Isaiah 66:18

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 .