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Verse 5
isles Lit. coasts. Settlement would naturally follow the coasts first.

Verse 11
Nineveh See note 1, Nahum 1:1.  (See Scofield "Nahum 1:1").

Verse 12
Nineveh  (See Scofield "Isaiah 13:1"). =CHAPTER 11=

Verse 1
one language The history of Babel ("confusion") strikingly parallels that of the professing Church.  (See Scofield "Isaiah 13:1").
 * (1) Unity Genesis 11:1 --the Apostolic Church Acts 4:32,33
 * (2) Ambition Genesis 11:4 using worldly, not spiritual means Genesis 11:3 ending in a man-made unity--the papacy;
 * (3) the confusion of tongues Genesis 11:7 --Protestantism, with its innumerable sects.