Isaiah 11:12

Israel ... Judah. Insofar as the literal nations of Israel and Judah were concerned, the literal fulfillment of the promise here made came with the restoration from Babylonian captivity. However, their failure to live up to the glorious privileges vouchsafed to them upon return from captivity made their rejection as a nation inevitable (see on v. 11). Therefore, in principle, this promise is to be fulfilled to spiritual Israel, the church (see pp. 35, 36). Accordingly, these words point to the great work of deliverance from sin now going on in every part of the world. Everywhere men and women are acting as ensigns, or beacons, for heaven, guiding men and women into the way of light and truth. The work now being witnessed is in fulfillment of Isaiah’s prophecy, and is an earnest of greater things yet to come (see on Rev. 18:4).

Four corners. The Dead Sea scroll 1QIs lacks the word “four.”