“I will set a sign among them, and I will send those who escape of them to the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, who draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, to far-away islands, who have not heard my fame, nor have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the nations.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 19. Sign; the cross, which Christ left to enlighten us, (Ezekiel 9. Saint Jerome Worthington.) or the gospel, with the power of working miracles. Some Jews shall be saved, and shall preach to others, as God’s servants.—Sea. Hebrew “Tharsis, to Phul in Thebais, Lud, (Ethiopians. Bochart) who were expert archers.” Septuagint “Mosoch.”—Italy. Hebrew “Thubal;” denoting Italy, Spain, Iberia, and so forth—Greece. Hebrew “Javan;” who peopled Ionia and the Archipelago. Islands, near Asia, ( Calmet.) and all distant places. Parkhurst, p. 4. Bible.—Men of all nations shall be converted, and brought by angels to the Church. Saint Jerome Worthington.