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10 For the fortified city stands desolate,
    a settlement abandoned and forsaken like the desert;
calves graze there,
    and there they lie down
        and strip bare its branches.
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.

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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