Isaiah 27
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1At that time the Lord will take his sharp, large, and strong sword, and punish Leviathan, the slithering serpent, and Leviathan, the coiled serpent, and he will kill the sea dragon.#27:1. Leviathan and the sea dragon come from pagan mythology, and are personifications of evil.
2At that time, sing about a beautiful vineyard. 3I, the Lord, take care of it, watering it often. I guard it night and day so that nobody can damage it. 4I'm not angry anymore.#27:4. “Not angry anymore”: unlike the Lord's anger with his vineyard recorded in chapter 5. If there are thorns and brambles I would go and fight them, burning them all up, 5Otherwise they should come to me for protection. They should make their peace with me, yes, make their peace with me.
6In the future the descendants of Jacob will be like a tree taking root. Israel will flower and send out shoots, and fill the whole world with fruit! 7Has the Lord hit Israel as he hit those that attacked them? Were they killed like their killers were killed?#27:7. The implied answer is “No.” 8You dealt with them by sending them into exile, by banishing them. He drove them away with his powerful force, like when the east wind blows. 9Through this experience Jacob's guilt will be forgiven. The removal of their sins will come to fruition when they take all the pagan altar stones and crush them to pieces like chalk—no Asherah poles or altars of incense will be left standing.
10The fortified city will be abandoned, its houses as empty and lonely as a desert. Cattle will graze and rest there, stripping bare the branches of its trees. 11Their dry branches are broken off and used by women to make fires. This is a people that doesn't have any sense, so their Maker won't feel sorry for them, and their Creator won't help them.
12At that time the Lord will thresh the grain harvested from the Euphrates River to the Wadi of Egypt, and you Israelites will be gathered up one by one. 13At that time a loud trumpet will sound, and those who were dying in Assyria will return along with those exiled in Egypt. They will come and worship the Lord on the holy mountain in Jerusalem.
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Isaiah 27
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1At that time the Lord will judge Leviathan, the gliding snake.
He will punish Leviathan, the coiled snake.
The Lord will use his great sword,
his hard and powerful sword.
He will kill the monster in the sea.
2In that day
people will sing about the pleasant vineyard.
3“I, the Lord, will care for that vineyard.
I will water it at the right time.
No one will hurt it.
I will guard it day and night.
4I am not angry.
If anyone builds a wall of thornbushes in war,
I will march to it and burn it.
5But if anyone comes to me for safety
and wants to make peace with me,
he should come and make peace with me.”
6In the days to come, the people of Jacob will be like a plant with good roots.
Israel will grow like a plant beginning to bloom.
Then the world will be filled with their children.
God “Divorces” Israel
7The Lord has not hurt his people as he hurt their enemies.
His people have not been killed like those who tried to kill them.
8The Lord will settle his argument with Israel by sending it far away.
Like a hot desert wind, he will drive Israel away.
9This is how Israel’s guilt will be forgiven.
This is how its sins will be taken away.
Israel will crush the rocks of the altar to dust.
No statues or altars will be left standing for the Asherah idols.
10At that time the strong, walled city will be empty.
It will be like a desert.
Calves will eat grass there.
They will lie down there.
They will eat leaves from the branches.
11The limbs will become dry and break off.
Women will use them for firewood.
The people refuse to understand.
So God will not comfort them.
Their Maker will not be kind to them.
12At that time the Lord will begin gathering his people one by one. He will gather all his people from the Euphrates River to the brook of Egypt. He will separate them from others as grain is separated from chaff. 13Many of my people are now lost in Assyria. Some of my people have run away to Egypt. But at that time a great trumpet will be blown. And all those people will come back to Jerusalem. They will bow down before the Lord on that holy mountain.
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