Isaiah 27:12
in Isaiah 27In that day the LORD will thresh from the flowing Euphrates to the Wadi of Egypt, and you, O Israelites, will be gathered one by one.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And it shall come to pass in that day, that Jehovah will beat off his fruit from the flood of the River unto the brook of Egypt; and ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel.
KJV
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall beat off from the channel of the river unto the stream of Egypt, and ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel.
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This verse in Isaiah 27
Commentary
9 notes on this verse(Verse 12) And it shall be on that day, the Lord shall strike from the channel of the river to the torrent of Egypt. LXX: And it shall be on that day, the Lord shall shut off from the channel of the river to Rhinocorura. If it had not joined together, on that day, through which we are taught, the things that are to be connected with the things that were said earlier, we could have explained it as the proper sense of this chapter; but now all things must be referred back to the earlier ones.
This site's exposition
gathered one by one
on Isaiah 27:12-13
The gathering is personal, from "the flowing Euphrates to the Wadi of Egypt", and Israel "will be gathered one by one". A "great ram’s horn will sound". Exiles come from both lands Israel had been driven to, Assyria and Egypt, to "worship the LORD on the holy mountain in Jerusalem".
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
628. Third, the magnitude of the destruction, both as to universality of place: and it shall come to pass, that in that day the Lord will strike from the channel of the river even to the torrent of Egypt, that is, from one end to …
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
Beat out - It is a metaphor from grain which was beaten out with a rod or staff, and then carefully gathered and laid up. From - From Euphrates to the Nile, which were the two borders of the land of promise. All the Israelites who are left in the land.
This is applicable both to the preaching of the gospel, by which sinners are gathered in to the grace of God, such as were outcasts and ready to perish (those that were afar off are made nigh; the gospel proclaims the acceptable year of the Lord), and also to the archangel's trumpet at the last day, by which saints shall be gathered to the glory of God, that lay as outcasts in their graves.
All this is applicable to the grace of the gospel, and God's promises to, and providences concerning, the Christian church, and such as belong to it. 1 In that day the L ORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
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And it shall come to pass in that day,....
2 more voices on this verse
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall beat off - The word which is used here (חבט châbaṭ) means properly “to beat off with a stick,” as fruit from a tree Deu 20:20. It also means to beat out grain with a stick Jdg 6:11; Rth 2:17 The word which is rendered in the other member of the sentence, ‘shall be gathered’ (לקט lâqaṭ), is applied to the act of “collecting” fruit after it has been beaten from a tree, or grain after it has been threshed.
The channel of the river - The river Sabbation, beyond which the Israelites were carried captive. - Kimchi.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
that the Lord shall gather יַחְבֹּט, lit., shall beat. Jonathan renders: shall fall dead. I.e., the nations from the banks of the Euphrates to the stream of Egypt.
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
those lost in the land of Assyria Since they were scattered in a distant land, within the Sambatyon River, he calls them, ‘lost.’
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 1 further source is cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
16 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהָיָה֙ | vehayah | and it will be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| בַּיּ֣וֹם | baiyom | in the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הַה֔וּא | hahu' | <the> that | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| יַחְבֹּ֧ט | yachbot | he will beat out | H2251 → | |
| יְהוָ֛ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| מִשִּׁבֹּ֥לֶת | mishibolet | from [the] flowing stream of | H7641 → | 19 times |
| הַנָּהָ֖ר | hanahar | the River | H5104 → | 119 times |
| עַד־ | ʾad- | to | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| נַ֣חַל | nachal | [the] wadi of | H5158 → | 141 times |
| מִצְרָ֑יִם | mitzrayim | Egypt | H4714 → | 641 times |
| וְאַתֶּ֧ם | veatem | and you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| תְּלֻקְּט֛וּ | teluketu | you will be gathered | H3950 → | |
| לְאַחַ֥ד | leachad | to one | H259 → | 971 times |
| אֶחָ֖ד | ʾechad | one | H259 → | 971 times |
| בְּנֵ֥י | benei | O people of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ ס | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
וְהָיָה֙and it will be
vehayahH1961 →3559 times
בַּיּ֣וֹםin the day
baiyomH3117 →2304 times
הַה֔וּא<the> that
hahu'H1931 →1879 times
יַחְבֹּ֧טhe will beat out
yachbotH2251 →
יְהוָ֛הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
מִשִּׁבֹּ֥לֶתfrom [the] flowing stream of
mishiboletH7641 →19 times
הַנָּהָ֖רthe River
hanaharH5104 →119 times
עַד־to
ʾad-H5704 →1261 times
נַ֣חַל[the] wadi of
nachalH5158 →141 times
מִצְרָ֑יִםEgypt
mitzrayimH4714 →641 times
וְאַתֶּ֧םand you
veatemH859 →1094 times
תְּלֻקְּט֛וּyou will be gathered
teluketuH3950 →
לְאַחַ֥דto one
leachadH259 →971 times
אֶחָ֖דone
ʾechadH259 →971 times
בְּנֵ֥יO people of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ סIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Genesis 15:18On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—
it leads to
- Joshua 1:3–4
I have given you every place where the sole of your foot will tread, just as I promised to Moses.
- Genesis 12:7
Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.
- Genesis 24:7
The LORD, the God of heaven, who brought me from my father’s house and my native land, who spoke to me and promised me on oath, saying, ‘To your offspring I will give this…
- Genesis 13:15
for all the land that you see, I will give to you and your offspring forever.
- Deuteronomy 11:24
Every place where the sole of your foot treads will be yours. Your territory will extend from the wilderness to Lebanon, and from the Euphrates River to the Western Sea.
- Joshua 1:3–4
Through
Nehemiah 1:9but if you return to Me and keep and practice My commandments, then even if your exiles have been banished to the farthest horizon, I will gather them from there and bring them to…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 29:11–14
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.
- Deuteronomy 30:2–5
and when you and your children return to the LORD your God and obey His voice with all your heart and all your soul according to everything I am giving you today,
- Jeremiah 29:11–14
Through
Isaiah 56:8Thus declares the Lord GOD, who gathers the dispersed of Israel: “I will gather to them still others besides those already gathered.”
it leads to
- John 10:16
I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them in as well, and they will listen to My voice. Then there will be one flock and one shepherd.
- John 10:16
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Franz Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Isaiah; Jerome, Commentary on Isaiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Isaiah.