Reference

Isaiah 27:12

And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall beat off from the channel of the river unto the stream of Egypt, and ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel.
10

Yet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof.

11

When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.

12

And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall beat off from the channel of the river unto the stream of Egypt, and ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel.

13

And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the Lord in the holy mount at Jerusalem.

Why This Verse Was Tagged

Literal Fulfillment
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This verse contains specific terms directly associated with this theme.

Israel-Specific Promises
Keyword Match
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This verse contains specific terms directly associated with this theme.

Time-Bound Fulfillment
Multi-Signal Classification
70% relevance

This verse was identified by multiple independent signals: structural patterns, prophetic context, and vocabulary — then validated by a probability model (Snorkel).

Counter-Arguments

The strongest case that this verse does not belong in this theme.

Literal Fulfillment

While the verse describes a physical gathering, the "beating off from the channel of the river unto the stream of Egypt" could be interpreted metaphorically as a divine act of liberation or restoration, rather than a literal physical "beating off" of individuals.

Israel-Specific Promises

There is no credible counter-argument to this verse supporting the theme of "Israel-Specific Promises" as it explicitly addresses the "children of Israel" and describes a gathering specific to them within a defined geographical area relevant to their history.

Time-Bound Fulfillment

The verse describes an event ("it shall come to pass in that day") but does not specify a duration for the fulfillment or provide any explicit markers that would allow one to recognize its completion within a defined timeframe.