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Isaiah refers to “the islands” (Isa.49:18) as though it is a specific place or nation. To what is he referring?
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The islands of the Mediterranean Sea. If you look at a map of that sea you'll see countless islands south of Greece. One of them is Patmos where John was exiled to. They were almost mythological among the ancient Jews. They were viewed as distant, unknown, and exotic. To say "the islands" almost means "the ends of the earth", or "everywhere".
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The islands are accounted for as the gentile nations surrounding Israel. Israel was surrounded by enemies and suffered wars and invasions at the hands of those nations. The meaning is that God will avenge all the wrongs done to Israel by their enemies. The islands are mentioned in Isaiah, but Isaiah is a complicated book. It is believed to be composed of three sections, each section written at a different time by a different writer. Some mention of the islands in Isaiah refers to the gathering of the scattered Jews before and during the Babylonian captivity. During the Babylonian invasion, while a lot of Jews were taken away to Babylon, many others fled Israel to escape and ended up in the surrounding territories.
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