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11 When its branches are dry,
    they are broken off,
and women come and kindle fires with them,
    since this is a people who show no consideration.
That is why the One who made them shows them no compassion;
    the One who created them shows them no mercy.

Assyria and Egypt Exiles Redeemed

12 At that time,[a] the Lord will winnow grain from the Euphrates River[b] channel to the Wadi[c] of Egypt,[d] and you will be gathered in one by one, O people of Israel. 13 Furthermore, at that time,[e] a great trumpet will be sounded, and those who were perishing in the land of Assyria and those who had been expelled[f] to the land of Egypt will come and worship the Lord on his holy mountain at Jerusalem.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 27:12 Lit. On that day
  2. Isaiah 27:12 DSS MT lack River
  3. Isaiah 27:12 I.e. a seasonal stream or river that channels water during rain seasons but is dry at other times
  4. Isaiah 27:12 I.e. the southwestern-most border of ancient Philistia
  5. Isaiah 27:13 Lit. Furthermore, on that day
  6. Isaiah 27:13 Or exiled