The _Islands of the Sea_; so almost all translate it; but I thinke it is to be rendred The Islands of the West, for (_jam_) in holy Scripture signifies _The West_, as in _Gen._ 28.14. and in many other places; and upon this account those _Israelites_ are implyed, who are Westward from the Holy Land, among whom the _Americans_ are. _SECT._ 24. The Prophet adds in _Isa._ 11.12. _And he shall set up a signe for the Nations, and he shall assemble the out-casts of_ Israel, _and gather together the dispersed of_ Judah _from the foure quarters of the earth_. Where he notes two things; 1. That he cals the _Israelites_ out-casts, but the _Iewes_ scattered; and the reason is, because the ten Tribes are not only farre off from the Holy Land, but also they live in the extremities and ends of Countries; from whence the Prophet cals them _cast-out_. But he doth not say, that the _Israelites_ are to be gathered from the foure quarters of the Earth, because they are not so dispersed through the World, as the Tribe of _Iudah_ is, which now hath Synagogues, not only in three parts of the World, but also in _America_. The Prophet adds in _ver._ 13, _The envy also of_ Ephraim _shall depart, and the adversaries of_ Judah _shall be cut off_. For then there shall be no contention between _Iudah_, and the ten Tribes, which are comprehended under the name of _Ephraim_, because their first King _Jeroboam_ was of that Tribe. And then, as it is in _Ezek._ 37.22. _One King shall be King over them all, and they shall be no more two Nations, neither shall they be divided any more into two Kingdoms._ There shall be one King to them both, of the family of _David_. Also the Lord at that redemption will dry up _Nilus_, and _Euphrates_, and will divide it into seven streames (answerable to his drying up the red Sea when they came out of _Ægypt_) perhaps that the seven Tribes, which are in those parts, may goe over it; as they passe into their Country, as _Isaiah_ saith in ch. 27.12, 13. _And it shall be in that day, and he shall shake off from the bank of the river_, (some understand _Euphrates_) _unto the river of_ Egypt (_Nilus_) _and ye, O children of_ Israel, _shall be gathered one by one_. Which was never done in the captivity of _Babylon_.