Lexicon :: Strong's H5251 - nēs

You have set up a banner for those who fear You [with awe-inspired reverence and submissive wonder—a banner to shield them from attack],

A banner that may be displayed because of the truth. Selah.

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.

Then in that day

The nations will make supplications to the Root of Jesse

Who will stand as a signal for the peoples;

And His resting place will be glorious.

And He will lift up a signal for the nations

And assemble the [fn]outcasts of Israel,

And will gather the dispersed of Judah

From the four corners of the earth.

Lift up a signal banner on the bare mountain,

Summon them [the Medes and Persians] with a loud voice,

Wave the [beckoning] hand so that they may enter the doorways of the [Babylonian] nobles.

All you inhabitants of the world, you who dwell on the earth,

When a banner is raised on the mountains, you will see it!

When a trumpet is blown, you will hear it!

A thousand of you will flee at the threat of one man;

You will flee at the threat of five,

Until you are left like a flag on the top of a mountain,

And like a signal on a hill.

“His rock [his stronghold] will pass away because of panic,

And his princes will be terrified at the [sight of the battle] standard,”

Declares the LORD, whose fire is in Zion and whose furnace is in Jerusalem.

Your ship’s ropes (tackle) hang loose;

They cannot hold the base of their mast firmly,

Nor spread out the sail.

Then an abundance of spoil and plunder will be divided;

Even the lame will take the plunder.

This is what the Lord GOD says,

“Listen carefully, I will lift up My hand to the [Gentile] nations

And set up My banner to the peoples;

And they will bring your sons in the fold of their garments,

And your daughters will be carried on their shoulders.

Go through, go through the gates,

Clear the way for the people;

Build up, build up the highway,

Remove the stones, lift up a banner over the peoples.

“Raise a banner toward Zion [to mark the way for those seeking safety inside Jerusalem’s walls]!

Seek refuge, do not stand [immobile],

For I am bringing evil from the north (the army of Babylon),

And great destruction.

How long [O LORD] must I see the banner [marking the way for flight]

And hear the sound of the trumpet [urging the people to run for safety]?

“Declare among the nations.

Lift up a signal [to spread the news]—publish and proclaim it,

Do not conceal it; say,

‘Babylon has been taken,

Bel [the patron god] has been shamed, [fn]Marduk (Bel) has been shattered.

Babylon’s images have been shamed, her [worthless] idols have been thrown down.’

Set up a signal on the walls of Babylon [to spread the news];

Post a strong blockade,

Station the guards,

Prepare the men for ambush!

For the LORD has both purposed and done

That which He spoke against the people of Babylon.

Lift up a signal in the land [to spread the news]!

Blow the trumpet among the nations!

Dedicate the nations [for war] against her;

Call against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz.

Appoint a marshal against her;

Cause the horses to come up like bristly locusts [with their wings not yet released from their cases].

“Your sail was of fine embroidered linen from Egypt

So that it became your distinguishing mark (insignia);

Your [ship’s] awning [which covered you] was blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah [of Asia Minor].