That the Lord will thresh,
From the channel of the River to the Brook of Egypt;
And you will be gathered one by one,
O you children of Israel." v.12
Read chapter 27
Israel's restoration is spoken of in this chapter. Israel will be gathered together again as a nation. Even after the captivity of Babylon/Assyria they never fully gathered as one nation again, being spread all over and not in the promised land to carry out the Law and intermixing with the nations. So we know this is still a future fulfillment of being gathered. We also see this in 2 Thessalonians 2:3 of the falling away before the great tribulation, "Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition," there can't be a "falling away" unless there's a gathering first! Here in Isaiah we learn where this great gathering will take place: between the River and the Brook of Egypt. The River is thought to be the Euphrates and the Brook of Egypt is the Nile. This could also be what is described in Hosea of the Lord's mercy for Israel, “Therefore, behold, I will allure her, Will bring her into the wilderness, And speak comfort to her" (Hosea 2:14). One by one every Israelite will be gathered there and face the Lord's threshing. Threshing is referred to a "beating off with a stick," like getting the fruit off a tree. We may not be a part of this wilderness gathering, but we all will face the Lord's threshing one day too. Do you long to be "threshed"?
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