete with references concerning the Ten Tribes.

    "THEY SHALL NOT HUNGER NOR THIRST; NEITHER SHALL THE HEAT NOR THE SUN SMITE THEM: FOR HE THAT HATH MERCY UPON THEM SHALL LEAD THEM, EVEN BY THE SPRINGS OF WATER SHALL HE GUIDE THEM.

    "AND I WILL MAKE ALL MY MOUNTAINS A WAY, AND MY HIGHWAYS SHALL BE EXALTED (ISAIAH 49:10-11)..

     The above two verses could be understood to suggest that the exiled Israelites would be led to an area not lacking in food supply nor in water, moderately cold and wet, a place of rivers and springs, and that possibly their migratory path would follow the heights of a mountain range. To some degree this was true of part of the Celts who via the Carpathian and Alpine Mountain Ranges penetrated Europe. The climate and described conditions fit those of north and northwest Europe. The bulk of the Lost Ten Tribes were re settled north of Assyria a good portion of them in the Caucasus area and the above verses are also applicable to that region. From the Caucasus they were destined to advance into Europe.

AUSTRALIA

       "BEHOLD THESE SHALL COME FROM FAR: AND, LO, THESE FROM THE NORTH AND FROM THE WEST; AND THESE FROM THE LAND OF SINIM" (Isaiah 49:12).                

    Regarding the above verse the following points are of interest:
One Midrashic source (Tanchuma, Genesis, VaYatzay b: cf. Lev.Rabah 29;2) implies that those exiled "AFAR" or in a "faraway land" means those who were exiled to Gaul (i.e. France) (Gallia) and its neighbours.
"FROM FAR: AND, LO, THESE FROM THE NORTH AND FROM THE WEST" : "from distant places such as Spain" (Pesikta Rabati 32;10). In "Lost Israelite Identity" we proved how part of the Israelite Exiles were taken overseas in ships by Phoenicians acting as agents for the Assyrians.
They were settled in Spain and probably also in Gaul and Britain. At all events those in Those in Spain later moved to Ireland, Britain, and Gaul (France).
The Israelites will return "FROM THE NORTH AND FROM THE WEST", i.e. from areas to the northwest of the land of Israel.
They will also return "FROM THE LAND OF SINIM". This means (says Rashi and the Aramaic transliteration of Yehonathan) "From the Land of the South". According to the Latin Vulgate translation the intention is that they will return "From Australia" (or "Australis"): "Australia" is a Latin translation for "the land of the south". Sinim is an an Ancient Hebrew and Phoenician term for Australia. The Phoenicians sailed to every corner of the globe. They circumnavigated Africa and Britain. They also reached Scandinavia and the Americas. The Phoenician script was introduced to Indonesia from before 600 BCE. The Ancient Egyptians, Phoenicians, and Hebrews had knowledge of Australia.

AUSTRALIA BEFORE
CAPTAIN COOK?
Professor Barry Fell of Harvard University maintains that Egyptian voyages into the Pacific touched upon New Zealand during the Ptolemaic period around 238 BC. Numerous finds in Australia and New Zealand indicate that these islands had been visited by the Ancient Egyptians, Phoenicians, and Israelites.
The Egyptians referred to the southernmost known area of land as "sin-wu" (Jurgen p.29). This corresponds to the Land of "Sinim" meaning Australia.
There are reports of Egyptian and Phoenician remains being found in Australia. Some of these may be forgeries or simply mistaken conclusion made by over-enthusiastic and under-trained amateurs. The same may be said concerning similar findings in North America.
EVEN SO, in both cases the impression is that some of the reports are genuine and for our purposes this is enough.
Paul White (Ancient Egypt ~ Link with Australia, 1996) reports numerous findings confirming contacts between the Ancient World and Australia. For example:
In Toowoomba (Queensland, Australia): A group of seventeen granite stones were found with Phoenician inscriptions. One had been translated to read, "Guard the shrine of Y's message" and "Gods of Gods". Another inscription reads, "This is a place of worship of Ra" and "Assemble here to worship the sun." (Ra was the Egyptian sun god) Source: Maggie's Farm No.37 1988.
[This could indicate either a combined Egyptian-Israelite expedition or just Northern Israelites. Excavations of Samaria do show the adoption of Egyptian culture. The Phoenician dialect of Ancient Hebrew was used by some Israelites.]
 A large ironstone slab (in Rex Gilroy's Museum) at Tamworth NSW bears a Phoenician inscription that reads: "Ships sail from this land under the protection of Yahweh to Dan." British museum scientists discovered that from 1000 BC onwards eucalyptus resin was employed in the embalming of the dead in Egypt. Eucalyptus was only found in Australia and New Guinea at that time. The ancient tomb of a woman that contained eucalyptus resin was uncovered in February 1964 in the Jordan Valley.

Additional evidence was reported by Marilyn Pye from Australia:
<<RE:  "Egyptian artifacts found in Australia. The most important being 2 Egyptian scarab beetles. These scarabs are inscribed with the names of an unknown Egyptian Pharaoh. One was found in 1911, the other was found in the1960s. The first one has the royal cartouche, the name inside..Usi men ma re...beneath the cartouche is the golden symbol...either side has 2 truth feathers and above the cartouche is an unusual Horus symbol. This was found in 1911 in a remote part of Australia buried 6 feet under. The other scarab was found in the 1960s near a river in North West Australia. This scarab has 2 cartouche names, one looks like Ramesses AriHotep...the other reads Usi ma ra setepnra. 2 golden symbols are beneath the cartouches, above them is a winged disk, and 2 other symbols. These are just 2 of the Egyptian artifacts found in Oz.
<<The second scarab was authenticated by an expert in South Australia although I have no idea where it is now.  Regarding the pottery sherds...others have been found....some in central oz in the 1960s by a prospector...Monash University said they were ancient Semitic....similar pottery sherds have been reported in Arnhem land, I say similar because I have not seen them, an aboriginal friend said they were the same as the ones in my photos....he has also seen more sherds on the other side of the river to where mine were found....I did not find them. They were found in 1984 inland from where I do some digging....if they had been found on my diggings i would have been over the moon, they were found in sand. The river has changed course but about 3000 years ago it would have run close to where the sherds were found. I did find the Egyptian Horusat the diggings in 1992, Shalom,  Marilyn

When Isaiah referred to the Land of Sinim he intended the Continent of Australia. Australia was destined to be an area from which part of the Lost Tribes will return in the Messianic Era. We are therefore justified on this point alone in searching for the rest of the Lost Ten Tribes in areas whose inhabitants are kinfolk of the people of Australia.

THE JEWS CONSOLED
    ISAIAH now turns his attention again directly towards the Jews from the Tribe of Judah.

[Isaiah 49:13] SING FOR JOY, O HEAVENS, AND EXULT, O EARTH; BREAK FORTH, O MOUNTAINS, INTO SINGING! FOR THE LORD HAS COMFORTED HIS PEOPLE, AND WILL HAVE COMPASSION ON HIS AFFLICTED. 
    God will have compassion on those of his people who were afflicted. He will comfort Judah.                   

[Isaiah 49:14] BUT ZION SAID, "THE LORD HAS FORSAKEN ME, MY LORD HAS FORGOTTEN ME."
Zion stands for Judah and the Jews and for Jerusalem. Jerusalem was the capital of all Israel at first and later of the remnant of Judah. Zion and Jerusalem in Scripture are usually synonymous with Judah.                    


[Isaiah 49:15] "CAN A WOMAN FORGET HER SUCKING CHILD, THAT SHE SHOULD HAVE NO COMPASSION ON THE SON OF HER WOMB" EVEN THESE MAY FORGET, YET I WILL NOT FORGET YOU.   
    Due to persecutions and oppression the Jews often could have felt as if they had been abandoned. God says it is not so.
 

[Isaiah 49:16] BEHOLD, I HAVE GRAVEN YOU ON THE PALMS OF MY HANDS; YOUR WALLS ARE CONTINUALLY BEFORE ME.
Assisting the Jews and assisting the Zionist aims of rebuilding the Land of Israel embodies the will of God.                     

[Isaiah 49:17] YOUR BUILDERS OUTSTRIP YOUR DESTROYERS, AND THOSE WHO LAID YOU WASTE GO FORTH FROM YOU.
The KJ has translated Isaiah 49;17 above according to the simple meaning that the oppressors and destroyers of Judah will depart. Actually, the Hebrew original can also be understood to say that the destroyers of Judah came out from them themselves and so the verse is often traditionally understood and quoted. Instead of "THOSE WHO LAID YOU WASTE GO FORTH FROM YOU" it can be translated to say "THOSE WHO LAID YOU WASTE CAME FORTH FROM YOU". The enemies of the Jewish people have often found friends and allies amongst the Jews themselves. Every nation has its traitors only the Jews historically were always more vulnerable to treacherous influences since they lacked their own kingdom. Also their real self-interest was often not sufficiently clear-cut even to themselves and wherever they turned enemies surrounded them. Negative influences from outside were much greater.

    Even so vengeance will be taken against those who oppressed the Jews and many peoples who had wronged them will be ashamed of themselves: The exiles of Judah and descendants of Jewish captives shall return to Judah.

 [Isaiah 49:18] LIFT UP THINE EYES ROUND ABOUT, AND BEHOLD: ALL THESE GATHER THEMSELVES TOGETHER,  AND COME TO THEE. AS I LIVE, SAITH THE LORD, THOU SHALT SURELY CLOTHE THEE WITH THEM ALL, AS WITH AN ORNAMENT, AND BIND THEM ON THEE, AS A BRIDE DOETH.
Newcomers and those who were "lost" will be ingathered.

 [Isaiah 49:19] FOR THY WASTE AND THY DESOLATE PLACES, AND THE LAND OF THY DESTRUCTION, SHALL EVEN NOW BE TOO NARROW BY REASON OF THE INHABITANTS, AND THEY THAT SWALLOWED THEE UP SHALL BE FAR  AWAY.
There will be so many people that at first it will feel as if there is not enough room for all of them.


[Isaiah 49:20] THE CHILDREN BORN IN THE TIME OF YOUR BEREAVEMENT WILL YET SAY IN YOUR EARS: THE PLACE IS TOO NARROW FOR ME; MAKE ROOM FOR ME TO DWELL IN.

ISAIAH AND THE RETURN OF THE LOST TEN TRIBES

The Lost Ten Tribes will also return. The Jews of Judah will meet the return of the Lost Ten Tribes with mixed reactions:

 [Isaiah 49:21] THEN SHALT THOU SAY IN THINE HEART, WHO HATH BEGOTTEN ME THESE, SEEING I HAVE LOST MY CHILDREN, AND AM DESOLATE, A CAPTIVE, AND REMOVING TO AND FRO? AND WHO HATH BROUGHT UP THESE? BEHOLD, I WAS LEFT ALONE; THESE, WHERE HAD THEY BEEN?

In other words, the Jews will ask where were all those now identified as Israel when the Jews needed help and were alone? According to the Midrash (Pesikta Rabati 32;10) this reaction of the Jews will take place WHEN THEY SEE THE THREE EXILES OF THE LOST TEN TRIBES RETURNING!
    On the one hand those few people among the Gentiles who have helped the Jews have more often than not belonged to the Lost Ten Tribes. On the other hand these nations were powerful and rich ones and they could have done much more to help than they did. There were times even when the Lost Ten Tribes had acted as the adversaries of Judah.
    A reflection on this future conundrum is provided by a passage in the Zohar.                 
    "The Zohar" is a collection of writings mainly purporting to transcribe the ethical and mystical teachings of certain Talmudic sages of the 2nd century CE. Some modern scholars now claim it was written in Spain in the 1270s CE when it was first revealed. This claim is either mistaken or a some re-writing of much older material did take place. Previously "The Zohar" was thought by savants to be the culmination over many decades, even centuries, of a continuous editing process of mystical works. The present general orthodox view is that it was written close to the events it purports to describe, i.e. around the 100s CE. The Zohar certainly does reflect ancient traditions and insights of a primordial nature.
     Most Orthodox Jews who study "The Zohar" consider it to be inspired. It contains observations of value for the understanding of Scripture and also concerning the LOST TEN TRIBES. The Zohar (Breishit, VaYechi, 88m, Sulam edition) comments on the expression "WHO HATH BEGOTTEN ME THESE" in the verse we are here concerned with (ISAIAH 49;21). The Zohar notes an emphasis in the question on the Hebrew word "EYLEH" i.e. "these"':

    The verse says: "THEN SHALT THOU SAY IN THY HEART, WHO HATH BEGOTTEN ME THESE, SEEING I HAVE LOST MY CHILDREN, AND AM DESOLATE, A CAPTIVE, AND REMOVING TO AND FRO? AND WHO HATH BROUGHT UP THESE? BEHOLD, I WAS LEFT ALONE; THESE WHERE HAD THEY BEEN?" (ISAIAH 49;21)

    The Zohar emphasizes the emphasis on the expression these: "WHO HATH BEGOTTEN ME THESE.....? AND WHO HATH BROUGHT UP THESE...THESE, WHERE HAD THEY BEEN?"
    The Zohar then refers back to the time when the Patriarch Israel was about to die and his son Joseph had brought his grandsons, Ephraim and Menasseh, to him to receive a final blessing.

    "WHEN ISRAEL SAW JOSEPH'S SONS, HE SAID, WHO ARE THESE?" (Genesis 48:8).

    [Asked Rabbi Yehudah bar Shalom, "And why did he did he not   recognize them?" Had he not been familiar with them?... "And now he asks, Who are these?"..."But rather he must have foreseen [through Divine Inspiration] Jeroboam son of Nebat and Ahab son of Omri [both future kings of the northern separated Ten-Tribes of Israel] who would arise from Ephraim and worship idolatry" Midrash Tanchuma, VaYichi,6.]
 
  The Zohar relates:
    "Rabbi Abba began to explain [the above question of the Patriarch Israel, "Who are these""] by relating it to [the verse in Isaiah 49;21] "then shalt thou  say in thy heart: `Who hath begotten me these?': What does this verse imply?
    -That the Heavenly Patriarch Israel foresaw the Children of Israel assembling before him in the future: `In that day the LORD shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people which shall be left [FROM ASSYRIA, AND FROM MITSRAYIM, AND FROM PATHROS, AND FROM CUSH, AND] FROM ELAM, AND FROM HAMATH, AND FROM THE ISLES OF THE SEA" (ISAIAH 11;11).

    The above place names are those to where the Lost Ten Tribes were taken or went shortly after their Exile. Isaiah continues to speak of the ingathering of the Lost Tribes as well as that of Judah and of reconciliation between the Lost Tribes and Judah:

[Isaiah 11:12] HE WILL RAISE AN ENSIGN FOR THE NATIONS, AND WILL ASSEMBLE THE OUTCASTS OF ISRAEL, AND GATHER THE DISPERSED OF JUDAH FROM THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE EARTH.                     

[Isaiah 11:13] THE JEALOUSY OF EPHRAIM SHALL DEPART, AND THOSE WHO HARASS JUDAH SHALL BE CUT OFF; EPHRAIM SHALL NOT BE JEALOUS OF JUDAH, AND JUDAH SHALL NOT HARASS EPHRAIM.

    The question concerning "these" therefore refers to the Lost Ten Tribes (Ephraim) in the End Times.
    The Zohar goes on to explain Isaiah 49;21, the question `WHO HATH BEGOTTEN ME THESE?'
 
    "And they shall assemble together and be mutitudinous; the Divine Presence [i.e. Heavenly Israel] will wonder and ask, `Where did you all come from&?'
`And is it not possible that there exists amongst you someone blemished, of foreign seed?' "They will answer, `We are all your sons. There is no foreigner amongst us'.
    "And they will divide off from each other. The foreign non-Israelite element will voluntarily separate from them, and they [i.e. the returning Israelites] will be circumcised, and convert, and these converts will return with [and to] Israel, and they shall be one."

    In other words the Zohar says that the returning Israelites will be renew the Covenant and be re-united with Israel meaning (in terms of the Zohar) with the Jewish people. In Biblical terms Israel can mean all of the 12 tribes together or it can mean the Lost Tribes ("Israel") as distinct from "Judah" or it can stand for the Jews and Judah alone. In religious terms "Israel" can mean those of Israel who did not lose their identity meaning Judah. In this case members of the Lost Ten Tribes will be rejoined to the spiritual reality of Israel represented by the Jews of Judah.
    The Zohar states above that the non-Israelites will have to be separated out from the real returning descendants of Israelites. The non-Israelites referred to in this case are of a specific type that never really wanted to belong to Israel anyway. They belong to the "mixed multitude". The real and proper attitude that will hold towards the non Israelite stranger (who previously of his own volition had joined himself to Israel) will be to accept him as a full-fledged citizen as stated in the Book of Ezekiel:
    Ezekiel (ch.47) spoke of the future apportionment of the Promised Land amongst the Twelve Tribes of Israel in the Messianic era. The area spoken of includes modern day Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Israel, and additional parts of neighboring lands. This final re-division of the land takes place after certain physical geographical and climatic changes occur. Ezekiel also speaks of apportioning The Land to "The strangers [i.e. non Israelites] that sojourn amongst you": The strangers who identify with you will be counted as the same as you. "So shall ye divide this land among you according to the tribes of Israel" (Ezekiel 47;21).
    "AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS, THAT YE SHALL DIVIDE IT BY LOT FOR AN INHERITANCE UNTO YOU, AND TO THE STRANGERS THAT SOJOURN AMONG YOU, WHICH SHALL BEGET CHILDREN AMONG YOU; AND THEY SHALL BE UNTO YOU AS BORN IN THE COUNTRY AMONG THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL.
    "AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS, THAT IN WHAT TRIBE THE STRANGER SOJOURNETH, THERE SHALL YE GIVE HIM HIS INHERITANCE.."
    (Ezekiel 47;22 23).   

[Isaiah 49:22] THUS SAITH THE LORD GOD, BEHOLD, I WILL LIFT UP MINE HAND TO THE GENTILES, AND SET UP MY STANDARD TO THE PEOPLE: AND THEY SHALL BRING THY SONS IN THEIR ARMS, AND THY DAUGHTERS SHALL   BE CARRIED UPON THEIR SHOULDERS. 

THE RECOMPENSMENT OF JUDAH
    The rest of Isaiah chapter 49 speaks of how God will restore the Jewish people, and vastly multiply their numbers. They shall be honored by rulers of the world, and see their oppressors punished. Those who oppressed the Jews had in effect denied the existence of the LORD God of Israel (v.49:26).
 
 [Isaiah 49:23] AND KINGS SHALL BE THY NURSING FATHERS, AND THEIR QUEENS THY NURSING MOTHERS: THEY  SHALL BOW DOWN TO THEE WITH THEIR FACE TOWARD THE EARTH, AND LICK UP THE DUST OF THY FEET; AND THOU SHALT KNOW THAT I AM THE LORD: FOR THEY SHALL NOT BE ASHAMED THAT WAIT FOR ME.               

 [Isaiah 49:24] SHALL THE PREY BE TAKEN FROM THE MIGHTY, OR THE LAWFUL CAPTIVE DELIVERED?

 [Isaiah 49:25] BUT THUS SAITH THE LORD, EVEN THE CAPTIVES OF THE MIGHTY SHALL BE TAKEN AWAY, AND THE PREY OF THE TERRIBLE SHALL BE DELIVERED: FOR I WILL CONTEND WITH HIM THAT CONTENDETH WITH THEE, AND I WILL SAVE THY CHILDREN.

 [Isaiah 49:26] AND I WILL FEED THEM THAT OPPRESS THEE WITH THEIR OWN FLESH; AND THEY SHALL BE DRUNKEN WITH THEIR OWN BLOOD, AS WITH SWEET WINE: AND ALL FLESH SHALL KNOW THAT I THE LORD AM  THY SAVIOUR AND THY REDEEMER, THE MIGHTY ONE OF JACOB.

Chapter 50
[Isaiah 50:1] THUS SAITH THE LORD, WHERE IS THE BILL OF YOUR MOTHER'S DIVORCEMENT, WHOM I HAVE PUT AWAY? OR WHICH OF MY CREDITORS IS IT TO WHOM I HAVE SOLD YOU? BEHOLD, FOR YOUR INIQUITIES HAVE YE SOLD YOURSELVES, AND FOR YOUR TRANSGRESSIONS IS YOUR MOTHER PUT AWAY.
This message can be applied to both Houses of Israel but from the context (end of PREVIOUS CHAPTER AND NEXT CHAPTER) it would appear to be expressly directed in this case to Judah. Judah has not been disowned.  Judah was not divorced and is still obligated by the Law.
Jeremiah spoke of the Lost Ten Tribes being divorced:
[Jeremiah 3:8] SHE SAW THAT FOR ALL THE ADULTERIES OF THAT FAITHLESS ONE, ISRAEL, I HAD SENT HER AWAY WITH A DECREE OF DIVORCE;
The Lost Ten Tribes were not obligated by the Law for the period of their "divorce". They did however have a task of their own in world history to fulfill.
On the whole they will haver fulfilled this task and then God will be reconciled to them.
[Jeremiah 3:8] SHE SAW THAT FOR ALL THE ADULTERIES OF THAT FAITHLESS ONE, ISRAEL, I HAD SENT HER AWAY WITH A DECREE OF DIVORCE; YET HER FALSE SISTER JUDAH DID NOT FEAR, BUT SHE TOO WENT AND PLAYED THE HARLOT.  

[Jeremiah 3:9] AND IT CAME TO PASS THROUGH THE LIGHTNESS OF HER WHOREDOM, THAT SHE DEFILED THE LAND, AND COMMITTED ADULTERY WITH STONES AND WITH STOCKS.                     

[Jeremiah 3:10] AND YET FOR ALL THIS HER TREACHEROUS SISTER JUDAH HATH NOT TURNED UNTO ME    WITH HER WHOLE HEART, BUT FEIGNEDLY, SAITH THE LORD.                     

[Jeremiah 3:11] AND THE LORD SAID UNTO ME, THE BACKSLIDING ISRAEL HATH JUSTIFIED HERSELF  MORE THAN TREACHEROUS JUDAH.                     

[Jeremiah 3:12] GO AND PROCLAIM THESE WORDS TOWARD THE NORTH, AND SAY, RETURN, THOU  BACKSLIDING ISRAEL, SAITH THE LORD; AND I WILL NOT CAUSE MINE ANGER TO FALL UPON YOU: FOR I AM MERCIFUL, SAITH THE LORD, AND I WILL NOT KEEP ANGER FOR EVER. 
This did not happen in history according to the simple sense of the passage. The passage implies that the northern kingdom of Israel sinned and was divorded. Judah was not divorced but Judah sinned. A messenger was sent to the north to reconcile them.
What actually happened was that the north became steeped in idolatry and in many respects were complete pagans long before their exile. They were then exiled and their identity lost. The passage is referring to the Latter Days and in effect that the northern kingdom had its own historical mission to fulfill and in effect will have done so. It will have fulfilled its own mission in its own way better than Judah has fulfilled his.  The Northern Tribes IN THEIR PLACES OF EXILE will be sent unto to come back.
The emissaries will be from Judah:
 Yalkut Shimeoni on Shir HaShirim (Song of Solomon)
These are the "Ten Tribes."  ". The exiles of Judah and Benyamin [i.e. the present-day "Jews"] are destined to go unto them and bring them back in order to merit with them the Messianic Era and life in the World-To-Come. This is as it says, "In those days the house of Judah shall go unto the house of Israel and they shall come together out of the land of the north unto the land that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers" (Jeremiah 3;18).
-Yalkut Shimeoni, Song of Solomon 905.

The task of Judah was primarily to keep the Law and Torah. Towards the latter days (our time?) there will be a stage when Judah will fall down somewhat in this task. This will enable an opening up to be made to the northern kingdom. The temporary laxity of Judah in some way will actually assist the process of reconciling the Ten Tribes. Even so Judah will be punished for their sins and rewarded nevertheless for his persistence. Judah will be compensated for having to suffer throughout history due to his keeping the Torah and remaining separate from others.
                  
 [Isaiah 50:2] WHEREFORE, WHEN I CAME, WAS THERE NO MAN? WHEN I CALLED, WAS THERE NONE TO ANSWER? IS MY HAND SHORTENED AT ALL, THAT IT CANNOT REDEEM? OR HAVE I NO POWER TO DELIVER? BEHOLD, AT MY REBUKE I DRY UP THE SEA, I MAKE THE RIVERS A WILDERNESS: THEIR FISH STINKETH, BECAUSE THERE IS NO WATER, AND DIETH FOR THIRST.
In the same way that God punishes or afflicts so too can He bestow blessings.  Do good and ultimately good will come unto you some how or other. The good will come in the form you yourself would prefer if you knew all the options and were aware of all your culpabilities.

 [Isaiah 50:3] I CLOTHE THE HEAVENS WITH BLACKNESS, AND I MAKE SACKCLOTH THEIR COVERING.

 [Isaiah 50:4] THE LORD GOD HATH GIVEN ME THE TONGUE OF THE LEARNED, THAT I SHOULD KNOW HOW TO SPEAK A WORD IN SEASON TO HIM THAT IS WEARY: HE WAKENETH MORNING BY MORNING, HE WAKENETH  MINE EAR TO HEAR AS THE LEARNED.             
The Bible has the power to envigorate and strengthen all of us, in every situation.

 [Isaiah 50:5] THE LORD GOD HATH OPENED MINE EAR, AND I WAS NOT REBELLIOUS, NEITHER TURNED AWAY BACK.
The Sages said that God speaks to us every day, all day. We must train ourselves to listen. Nothing is by chance.

 [Isaiah 50:6] I GAVE MY BACK TO THE SMITERS, AND MY CHEEKS TO THEM THAT PLUCKED OFF THE HAIR: I HID NOT MY FACE FROM SHAME AND SPITTING.
Judah was forced to become passive and bear affliction in Exile. Their families and communities were held ransom to their subjective indiviaul behavior.  The Jews in Exile (especially in Central and Eastern Europe) were physically much smaller and physically stunted than their Jewish children  in the State of  Israel. This has been statistically proven.  Those who are seriously interested in the Lost Ten Tribes should also in my opinion know something about Jewish History and anti-semitism. This is part of Biblical knowledge and explains many passages in Prophecy.

 [Isaiah 50:7] FOR THE LORD GOD WILL HELP ME; THEREFORE SHALL I NOT BE CONFOUNDED: THEREFORE HAVE I SET MY FACE LIKE A FLINT, AND I KNOW THAT I SHALL NOT BE ASHAMED.                    

 [Isaiah 50:8] HE IS NEAR THAT JUSTIFIETH ME; WHO WILL CONTEND WITH ME" LET US STAND TOGETHER: WHO IS MINE ADVERSARY" LET HIM COME NEAR TO ME.
In the end, the justification for Judah comes from God.

[Isaiah 50:9] BEHOLD, THE LORD GOD WILL HELP ME; WHO IS HE THAT SHALL CONDEMN ME? LO, THEY ALL SHALL WAX OLD AS A GARMENT; THE MOTH SHALL EAT THEM UP.
 " THEY ALL SHALL WAX OLD" but Judah will keep going, always a young nation.

Cf.  Mark Twain (1899):
CONCERNING THE JEWS ...
"If the statistics are right, the Jews constitute but one percent of the human race. It suggests a nebulous dim puff of star dust lost in the blaze of the Milky Way. Properly the Jew ought hardly to be heard of, but he is heard of, has always been heard of. He is as prominent on the planet as any other people, and his commercial importance is extravagantly out of proportion to the smallness of his bulk. His contributions to the world's list of great names in literature, science, art, music, finance, medicine, and abstruse learning are also away out of proportion to the weakness of his numbers. He has made a marvelous fight in the world, in all the ages; and has done it with his hands tied behind him. He could be vain of himself, and be excused for it. The Egyptian, the Babylonian, and the Persian rose, filled the planet with sound and splendor, then faded to dream-stuff and passed away; the Greek and the Roman followed, and made a vast noise, and they are gone; other peoples have sprung up and held their torch high for a time, but it burned out, and they sit in twilight now, or have vanished. The Jew saw them all, beat them all, and is now what he always was, exhibiting no decadence, no infirmities of age, no weakening of his parts, no slowing of his energies, no dulling of his alert and aggressive mind. All things are mortal but the Jew; all other forces pass, but he remains. What is the secret of his immortality?"


 [Isaiah 50:10] WHO IS AMONG YOU THAT FEARETH THE LORD, THAT OBEYETH THE VOICE OF HIS SERVANT, THAT WALKETH IN DARKNESS, AND HATH NO LIGHT" LET HIM TRUST IN THE NAME OF THE LORD, AND STAY UPON HIS GOD.
The Servant is Israel or Judah in their capacity of revealing the Word of God in Instruction.

 [Isaiah 50:11] BEHOLD, ALL YE THAT KINDLE A FIRE, THAT COMPASS YOURSELVES ABOUT WITH SPARKS: WALK IN  THE LIGHT OF YOUR FIRE, AND IN THE SPARKS THAT YE HAVE KINDLED. THIS SHALL YE HAVE OF MINE HAND; YE SHALL LIE DOWN IN SORROW.
If you have done evil and do not repent you shall eat the fruits of your actions. We should endeavor to know the truth.
 
 

Isaiah chs. 41 to 45

Isaiah chs. 51 to 55

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