Isaiah 27:13

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Contextual Overview

⁷Has the LORD struck Israel as He struck her oppressors? Was she killed like those who slayed her? ⁸By warfare and exile You contended with her and removed her with a fierce wind like the day of the east wind. ⁹Therefore Jacob's guilt will be atoned for, and the fruit of the removal of his sin will be this: When he makes all the altar stones like crushed bits of chalk, no Asherah poles or incense altars will remain standing. ¹⁰For the fortified city will be deserted, a homestead abandoned and forsaken like a wilderness. There the calves will graze, and there they will lie down and strip its branches bare. ¹¹When its limbs are dry, they will be broken off. Women will come and use them for kindling, for they are a people without understanding. Therefore their Maker will have no compassion on them, and their Creator will show them no grace. ¹²In 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. ¹³And in that day a great trumpet will sound, and those who were perishing in Assyria will come forth with those who were exiles in Egypt. And they will worship the LORD on the holy mountain in Jerusalem.

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And it: Isaiah 2:11

the great: Isaiah 18:3, Leviticus 25:9, Numbers 10:2-4, 1 Chronicles 15:24, Psalms 47:5, Psalms 81:3, Psalms 89:15, Zechariah 9:13-16, Matthew 24:31, Luke 4:18, Romans 10:18, 1 Thessalonians 4:16, Revelation 8:2, Revelation 8:6-13, Revelation 9:1, Revelation 9:14, Revelation 10:7, Revelation 11:15-18

and they: Isaiah 11:16, Isaiah 19:23-25, 2 Kings 17:6, Hosea 9:3, Hosea 11:11, Zechariah 10:8-12

the outcasts: Isaiah 11:12, Isaiah 16:3, Isaiah 16:4, Isaiah 56:8, Jeremiah 43:7, Jeremiah 44:28, Hosea 8:13

and shall: Isaiah 2:3, Isaiah 25:6, Isaiah 66:18, Zechariah 14:16, Malachi 1:11, John 4:21-24, Hebrews 12:22

Reciprocal: Leviticus 23:24 - In the seventh Leviticus 26:38 - General Numbers 10:10 - in the day Numbers 29:1 - blowing Joshua 6:4 - trumpets of rams' Judges 7:8 - trumpets Judges 7:20 - blew Job 29:13 - ready Psalms 48:1 - mountain Psalms 147:2 - he Isaiah 2:2 - and all Isaiah 4:2 - them that are escaped Isaiah 11:11 - from Assyria Isaiah 12:1 - And in that Isaiah 19:18 - shall five Isaiah 26:10 - in the Isaiah 43:5 - I will Isaiah 58:1 - like Jeremiah 16:15 - that brought Jeremiah 23:3 - General Jeremiah 23:8 - General Jeremiah 49:36 - the outcasts Ezekiel 20:41 - I bring Ezekiel 28:25 - When Ezekiel 36:24 - General Ezekiel 37:21 - General Ezekiel 39:25 - Now will Daniel 12:1 - thy people Hosea 3:5 - seek Micah 4:1 - and people Micah 7:12 - also Zephaniah 3:10 - General Zephaniah 3:20 - even Zechariah 8:7 - I Zechariah 9:14 - blow Zechariah 10:10 - out of the Luke 14:23 - Go John 7:35 - the dispersed 1 Corinthians 14:8 - General 1 Corinthians 15:52 - last

Cross-References

Genesis 25:23
and He declared to her: "Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger."

Genesis 25:33
"Swear to me first," Jacob said. So Esau swore to Jacob and sold him the birthright.

Genesis 27:8
Now, my son, listen to my voice and do exactly as I tell you.

Genesis 27:24
Again he asked, "Are you really my son Esau?" And he replied, "I am."

Genesis 27:28
May God give to you the dew of heaven and the richness of the earth-an abundance of grain and new wine.

Genesis 27:36
So Esau declared, "Is he not rightly named Jacob? For he has cheated me twice. He took my birthright, and now he has taken my blessing." Then he asked, "Haven't you saved a blessing for me?"

Genesis 27:45
until your brother's rage against you wanes and he forgets what you have done to him. Then I will send for you and bring you back from there. Why should I lose both of you in one day?"

Genesis 43:9
I will guarantee his safety. You may hold me personally responsible! If I do not bring him back and set him before you, then let me bear the guilt before you all my life.

1 Samuel 25:24
She fell at his feet and said, "My lord, may the blame be on me alone, but please let your servant speak to you; hear the words of your servant.

2 Samuel 14:9
But the woman of Tekoa said to the king, "My lord the king, may any blame be on me and my father's house, and may the king and his throne be guiltless."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it shall come to pass in that day,.... When the Lord is about to do the above things, and in order to it. The Talmudists k apply this text to the world to come, or times of the Messiah, when the ten tribes shall be returned:

[that] the great trumpet shall be blown; meaning not the edict or proclamation of Cyrus, but the ministration of the Gospel, called a "trumpet", in allusion to those that were ordered by Moses to be made for the congregation of Israel, Numbers 10:1, or to the jubilee trumpet, Leviticus 25:9 or with respect to any trumpet giving a musical sound; the Gospel being a joyful sound, a sound of love, grace, and mercy through Christ, of peace, pardon, righteousness, and salvation by him; and which may be called a "great" one, the author of it, God, being great; and it is the effect of great love, and the produce of great wisdom; it proclaims and publishes great things, great promises, great truths, and a great salvation; it gives a great sound, which has and will again go into all the world, and reach to the ends of the earth; and has been, and will be, attended with great power; the "blowing" of it intends the ministry of the word, which to perform aright requires ability and skill; and here it respects the ministration of it in the latter day, when this Gospel trumpet will be blown more clearly, and without any jar, discord, and confusion; and more loudly, openly, and publicly; and more effectually, and to greater purpose:

and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt; all mankind are in a perishing condition, but all are not sensible of it; some are, and they become so through the preaching of the word, attended with the power and Spirit of God; whereby they are convinced of sin, and of their lost estate by nature; their consciences are loaded with guilt, their souls are filled with a sense of wrath; they have a sight of sin, but not of a Saviour from it, or of the pardon of it; they have a view of a broken law, which curses and condemns, and of injured justice brandishing its sword against them, but see they have no righteousness to satisfy one or the other; and find themselves in a starving condition, ready to perish with hunger; and are like the wretched infant "cast out" into the open field, to the "loathing" of its person: and these now, whether in Assyria or in Egypt, or wherever they are, the Gospel trumpet will reach them, and encourage them to come; and powerful and efficacious grace accompanying it will engage and cause them to "come" first to Christ as poor perishing sinners, and venture their souls on him for life and salvation; they shall come to him in a way of believing, for pardon, cleansing, rest, food, righteousness, and life; and then they shall come to his churches, and give up themselves unto them, to walk with them:

and shall worship the Lord in the holy mount at Jerusalem; in the Gospel church, signified frequently by Mount Zion and Jerusalem; see

Hebrews 12:22 where the Jews shall come, when converted, and join themselves, and worship God internally and externally, in spirit and in truth: and it may be true of Mount Zion, and of Jerusalem, in a literal sense, which will be rebuilt, and inhabited by the Jews, and become a place of divine worship.

k T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 110. 2. Midrash Kohelet. fol. 68. 3.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The great trumpet shall be blown - This verse is designed to describe in another mode the same fact as that stated in Isaiah 27:12, that Yahweh would re-collect his scattered people. The figure is derived from the trumpet which was blown to assemble a people for war (Grotius); or from the blowing of the trumpet on occasion of the great feasts and festivals of the Jews (Vitringa). The idea is, that God would summon the scattered people to return to their own land. The “way” in which this was done, or in which the will of God would be made known to them, is not specified. It is probable, however, that the reference here is to the decree of Cyrus Ezra 1:1, by which they were permitted to return to their own country.

Which were ready to perish - Who were reduced in numbers, and in power, and who were ready to be annihilated under their accumulated and long-continued trials.

In the land of Assyria - The ten tribes were carried away into Assyria 2 Kings 17:6; and it is probable that many of the other two tribes were also in that land. A portion of the ten tribes would also be re-collected, and would return with the others to the land of their fathers. Assyria also constituted a considerable part of the kingdom of the Chaldeans, and the name Assyria may be given here to that country in general.

And the outcasts - Those who had fled in consternation to Egypt and to other places when these calamities were coming upon the nation (see Jeremiah 41:17-18; Jeremiah 42:15-22).

And shall worship the Lord - Their temple shall be rebuilt; their city shall be restored; and in the place where their fathers worshipped shall they also again adore the living God. This closes the prophecy which was commenced in Isaiah 24:0; and the design of the whole is to comfort the Jews with the assurance, that though they were to be made captive in a distant land, yet they would be again restored to the land of their fathers, and again worship God there. It is almost needless to say that this prediction was completely fulfilled by the return of the Jews to their own country under the decree of Cyrus.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Isaiah 27:13. The great trumpet shall be blown — Does not this refer to the time spoken of by our Lord, Matthew 24:31: He shall send forth his angels - the preachers of his Gospel with a great sound of a trumpet - the earnest invitation to be saved by Jesus Christ; and shall gather his elect - the Jews, his ancient chosen people, from the four winds - from all parts of the habitable globe in which they have been dispersed.

In this prophet there are several predictions relative to the conversion of Egypt to the true faith, which have not yet been fulfilled, and which must be fulfilled, for the truth of God cannot fail. Should Egypt ever succeed in casting off the Ottoman yoke, and fully establish its independence, it is most likely that the Gospel of Christ would have a speedy entrance into it; and, according to these prophecies, a wide and permanent diffusion. At present the Mohammedan power is a genuine antichrist. This also the Lord will remove in due time.