Isaiah 27:12

27:12 At that time ¹  the Lord will shake the tree, ²  from the Euphrates River ³  to the Stream of Egypt. Then you will be gathered up one by one, O Israelites. ⁴ 

Isaiah 28:27

28:27 Certainly ⁵  caraway seed is not threshed with a sledge,

nor is the wheel of a cart rolled over cumin seed. ⁶ 

Certainly caraway seed is beaten with a stick,

and cumin seed with a flail.

[27:12]  ¹ tn Heb “and it will be in that day.” The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.

[27:12]  ² tn Heb “the Lord will beat out.” The verb is used of beating seeds or grain to separate the husk from the kernel (see Judg 6:11; Ruth 2:17; Isa 28:27), and of beating the olives off the olive tree (Deut 24:20). The latter metaphor may be in view here, where a tree metaphor has been employed in the preceding verses. See also 17:6.

[27:12]  ³ tn Heb “the river,” a frequent designation in the OT for the Euphrates. For clarity most modern English versions substitute the name “Euphrates” for “the river” here.

[27:12]  ⁴ sn The Israelites will be freed from exile (likened to beating the olives off the tree) and then gathered (likened to collecting the olives).

[28:27]  ⁵ tn Or “For” (KJV, ASV, NASB).

[28:27]  ⁶ sn Both of these seeds are too small to use the ordinary threshing techniques.