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A Divine Harvest
Commentators explain that the image of God "beating off" His people is like a farmer threshing grain or shaking fruit from a tree. This is not an act of punishment, but a deliberate and powerful act of separation. God is forcefully separating His people from their exile and captivity to bring them into a place of restoration and safety.
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Albert Barnes
On Isaiah 27:12
18th Century
Theologian
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall beat off— The word used here (חבט châbaṭ) properly mea…
Charles Ellicott
On Isaiah 27:12
19th Century
Bishop
The Lord shall beat off ... —The English Version conveys hardly any meaning. The verb used is the one we find in Isaiah 28:27 for …
John Calvin
On Isaiah 27:12
16th Century
Theologian
And yet it shall come to pass on that day. He softens the harshness of the former statement, for it was a dreadful judgment of God that th…
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John Gill
On Isaiah 27:12
17th Century
Pastor
And it shall come to pass in that day
When the song will be sung, (Isaiah 27:2Isaiah 27:3) w…
Matthew Henry
On Isaiah 27:6–13
17th Century
Minister
In the days of the gospel, the latter days, the gospel church shall be more firmly fixed than the Jewish church and shall spread further. May our s…