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Verse 5
isles
Lit. coasts. Settlement would naturally follow the coasts first.
Verse 11
Nineveh
See note 1, Nahum 1:1. (See Scofield "Nahum 1:1").
Verse 12
Nineveh
(See Scofield "Isaiah 13:1").
CHAPTER 11
Verse 1
one language
The history of Babel ("confusion") strikingly parallels that of the professing Church.
- (1) Unity Genesis 11:1 --the Apostolic Church Acts 4:32,33
- (2) Ambition Genesis 11:4 using worldly, not spiritual means Genesis 11:3 ending in a man-made unity--the papacy;
- (3) the confusion of tongues Genesis 11:7 --Protestantism, with its innumerable sects.
(See Scofield "Isaiah 13:1").
