And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly:
He will lift up an ensign to the nations from far - to call together the hostile nations to execute his judgments on Judea (Isaiah 10:5-7; Isaiah 45:1). But for mercy to it, in Isaiah 11:12; Isaiah 18:3. Even in announcing judgments He uses the very language which He employs to announce the subsequent visitation of His people in everlasting mercy.
And will hiss unto them - (Isaiah 7:18.) Bees were drawn out of their hives by the sound of a flute, or by hissing, or whistling. God, will collect the nations round Judea 'like bees' (Deuteronomy 1:44,; Psalms 118:12). Yet afterward Yahweh will 'hiss for' His people to "gather them, for He hath redeemed them" (Zechariah 10:8).
From the end of the earth - the widely distant subject races of which the Assyrian army was made up (Isaiah 22:6). The ulterior fulfillment took place in the siege under the Roman Titus. Compare "end of the earth," Deuteronomy 28:49 etc. So the pronoun is singular in the Hebrew for "them," "their," "whose" (him, his, etc.), Isaiah 5:26-29; referring to some particular nation and person (Horsley).