And it will happenוְהָיָהon that dayבַּיּוֹם הַהוּאthat a greatגָּדוֹלhornבְּשׁוֹפָרwill be blown,יִתָּקַעand those who were perishingוּ הָאֹבְדִיםin the landבְּאֶרֶץof Assyriaאַשּׁוּרwill come,בָאוּand the dispersedוְהַנִּדָּחִיםin the landבְּאֶרֶץof Egypt,מִצְרָיִםand they will bow downוְהִשְׁתַּחֲווּto YHWHלַיהוָהon the holyהַקֹּדֶשׁmountainבְּהַרin Jerusalem.בִּירוּשָׁלִָם
Isaiah 27:13
Study it in the app“And it will happen on that day that a great horn will be blown, and those who were perishing in the land of Assyria will come, and the dispersed in the land of Egypt, and they will bow down to YHWH on the holy mountain in Jerusalem.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 27:13, word by word
- And it will happenהָיָהhaya
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “haya” appears- on that dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- that a greatגָּדוֹלgadol
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gadol” appears- hornשׁוֹפָרshofar
horn (shofar)
Shofar: a ram's horn blown like a trumpet.
Where else “shofar” appears- will be blownיִתָּקַעyitaka
blow
To blow the trumpet.
Where else “yitaka” appears- and those who were perishingאֹבְדִיםovdim
perish
To die, be ruined.
Where else “ovdim” appears- in the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Assyriaאַשּׁוּרashur
Assyria, Asshur
See it on the mapWhere else “ashur” appears- will comeבָאוּvau
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “vau” appears- and the dispersedנִּדָּחִיםnidachim
banish
To push a people far from their land.
Where else “nidachim” appears- of Egyptמִצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- and they will bow downהִשְׁתַּחֲווּhishtachavu
worship
To bow before God in adoration.
Where else “hishtachavu” appears- to YHWHיהוָהyhva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yhva” appears- on the holyקֹּדֶשׁkodesh
holy thing
Something set apart for God: a day, an offering.
Where else “kodesh” appears- mountainהַרhar
mountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appears- in Jerusalemירוּשָׁלִָםyrushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yrushalaim” appears
Places in this verse
1Assyria
Today: northern Iraq (with parts of Syria, Turkey, Iran)
An empire of northern Mesopotamia along the Tigris River, in present-day Iraq.
Assyria took the northern kingdom of Israel captive (2 Kgs 17:6). God sent Jonah to preach in Nineveh, its capital (Jonah 3:3).
2Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
3Jerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
The context
12And it will happen on that day that YHWH will beat out the grain from the flowing stream of the River to the torrent of Egypt, and you will be gathered one by one, sons of Israel.
13 · This verse (above)