Isa 27:6 | KingComments | STEP | When the Assyrians are finally destroyed, when the indignation is over, Israel will blossom and sprout and produce fruits that will be a blessing for the whole world ( ). This is the beginning of the realm of peace. Thus they will literally be the “riches for the Gentiles” ( ). Spiritually, this is God’s purpose and desire for the believers in the present age, until the church is complete ( ). Filling the earth with fruit represents the consequences of missionary work among all nations ( ). The LORD had to strike His people, but He did not do so in the way He has struck the people who have struck His people ( ). He has struck His people “in measure” (Darby Translation) and not in the fullness of His wrath ( ; ). In that case He would have wiped them completely from the earth. Now He has contended with His people by expelling them with the breath of His mouth, scattering them all over the earth. The wind purifies the harvest as it were, just as it does when the wheat is shaken and sifted. His purpose in doing so has been to forgive their iniquities and pardon their sins completely ( ). The full fruit of this action of the LORD is that all idols are pulverized and hewn down. Everything they have given the place of the LORD, they have removed, so that Ephraim will say: “What more have I to do with idols?” ( ).

‏ Isaiah 27:6

Israel Will Blossom and Sprout

When the Assyrians are finally destroyed, when the indignation is over, Israel will blossom and sprout and produce fruits that will be a blessing for the whole world (Isa 27:6). This is the beginning of the realm of peace. Thus they will literally be the “riches for the Gentiles” (Rom 11:12). Spiritually, this is God’s purpose and desire for the believers in the present age, until the church is complete (Jn 15:1-16). Filling the earth with fruit represents the consequences of missionary work among all nations (Rom 15:16).

The LORD had to strike His people, but He did not do so in the way He has struck the people who have struck His people (Isa 27:7). He has struck His people “in measure” (Darby Translation) and not in the fullness of His wrath (Isa 27:8; Psa 118:18). In that case He would have wiped them completely from the earth. Now He has contended with His people by expelling them with the breath of His mouth, scattering them all over the earth. The wind purifies the harvest as it were, just as it does when the wheat is shaken and sifted. His purpose in doing so has been to forgive their iniquities and pardon their sins completely (Isa 27:9).

The full fruit of this action of the LORD is that all idols are pulverized and hewn down. Everything they have given the place of the LORD, they have removed, so that Ephraim will say: “What more have I to do with idols?” (Hos 14:8a).