Common misinterpretations treat this as a literal modern highway for physical Jews escaping Middle Eastern conflicts, detached from its prophetic context of God's judgment on Assyria and remnant restoration; others limit it to the post-exilic return from Babylon under Cyrus, ignoring its eschatological scope envisioning a greater spiritual ingathering of all nations under the Messiah, or allegorize it excessively without anchoring in Israel's historical covenants.
Isaiah 11:16
King James Version (1769)
16 And there shall be an highway for the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria; like as it was to Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt.
Isaiah 11:16 promises a future highway of safe passage for God's remnant people returning from Assyria, mirroring the miraculous exodus from Egypt, symbolizing divine deliverance and restoration after judgment and exile, pointing to God's unwavering faithfulness in gathering His scattered people back to the promised land and ultimately fulfilled in the messianic age through Christ's redemptive work.