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Isaiah 27:13
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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The LORD speaks through Isaiah to Israel, describing a future day of gathering from both Assyria (east) and Egypt (west). This follows immediately on the LORD's threshing of the land from the Euphrates to the Wadi of Egypt (v.12).
The words — שׁוֹפָר (shofar) is the ram's horn, the instrument of proclamation and assembly in Israel's liturgical life. אֹבְדִים ('ovedim) means "those who were perishing" or "lost," a participle of the verb for being cut off or destroyed, not merely displaced.
The thread — The trumpet-gathering echoes Matthew 24:31, where angels gather the elect with a loud trumpet call. The shofar as a signal of release appears in Leviticus 25:9, and the two-directional gathering from Assyria and Egypt parallels Isaiah 19:23's highway between the two nations.
Why it lands — The verse forces the reader to hold both groups together: the lost and the exiled are not separate categories but one people being called home. The destination is not a political restoration but worship on the holy mountain, which reframes what "gathering" means.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the Lord in the holy mount at Jerusalem.
Cross-references
- Matthew 24:31 And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.
- Leviticus 25:9 Then you are to sound the horn far and wide on the tenth day of the seventh month, the Day of Atonement. You shall sound it throughout your land.
- Isaiah 19:23 In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria. The Assyrians will go to Egypt, and the Egyptians to Assyria. The Egyptians and Assyrians will worship together.
- Hebrews 12:22 Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to myriads of angels
- 1 Chronicles 15:24 Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer—the priests—were to blow the trumpets before the ark of God. Obed-edom and Jehiah were also to be guardians of the ark.
- Isaiah 11:16 There will be a highway for the remnant of His people who remain from Assyria, as there was for Israel when they came up from the land of Egypt.
- Zechariah 14:16 Then all the survivors from the nations that came against Jerusalem will go up year after year to worship the King, the LORD of Hosts, and to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.
- Luke 4:18 “The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed,
- Numbers 10:2 “Make two trumpets of hammered silver to be used for calling the congregation and for having the camps set out.
- Psalms 47:5 God has ascended amid shouts of joy, the LORD with the sound of the horn.