Isaiah 27:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

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.

Restoration of the Jews from dispersion, described under the image of fruits shaken from trees and collected.

Beat off - as fruit beaten off a tree with a stick (Deuteronomy 24:20), and then gathered.

River - Euphrates.

Unto the stream of Egypt - on the confines of Palestine and Egypt (Numbers 34:5; Joshua 15:4; Joshua 15:47), now Wady Unto the stream of Egypt - on the confines of Palestine and Egypt (Numbers 34:5; Joshua 15:4; Joshua 15:47), now Wady el-Arisch; Yahweh's vineyard, Israel, extended, according to His purpose, from the Nile to the Euphrates (1 Kings 4:21; 1 Kings 4:24; Psalms 72:8).

Gathered one by one - gathered most carefully, not merely as a nation, but as individuals.

Isaiah 27:12

12 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.