Reference

Isaiah 27:13

Audible Return Annihilation / Destruction Literal Fulfillment Destruction / Perishing Language Time-Bound Fulfillment

“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.”

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.

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.

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

Keyword Match

90% relevance

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.

Audible Return

The verse describes a trumpet being blown and people returning to Jerusalem to worship the Lord, but it does not mention Christ returning, nor does it specify the sound as a "shout" or "voice of an archangel." The "Audible Return" theme specifically links the sound to Christ's return, which is not present in this text.

Annihilation / Destruction

The verse describes people who "were ready to perish" being gathered and worshipping the Lord, implying their salvation and restoration, not their destruction or annihilation.

Literal Fulfillment

While the verse describes concrete events, the "great trumpet" could be interpreted metaphorically as a divine call or a significant historical event rather than a literal musical instrument, thus challenging a strictly literal fulfillment.

Destruction / Perishing Language

The verse describes people who *were ready to perish* being gathered and worshipping, not the act of destruction or perishing itself. The focus is on their rescue and restoration, not their demise.

Time-Bound Fulfillment

The verse describes a future event ("it shall come to pass in that day") but does not specify a duration or a timeframe within which this fulfillment is expected to occur, nor does it provide any criteria for recognizing its completion beyond the event itself.

Audible Return

Cross-References

Matthew 24:31Thematic

“And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.”

1 Corinthians 15:52Thematic

“In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.”

1 Thessalonians 4:16Thematic

“For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:”

Isaiah 2:2Thematic

“And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.”

Leviticus 25:9Thematic

“Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubile to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land.”

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