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Isaiah 27:8-13

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8 1Measure by measure,[a] by exile you contended with them; 2he removed them with his fierce breath[b] in the day of the east wind.
9 Therefore by this 3the guilt of Jacob will be atoned for, and this will be the full fruit of the removal of his sin:[c] 4when he makes all the stones of the altars like chalkstones crushed to pieces, no 5Asherim or incense altars will remain standing.
10 6For the fortified city is solitary, a habitation deserted and forsaken, like the wilderness; there the calf grazes; there it lies down and strips its branches.
11 When its boughs are dry, they are broken; women come and make a fire of them. 7For this is a people without discernment; therefore he who made them will not have compassion on them; he who formed them will show them no favor.
12 In that day 8from the river Euphrates to the Brook of Egypt the LORD will thresh out the grain, and you will be gleaned one by one, O people of Israel.
13 And in that day 9a great trumpet will be blown, 10and those who were lost in the land of Assyria and those who were driven out to the land of Egypt 11will come and worship the LORD on the holy mountain at Jerusalem.
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Isaiah 27:8-13 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH 27

This chapter refers to the same times as the two foregoing ones Isa 25:1-26:21; and is a continuation of the same song, or rather a new one on the same occasion; it is prophetical of the last times, and of what shall be done in them, as the destruction of the antichristian powers, and Satan at the head of them, Isa 27:1 the happy state of the church, and its fruitfulness under the care and protection of the Lord, and his affection for it, Isa 27:2-4 its peace, prosperity, and flourishing condition, Isa 27:5,6 the nature, use, and end of all its afflictions and chastisements, Isa 27:7-9 the ruin and destruction of the city of Rome, and its inhabitants, and of its whole jurisdiction, Isa 27:10,11 a great gathering and conversion of the Lord's people, both Jews and Gentiles, by the ministry of the Gospel, Isa 27:12,13.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 11

  • 1. [Jeremiah 10:24]
  • 2. [Jeremiah 18:17]
  • 3. [Isaiah 22:14]
  • 4. [2 Kings 18:4]
  • 5. See Deuteronomy 16:21
  • 6. Isaiah 17:9; Isaiah 32:14, 19; [Hosea 8:14; Micah 5:11]
  • 7. Deuteronomy 32:28; See Isaiah 30:16-18
  • 8. See Genesis 15:18
  • 9. Leviticus 25:9; [Matthew 24:31; Revelation 11:15]
  • 10. Isaiah 11:11, 16; Micah 7:12
  • 11. [Isaiah 2:2]

Footnotes 3

  • [a]. Or By driving her away; the meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain
  • [b]. Or wind
  • [c]. Septuagint and this is the blessing when I take away his sin
The English Standard Version is published with the permission of Good News Publishers.