Isaiah 27:6-9

6 In days to come Jacob will take root, Israel will bud and blossom and fill all the world with fruit.

7 Has the LORD struck her as he struck down those who struck her? Has she been killed as those were killed who killed her?

8 By warfare^[a] and exile you contend with her— with his fierce blast he drives her out, as on a day the east wind blows.

9 By this, then, will Jacob’s guilt be atoned for, and this will be the full fruit of the removal of his sin: When he makes all the altar stones to be like limestone crushed to pieces, no Asherah poles^[b] or incense altars will be left standing.

Isaiah 27:6-9 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.

Cross References

• 1. S 2 Kings 19:30; Isaiah 11:10
• 2. S Genesis 40:10; Hosea 14:5-6
• 3. S Psalms 72:16; Isaiah 11:1; Isaiah 37:31; Ezekiel 17:23; Ezekiel 36:8; Hosea 14:8
• 4. Isaiah 10:26; S Isaiah 11:4; Isaiah 37:36-38
• 5. Isaiah 49:14; Isaiah 50:1; Isaiah 54:7
• 6. S Genesis 41:6
• 7. S Psalms 78:38
• 8. Romans 11:27*
• 9. S Exodus 23:24
• 10. S Exodus 34:13
• 11. S Leviticus 26:30; S 2 Chronicles 14:5

Footnotes

• [a] See Septuagint; the meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
• [b] That is, wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah