thoughts. devices.
I will gather. Compare Joel 3:2.Zephaniah 3:8.
sign. See note on Isaiah 7:11
send: as missionaries.
those that escape: i.e. the remnant of saved Israel
Tarshish. put for the far west.
Pul. Lud. Phut. Lud, put for African peoples. They are mentioned together, as serving in the Egyptian armies (Ezekiel 30:5).
Tubal. the Scythian tribes.
Javan. Put for the Greeks settled in Asia Minor.
isles. maritime countries. See note on Isaiah 11:11.