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Here they come, swiftly and speedily!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/isaiah/5.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />He will send a signal to distant nations far away and whistle to those at the ends of the earth. They will come racing toward Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/5.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />He will raise a signal for nations far away, and whistle for them from the ends of the earth; and behold, quickly, speedily they come!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/5.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />He lifts a banner for the distant nations and whistles for those at the ends of the earth. Behold—how speedily and swiftly they come!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/5.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/5.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />He will lift up a banner to the nations from afar, And will whistle to them from the end of the earth; Surely they shall come with speed, swiftly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />He will also lift up a flag to the distant nation, And whistle for it from the ends of the earth; And behold, it will come with speed swiftly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/5.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />He will also lift up a standard to the distant nation, And will whistle for it from the ends of the earth; And behold, it will come with speed swiftly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />He will also lift up a standard to the distant nation, And will whistle for it from the ends of the earth; And behold, it will come with speed swiftly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/5.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />He will also lift up a standard to the distant nations, And will whistle for it from the ends of the earth; And behold, it will come with speed swiftly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />He will lift up a flag to [call] the distant nations [to bring His judgment on Judah], And will whistle for them from the ends of the earth; And indeed, they will come with great speed swiftly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He raises a signal flag for the distant nations and whistles for them from the ends of the earth. Look—how quickly and swiftly they come!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He raises a signal flag for the distant nations and whistles for them from the ends of the earth. Look—how quickly and swiftly they come! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/5.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss for them from the end of the earth; and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/5.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The LORD has signaled for the foreign nations to come and attack you. He has already whistled, and they are coming as fast as they can. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/5.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss for them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The LORD raises up a flag for the nations far away. With a whistle he signals those at the ends of the earth. Look, they are coming very quickly!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/5.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The LORD gives a signal to call for a distant nation. He whistles for them to come from the ends of the earth. And here they come, swiftly, quickly! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/5.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The LORD will signal for nations far away, whistling for them to come from the ends of the earth. Look how quickly and how swiftly they come!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/5.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />He lifts a banner for the distant nations and whistles for those at the ends of the earth. Behold—how speedily and swiftly they come!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/5.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />He lifts a signal flag for a distant nation, he whistles for it to come from the far regions of the earth. Look, they come quickly and swiftly. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />He will lift up a banner to the nations from far, and he will whistle for them from the far regions of the earth. Look, they will come speedily and swiftly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from afar, and will hiss to them from the end of the earth: and behold, they shall come with speed swiftly:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/5.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />He will lift up a banner to the nations from far away, and he will whistle for them from the end of the earth. Behold, they will come speedily and swiftly. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And He lifted up an ensign to the far-off nations, "" And hissed to it from the end of the earth, "" And behold, with haste, it comes swiftly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And He lifted up an ensign to nations afar off, And hissed to it from the end of the earth, And lo, with haste, swift it cometh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And he lifted up a signal to the nations from far off, and he hissed to them from the extremity of the earth; and behold, they shall come swift from haste.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And he will lift up a sign to the nations afar off, and will whistle to them from the ends of the earth: and behold they shall come with speed swiftly. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And he will lift up a sign to nations far away, and he will whistle to them from the ends of the earth. And behold, they will rush forward speedily.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/5.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />He will raise a signal to a far-off nation, and whistle for it from the ends of the earth. Then speedily and promptly they will come. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />He will raise a signal for a nation far away, and whistle for a people at the ends of the earth; Here they come, swiftly, speedily!<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from afar and will whistle to them from the end of the earth; and, behold, they shall come swiftly with speed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/5.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And he will lift up a sign to the nations from a distance, and he shall hiss to them from the ends of the Earth, and soon and swiftly they shall come<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/5.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And He will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, And will hiss unto them from the end of the earth; And, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/5.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Therefore shall he lift up a signal to the nations that are afar, and shall hiss for them from the end of the earth; and, behold, they are coming very quickly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/5-26.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=1137" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/5.htm">Woes to the Wicked</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">25</span>Therefore the anger of the LORD burns against His people; His hand is raised against them to strike them down. The mountains quake, and the corpses lay like refuse in the streets. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised. <span class="reftext">26</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5375.htm" title="5375: wə·nā·śā- (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- Or nacah ('abad); a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. And rel.">He lifts</a> <a href="/hebrew/5251.htm" title="5251: nês (N-ms) -- From nacac; a flag; also a sail; by implication, a flagstaff; generally a signal; figuratively, a token.">a banner</a> <a href="/hebrew/7350.htm" title="7350: mê·rā·ḥō·wq (Prep-m:: Adj-ms) -- Or rachoq; from rachaq; remote, literally or figuratively, of place or time; specifically, precious; often used adverbially.">for the distant</a> <a href="/hebrew/1471.htm" title="1471: lag·gō·w·yim (Prep-l, Art:: N-mp) -- Rarely goy; apparently from the same root as gevah; a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts.">nations</a> <a href="/hebrew/8319.htm" title="8319: wə·šā·raq (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To hiss, whistle, pipe. A primitive root; properly, to be shrill, i.e. To whistle or hiss.">and whistles</a> <a href="/hebrew/lōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- ">for those</a> <a href="/hebrew/7097.htm" title="7097: miq·ṣêh (Prep-m:: N-msc) -- End, extremity. Or qetseh; from qatsah; an extremity.">at the ends</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">of the earth.</a> <a href="/hebrew/2009.htm" title="2009: wə·hin·nêh (Conj-w:: Interjection) -- Lo! behold! Prolongation for hen; lo!">Behold—</a> <a href="/hebrew/4120.htm" title="4120: mə·hê·rāh (Adv) -- Haste, speed. Feminine of maher; properly, a hurry; hence promptly.">how speedily</a> <a href="/hebrew/7031.htm" title="7031: qal (Adj-ms) -- Light, swift, fleet. Contracted from qalal; light; rapid.">and swiftly</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: yā·ḇō·w (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">they come!</a> </span><span class="reftext">27</span>None of them grows weary or stumbles; no one slumbers or sleeps. No belt is loose and no sandal strap is broken.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-31.htm">Matthew 24:31</a></span><br />And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/11-12.htm">Isaiah 11:12</a></span><br />He will raise a banner for the nations and gather the exiles of Israel; He will collect the scattered of Judah from the four corners of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/10-8.htm">Zechariah 10:8</a></span><br />I will whistle for them to gather, for I have redeemed them; and they will be as numerous as they once were.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/8-11.htm">Matthew 8:11</a></span><br />I say to you that many will come from the east and the west to share the banquet with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/4-6.htm">Jeremiah 4:6</a></span><br />Raise a signal flag toward Zion. Seek refuge! Do not delay! For I am bringing disaster from the north, and terrible destruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/13-2.htm">Isaiah 13:2</a></span><br />Raise a banner on a barren hilltop; call aloud to them. Wave your hand, that they may enter the gates of the nobles.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-49.htm">Deuteronomy 28:49</a></span><br />The LORD will bring a nation from afar, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down upon you like an eagle—a nation whose language you will not understand,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/13-29.htm">Luke 13:29</a></span><br />People will come from east and west and north and south, and will recline at the table in the kingdom of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/18-3.htm">Isaiah 18:3</a></span><br />All you people of the world and dwellers of the earth, when a banner is raised on the mountains, you will see it; when a ram’s horn sounds, you will hear it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/30-17.htm">Isaiah 30:17</a></span><br />A thousand will flee at the threat of one; at the threat of five you will all flee, until you are left alone like a pole on a mountaintop, like a banner on a hill.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/6-22.htm">Jeremiah 6:22</a></span><br />This is what the LORD says: “Behold, an army is coming from the land of the north; a great nation is stirred up from the ends of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/49-22.htm">Isaiah 49:22</a></span><br />This is what the Lord GOD says: “Behold, I will lift up My hand to the nations, and raise My banner to the peoples. They will bring your sons in their arms and carry your daughters on their shoulders.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/22-9.htm">Matthew 22:9-10</a></span><br />Go therefore to the crossroads and invite to the banquet as many as you can find.’ / So the servants went out into the streets and gathered everyone they could find, both evil and good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/66-19.htm">Isaiah 66:19</a></span><br />I will establish a sign among them, and I will send survivors from among them to the nations—to Tarshish, Put, and the archers of Lud; to Tubal, Javan, and the islands far away who have not heard of My fame or seen My glory. So they will proclaim My glory among the nations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/38-15.htm">Ezekiel 38:15</a></span><br />And you will come from your place out of the far north—you and many peoples with you, all riding horses—a mighty horde, a huge army.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss to them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly:</p><p class="hdg">he will</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/11-12.htm">Isaiah 11:12</a></b></br> And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/18-3.htm">Isaiah 18:3</a></b></br> All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, see ye, when he lifteth up an ensign on the mountains; and when he bloweth a trumpet, hear ye.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/51-27.htm">Jeremiah 51:27</a></b></br> Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers.</p><p class="hdg">hiss</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/7-18.htm">Isaiah 7:18</a></b></br> And it shall come to pass in that day, <i>that</i> the LORD shall hiss for the fly that <i>is</i> in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that <i>is</i> in the land of Assyria.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/zechariah/10-8.htm">Zechariah 10:8</a></b></br> I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall increase as they have increased.</p><p class="hdg">end</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/39-3.htm">Isaiah 39:3</a></b></br> Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country unto me, <i>even</i> from Babylon.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/28-49.htm">Deuteronomy 28:49</a></b></br> The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, <i>as swift</i> as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/72-8.htm">Psalm 72:8</a></b></br> He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.</p><p class="hdg">they</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/30-16.htm">Isaiah 30:16</a></b></br> But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/4-13.htm">Jeremiah 4:13</a></b></br> Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots <i>shall be</i> as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/lamentations/4-19.htm">Lamentations 4:19</a></b></br> Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/proverbs/31-14.htm">Afar</a> <a href="/songs/2-4.htm">Banner</a> <a href="/proverbs/27-10.htm">Distant</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-8.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/isaiah/2-7.htm">End</a> <a href="/proverbs/30-4.htm">Ends</a> <a href="/psalms/60-4.htm">Ensign</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-11.htm">Far</a> <a href="/songs/2-4.htm">Flag</a> <a href="/job/27-23.htm">Hiss</a> <a href="/isaiah/2-4.htm">Lift</a> <a href="/isaiah/2-4.htm">Nation</a> <a href="/isaiah/2-4.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-19.htm">Quickly</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/4-10.htm">Raise</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-18.htm">Rapidly</a> <a href="/proverbs/7-13.htm">Sign</a> <a href="/judges/20-40.htm">Signal</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-19.htm">Speed</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/8-11.htm">Speedily</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/3-3.htm">Standard</a> <a href="/psalms/147-15.htm">Swiftly</a> <a href="/zechariah/10-8.htm">Whistle</a> <a href="/1_kings/9-8.htm">Whistling</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/10-3.htm">Afar</a> <a href="/isaiah/11-10.htm">Banner</a> <a href="/isaiah/7-18.htm">Distant</a> <a href="/isaiah/5-30.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/isaiah/6-13.htm">End</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-5.htm">Ends</a> <a href="/isaiah/11-10.htm">Ensign</a> <a href="/isaiah/6-12.htm">Far</a> <a href="/isaiah/11-10.htm">Flag</a> <a href="/isaiah/7-18.htm">Hiss</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-15.htm">Lift</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-3.htm">Nation</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-9.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-22.htm">Quickly</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-9.htm">Raise</a> <a href="/mark/9-25.htm">Rapidly</a> <a href="/isaiah/7-11.htm">Sign</a> <a href="/isaiah/11-10.htm">Signal</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-16.htm">Speed</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-5.htm">Speedily</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-18.htm">Standard</a> <a href="/isaiah/60-22.htm">Swiftly</a> <a href="/isaiah/7-18.htm">Whistle</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-16.htm">Whistling</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 5</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/5-1.htm">Under the parable of a vineyard, God excuses his severe judgment</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/5-8.htm">His judgments upon covetousness</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/5-11.htm">Upon lasciviousness</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/5-13.htm">Upon impiety</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/5-20.htm">And upon injustice</a></span><br><span class="reftext">26. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/5-26.htm">The executioners of God's judgments</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/isaiah/5.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div><b>He lifts up a banner</b><br />In the ancient Near Eastern context, a banner was a rallying point for troops, a signal for gathering. The Hebrew word used here is "נֵס" (nes), which signifies a standard or ensign. This imagery suggests God's sovereign authority and His ability to summon nations for His purposes. The banner is a symbol of divine intervention and a call to action, emphasizing God's control over the events of history.<p><b>for nations afar off</b><br />The phrase "nations afar off" indicates that God's reach and influence extend beyond Israel to distant lands. Historically, this reflects the geopolitical reality of the time, where empires like Assyria and Babylon were rising powers. Theologically, it underscores the universal scope of God's sovereignty, reminding us that His plans encompass all nations, not just His chosen people.<p><b>He whistles for them</b><br />The act of whistling, translated from the Hebrew "שָׁרַק" (sharaq), conveys the ease with which God can summon these distant nations. It is a vivid image of God's authority, where even a simple sound can mobilize entire armies. This highlights the effortless power of God and His ability to orchestrate events according to His divine will.<p><b>from the ends of the earth</b><br />This phrase emphasizes the vastness of God's dominion. The "ends of the earth" suggests the farthest reaches of the known world, indicating that no place is beyond God's influence. It serves as a reminder of the omnipresence and omnipotence of God, who can call upon any nation, regardless of its location, to fulfill His purposes.<p><b>Indeed, they come speedily and swiftly</b><br />The words "speedily and swiftly" convey a sense of urgency and immediacy. The Hebrew roots "מַהֵר" (maher) and "קַל" (qal) suggest rapid movement and readiness. This reflects the historical reality of swift military campaigns and theologically points to the certainty and promptness of God's actions. It reassures believers of God's active involvement in the world and His ability to bring about His plans without delay.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/5.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(26) <span class= "bld">And he will lift up an ensign.</span>--The banner on the summit of a hill indicated the meeting-place of a great army. In this case the armies are thought of as doing the work of Jehovah Sabaoth, and therefore as being summoned by Him. The same image meets us in <a href="/isaiah/11-10.htm" title="And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.">Isaiah 11:10</a>; <a href="/isaiah/11-12.htm" title="And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.">Isaiah 11:12</a>; <a href="/isaiah/13-2.htm" title="Lift you up a banner on the high mountain, exalt the voice to them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles.">Isaiah 13:2</a>; <a href="/isaiah/18-3.htm" title="All you inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, see you, when he lifts up an ensign on the mountains; and when he blows a trumpet, hear you.">Isaiah 18:3</a>; <a href="/isaiah/49-22.htm" title="Thus said the Lord GOD, Behold, I will lift up my hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring your sons in their arms, and your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders.">Isaiah 49:22</a>; <a href="/isaiah/62-10.htm" title="Go through, go through the gates; prepare you the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people.">Isaiah 62:10</a>. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/5.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 26.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And he will lift up an ensign.</span> Mr. Cheyne translates, "a signal," and would so render the Hebrew word in <a href="/isaiah/11-10.htm">Isaiah 11:10, 12</a>; <a href="/isaiah/13-2.htm">Isaiah 13:2</a>; <a href="/isaiah/18-3.htm">Isaiah 18:3</a>; <a href="/isaiah/49-22.htm">Isaiah 49:22</a>; <a href="/isaiah/62-10.htm">Isaiah 62:10</a>. But "ensigns" or "standards" were in use both among the Egyptians (Rosellini, 'Monumenti Civili,' pl. 121.) and among the Assyrians ('Ancient Monarchies,' vol. 1. p. 461) before the time of Isaiah, and are, therefore, likely to have been in use among the Hebrews. The standards, however, of this early period were not flags, as Jarchi supposes, but solid constructions of wood or metal, exhibiting some emblem or other. God lifts up his standard to draw the nations together, indicating thereby that they are to fight his battles. <span class="cmt_word">And will hiss</span>. "Hissing" is said to have been practiced by bee-keepers to draw their bees out of the hives in the morning, and bring them home again from the fields at nightfall (Cyril, <span class="accented">ad loc</span>.). God will collect an army against Israel, as such persons collect their bees (comp. <a href="/isaiah/7-18.htm">Isaiah 7:18</a>). <span class="cmt_word">From the end of the earth</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> "to <span class="accented">bring them</span> from the end of the earth." The nations are, or at least many of them are, extremely distant, as Elamites from the Persian Gulf (<a href="/isaiah/22-6.htm">Isaiah 22:6</a>), and perhaps Medes from beyond Zagros. <span class="cmt_word">They shall come</span>; literally, <span class="accented">he cometh</span>; showing that, though the nations are many, they are united under one head, which here is probably the Assyrian power. <span class="cmt_word">With speed swiftly</span> (comp. <a href="/joel/3-4.htm">Joel 3:4</a>). The reference is not so much to the speed with which the Assyrians marched, as to the immediate response which they would make to God's call, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/5-26.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">He lifts</span><br /><span class="heb">וְנָֽשָׂא־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·nā·śā-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5375.htm">Strong's 5375: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lift, carry, take</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a banner</span><br /><span class="heb">נֵ֤ס</span> <span class="translit">(nês)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5251.htm">Strong's 5251: </a> </span><span class="str2">A flag, a sail, a flagstaff, a signal, a token</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for the distant</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵרָח֔וֹק</span> <span class="translit">(mê·rā·ḥō·wq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7350.htm">Strong's 7350: </a> </span><span class="str2">Remote, of place, time, precious</span><br /><br /><span class="word">nations</span><br /><span class="heb">לַגּוֹיִם֙</span> <span class="translit">(lag·gō·w·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1471.htm">Strong's 1471: </a> </span><span class="str2">A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and whistles</span><br /><span class="heb">וְשָׁ֥רַק</span> <span class="translit">(wə·šā·raq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8319.htm">Strong's 8319: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be shrill, to whistle, hiss</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for those</span><br /><span class="heb">ל֖וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(lōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">at the ends</span><br /><span class="heb">מִקְצֵ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(miq·ṣêh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7097.htm">Strong's 7097: </a> </span><span class="str2">End, extremity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the earth.</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאָ֑רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ā·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Behold—</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהִנֵּ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hin·nêh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Interjection<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2009.htm">Strong's 2009: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo! behold!</span><br /><br /><span class="word">how speedily</span><br /><span class="heb">מְהֵרָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(mə·hê·rāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4120.htm">Strong's 4120: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hurry, promptly</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and swiftly</span><br /><span class="heb">קַ֥ל</span> <span class="translit">(qal)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7031.htm">Strong's 7031: </a> </span><span class="str2">Light, swift, fleet</span><br /><br /><span class="word">they come!</span><br /><span class="heb">יָבֽוֹא׃</span> <span class="translit">(yā·ḇō·w)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/5-26.htm">Isaiah 5:26 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/5-26.htm">Isaiah 5:26 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/5-26.htm">Isaiah 5:26 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/5-26.htm">Isaiah 5:26 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/5-26.htm">Isaiah 5:26 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/5-26.htm">Isaiah 5:26 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/5-26.htm">Isaiah 5:26 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/5-26.htm">Isaiah 5:26 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/5-26.htm">Isaiah 5:26 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/5-26.htm">Isaiah 5:26 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/5-26.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 5:26 He will lift up a banner (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/5-25.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 5:25"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 5:25" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/5-27.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 5:27"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 5:27" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>