And in that day a great ram's horn 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. In that dayThis phrase often signals a prophetic vision concerning the future, particularly the eschatological "Day of the Lord." In the Hebrew context, "that day" refers to a time when God will intervene decisively in human history. It is a day of both judgment and salvation, a theme prevalent throughout the book of Isaiah. This phrase sets the stage for a divine action that will bring about a significant transformation. a great trumpet will sound
The sounding of a trumpet in biblical times was a call to action, often used to gather people, signal war, or announce significant events. The Hebrew word for trumpet, "shofar," was made from a ram's horn and held deep religious significance. In this context, the great trumpet symbolizes a divine summons, a call to gather God's people from the ends of the earth. It echoes the imagery found in the New Testament, where the trumpet is associated with the return of Christ and the resurrection of the dead (1 Thessalonians 4:16). those who were perishing in Assyria
Assyria was a dominant empire during Isaiah's time, known for its military might and oppression of Israel. The phrase "those who were perishing" refers to the Israelites who were exiled and suffering under Assyrian rule. Historically, the Assyrian captivity was a period of great distress for the Israelites, and this prophecy offers hope of deliverance and restoration for those who were scattered and oppressed. and those who were exiled in Egypt
Egypt, like Assyria, was a place of bondage for the Israelites, harking back to the time of the Exodus. The mention of Egypt here symbolizes a return from exile and a release from captivity. It reflects God's promise to gather His people from all places of dispersion, emphasizing His sovereignty and faithfulness in fulfilling His covenant promises. will come and worship the LORD
The ultimate purpose of the gathering is worship. Worship is central to the relationship between God and His people. This phrase highlights the restoration not just of physical presence in the land but of spiritual communion with God. It signifies a return to true worship, where the people acknowledge God's lordship and offer Him the reverence due to His name. on the holy mountain in Jerusalem
Jerusalem, and specifically the holy mountain, refers to Mount Zion, the spiritual and political center of Israel. It is the place where the temple stood, symbolizing God's presence among His people. The prophecy envisions a time when all God's people will be gathered to worship Him in Jerusalem, fulfilling the promises of restoration and peace. This imagery points forward to the ultimate fulfillment in the New Jerusalem, as described in Revelation, where God's people will dwell with Him eternally. Persons / Places / Events 1. The Great Ram's Horn (Shofar)A significant instrument in Jewish tradition, often used to signal important events or divine interventions. The sounding of the shofar symbolizes a call to gather and worship. 2. AssyriaA powerful empire during the time of Isaiah, representing a place of exile and oppression for the Israelites. 3. EgyptAnother historical place of bondage for the Israelites, symbolizing a place of exile and separation from God. 4. The ExilesRefers to the Israelites who were scattered and living in foreign lands, away from their homeland and the presence of God. 5. The Holy Mountain in JerusalemRepresents the spiritual center of worship for the Israelites, where the temple was located, and where God's presence dwelled. Teaching Points The Call to WorshipThe sounding of the shofar is a divine call to return to God and worship Him. It reminds us of the importance of responding to God's call in our lives. God's Faithfulness in RestorationJust as God promised to gather the exiles, He is faithful to restore and redeem His people today. We can trust in His promises for our own restoration. Unity in WorshipThe gathering of exiles from different lands to worship on the holy mountain signifies the unity of God's people. We are called to come together in worship, transcending our differences. Hope for the FutureThis prophecy points to a future hope where all of God's people will be gathered in His presence. It encourages us to live with an eternal perspective, looking forward to the fulfillment of God's promises. Bible Study Questions 1. How does the imagery of the shofar in Isaiah 27:13 enhance our understanding of God's call to His people? 2. In what ways can we see God's faithfulness in restoring His people throughout the Bible, and how does this encourage us in our personal faith journey? 3. How can the unity of the exiles gathering to worship in Jerusalem inspire us to seek unity within the body of Christ today? 4. What are some practical ways we can respond to God's call to worship in our daily lives? 5. How does the promise of future restoration and gathering in Isaiah 27:13 influence our perspective on current challenges and trials? Connections to Other Scriptures Exodus 19The sound of the shofar is also mentioned during the giving of the Law at Mount Sinai, symbolizing God's presence and covenant with His people. Leviticus 25The Year of Jubilee is announced with the blowing of the shofar, signifying freedom and restoration, which parallels the return of the exiles. Zechariah 14Describes a future time when all nations will come to worship the Lord in Jerusalem, echoing the gathering of exiles in Isaiah 27:13. Matthew 24Jesus speaks of a trumpet call that will gather His elect from the four winds, connecting to the eschatological gathering of God's people. People Isaiah, Israelites, JacobPlaces Assyria, Brook of Egypt, Egypt, Euphrates River, JerusalemTopics Asshur, Assyria, Blown, Bowed, Cast, Dispersed, Driven, Egypt, Exiled, Holy, Horn, Jerusalem, Lost, Mount, Mountain, Outcasts, Pass, Perish, Perishing, Ready, Scattered, Sounded, Themselves, Trumpet, Wandering, WorshipDictionary of Bible Themes Isaiah 27:13 5595 trumpet
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8626 worship, places Isaiah 27:12-13 7145 remnant Library The Grasp that Brings Peace
'Let him take hold of My strength, that he may make peace with Me; yea, let him make peace with Me.'--ISAIAH xxvii. 5. Lyrical emotion makes the prophet's language obscure by reason of its swift transitions from one mood of feeling to another. But the main drift here is discernible. God is guarding Israel, His vineyard, and before Him its foes are weak as 'thorns and briers,' whose end is to be burned. With daring anthropomorphism, the prophet puts into God's mouth a longing for the enemies to measure …
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy ScriptureTwelfth Day for the Spirit to Convince the World of Sin
WHAT TO PRAY.--For the Spirit to convince the World of Sin "I will send the Comforter to you. And He, when He is come, will convict the world in respect of sin."--JOHN xvi. 7, 8. God's one desire, the one object of Christ's being manifested, is to take away sin. The first work of the Spirit on the world is conviction of sin. Without that, no deep or abiding revival, no powerful conversion. Pray for it, that the gospel may be preached in such power of the Spirit, that men may see that they have …
Andrew Murray—The Ministry of Intercession Come and Welcome to Jesus Christ;
OR, A PLAIN AND PROFITABLE DISCOURSE ON JOHN 6:37 SHOWING THE CAUSE, TRUTH, AND MANNER OF THE COMING OF A SINNER TO JESUS CHRIST; WITH HIS HAPPY RECEPTION AND BLESSED ENTERTAINMENT. WRITTEN BY JOHN BUNYAN, AUTHOR OF "THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS." "And they shall come which were ready to perish."--Isaiah 27:13. London, 1681. ADVERTISEMENT BY THE EDITOR. "Come and welcome to Jesus Christ," is a subject peculiarly fitted to the deep and searching experience of John Bunyan. He knew all the wiles of sin and …
John Bunyan—The Works of John Bunyan Volumes 1-3 The Desire of the Righteous Granted;
OR, A DISCOURSE OF THE RIGHTEOUS MAN'S DESIRES. ADVERTISEMENT BY THE EDITOR As the tree is known by its fruit, so is the state of a man's heart known by his desires. The desires of the righteous are the touchstone or standard of Christian sincerity--the evidence of the new birth--the spiritual barometer of faith and grace--and the springs of obedience. Christ and him crucified is the ground of all our hopes--the foundation upon which all our desires after God and holiness are built--and the root …
John Bunyan—The Works of John Bunyan Volumes 1-3 How Shall one Make Use of Christ as the Life, when Wrestling with an Angry God Because of Sin?
That we may give some satisfaction to this question, we shall, 1. Shew what are the ingredients in this case, or what useth to concur in this distemper. 2. Shew some reasons why the Lord is pleased to dispense thus with his people. 3. Shew how Christ is life to the soul in this case. 4. Shew the believer's duty for a recovery; and, 5. Add a word or two of caution. As to the first, There may be those parts of, or ingredients in this distemper: 1. God presenting their sins unto their view, so as …
John Brown (of Wamphray)—Christ The Way, The Truth, and The Life "But we are all as an Unclean Thing, and all Our Righteousnesses are as Filthy Rags,"
Isaiah lxiv 6, 7.--"But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags," &c. This people's condition agreeth well with ours, though the Lord's dealing be very different. The confessory part of this prayer belongeth to us now; and strange it is, that there is such odds of the Lord's dispensations, when there is no difference in our conditions; always we know not how soon the complaint may be ours also. This prayer was prayed long before the judgment and captivity came …
Hugh Binning—The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning Covenanting Confers Obligation.
As it has been shown that all duty, and that alone, ought to be vowed to God in covenant, it is manifest that what is lawfully engaged to in swearing by the name of God is enjoined in the moral law, and, because of the authority of that law, ought to be performed as a duty. But it is now to be proved that what is promised to God by vow or oath, ought to be performed also because of the act of Covenanting. The performance of that exercise is commanded, and the same law which enjoins that the duties …
John Cunningham—The Ordinance of Covenanting The Mercy of God
The next attribute is God's goodness or mercy. Mercy is the result and effect of God's goodness. Psa 33:5. So then this is the next attribute, God's goodness or mercy. The most learned of the heathens thought they gave their god Jupiter two golden characters when they styled him good and great. Both these meet in God, goodness and greatness, majesty and mercy. God is essentially good in himself and relatively good to us. They are both put together in Psa 119:98. Thou art good, and doest good.' This …
Thomas Watson—A Body of Divinity The River of Egypt, Rhinocorura. The Lake of Sirbon.
Pliny writes, "From Pelusium are the intrenchments of Chabrias: mount Casius: the temple of Jupiter Casius: the tomb of Pompey the Great: Ostracine: Arabia is bounded sixty-five miles from Pelusium: soon after begins Idumea and Palestine from the rising up of the Sirbon lake." Either my eyes deceive me, while I read these things,--or mount Casius lies nearer Pelusium, than the lake of Sirbon. The maps have ill placed the Sirbon between mount Casius and Pelusium. Sirbon implies burning; the name of …
John Lightfoot—From the Talmud and Hebraica The Worst Things Work for Good to the Godly
DO not mistake me, I do not say that of their own nature the worst things are good, for they are a fruit of the curse; but though they are naturally evil, yet the wise overruling hand of God disposing and sanctifying them, they are morally good. As the elements, though of contrary qualities, yet God has so tempered them, that they all work in a harmonious manner for the good of the universe. Or as in a watch, the wheels seem to move contrary one to another, but all carry on the motions of the watch: …
Thomas Watson—A Divine Cordial What Messiah did the Jews Expect?
1. The most important point here is to keep in mind the organic unity of the Old Testament. Its predictions are not isolated, but features of one grand prophetic picture; its ritual and institutions parts of one great system; its history, not loosely connected events, but an organic development tending towards a definite end. Viewed in its innermost substance, the history of the Old Testament is not different from its typical institutions, nor yet these two from its predictions. The idea, underlying …
Alfred Edersheim—The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah The Great Shepherd
He shall feed his flock like a shepherd; He shall gather the lambs with His arm, and carry them in His bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young. I t is not easy for those, whose habits of life are insensibly formed by the customs of modern times, to conceive any adequate idea of the pastoral life, as obtained in the eastern countries, before that simplicity of manners, which characterized the early ages, was corrupted, by the artificial and false refinements of luxury. Wealth, in those …
John Newton—Messiah Vol. 1 Isaiah
CHAPTERS I-XXXIX Isaiah is the most regal of the prophets. His words and thoughts are those of a man whose eyes had seen the King, vi. 5. The times in which he lived were big with political problems, which he met as a statesman who saw the large meaning of events, and as a prophet who read a divine purpose in history. Unlike his younger contemporary Micah, he was, in all probability, an aristocrat; and during his long ministry (740-701 B.C., possibly, but not probably later) he bore testimony, as …
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