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Isa_11:14 But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them.
Ver. 14. But they shall flee upon the shoulders.] A metaphor from conquerors who pursue their enemies, and fall upon the bones of them, as we say. The meaning is, the Gentiles shall be converted to the Christian faith by the Jews - viz., by the apostles and other preachers of the gospel. See Gen_49:8. Thus Philip was found at Azotus, or Ashdod; {Act_8:40} Peter at Joppa {Act_10:5} At Gaza and Askelon were many flourishing churches in the times of Athanasius and Chrysostom, saith Adrichomius. Brittannorum inaccessa Romanis loca, Christo patuerunt. {a} Inaccessible places of the Britains to the Romans were made open by Christ.
{a} Tertullian.