Isaiah 27
27
Leviathan the Dragon
1In that day Adonai will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent with His fierce, great, strong sword, Leviathan the twisted serpent! He will slay the dragon in the sea.
Second Song of the Vineyard
2“In that day sing to her, ‘A vineyard of delight!’
3I, Adonai, watch over it, I water it every moment. I guard it day and night, so that no one may harm it.
4It is not that I have wrath. Who would give me thorns and thistles? Into battle I would march against them! I would burn them up altogether!
5Rather let them rely on My strength. Let them make peace with Me— make peace with Me.”
Israel Will Blossom Again
6In days to come Jacob will take root, Israel will blossom and bud and fill the face of the world with fruit.
7Did He strike Israel as He struck those who struck them? Or were they slain as their slayers were slain?
8You contended with her by banishing her, by driving her away. With His fierce wind He expelled them on the day of the east wind.
9So by this will Jacob’s sin be atoned and this the full price to remove his sin: When he makes all the altar stones like shattered chalk stones, so that the Asherah poles and incense rise no more.
10The fortified city is a lonely habitation, forlorn and forsaken like the desert. There the calf will graze, there lie down and consume its branches.
11When the boughs are withered, they will be broken off. Women come and set them on fire, for it is a people of no understanding. Therefore their Maker will show them no mercy—He who formed them will give them no grace.
12It will come about in that day, Adonai will thresh from the channel of the River to the Wadi of Egypt, and you will be gathered one by one, Bnei-Yisrael.
13It will also come about in that day, a great shofar will be blown. Those perishing in the land of Assyria and the exiles in the land of Egypt will come and worship Adonai on the holy mountain in Jerusalem.
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Isaiah 27
27
Israel’s Redemption
1In that day, the Lord Yahweh
will mercilessly wield his massive, mighty sword
and punish Leviathan, the swift, slithering serpent.
He will slay the dragon of the sea # 27:1 See Job 41:1–10; Ps. 74:13–14; Isa. 51:9; Ezek. 29:3. —
Leviathan, the twisting serpent. # 27:1 Or “the crooked serpent” or “the serpent of confusion.” Satan always attempts to twist and distort the words of God to deceive humanity (see 2 Cor. 11:3). The sword of the Lord is merciless to the enemies of Christ (see Rev. 19:15). The massive, mighty sword of the Lord is the message of the cross (see 1 Cor. 1:18–25). It is mighty to save and will thwart every principality and power (see Col. 2:14–15; Heb. 2:14–15). Leviathan means “coiled” or “contorted.”
2In that day, they will sing the song “The Vineyard of Delight.”
3“I, the Lord, watch over my vineyard of delight.
Moment by moment, I water it in love
and protect it day and night.
4There is no anger in me,
for if I found briars and thorns
I would burn them up and march to battle against them.
5So let the branches cling to my protection # 27:5 See John 15:5.
when they make true peace with me.
Yes, let them make me their friend.” # 27:5 Or “make true peace with me.”
Cleansing, Not Destruction
6The coming ones # 27:6 Although most translations read “In days to come,” the literal Hebrew is “Those to come.” of Jacob’s tribes will take root.
Israel’s branches will bud and blossom,
and her beautiful fruit will cover the face of the earth.
7Has Yahweh struck Israel
as other nations have struck her? # 27:7 Commentators and linguists agree that this is one of the more difficult verses to translate in Isaiah (as is the section to follow). A literal rendering is “Like the striking down of the one striking him down, does he strike him down?” A possible meaning of this verse could be “Israel has not been punished by the Lord as he has punished Israel’s enemies.”
Has Israel been killed like her enemies have been killed?
8No, but with measured justice
he exiled them and contended with them. # 27:8 The meaning of this line is uncertain.
He removed them from the land with his severe blast
on the day his searing east wind blew.
9By the mercy of Yahweh the guilt of Jacob will be forgiven. # 27:9 Or “atoned for.”
Yet the full proof of their forgiveness will be
when they crush all the altars to false gods
and make them into chalkstones, crushed to pieces,
with neither cultic poles nor incense altars still standing.
10The fortified city lies in ruins,
forsaken and deserted like a wilderness.
Cattle graze there and lie down,
chewing on twigs and branches.
11The trees are withered and stripped bare,
and their women gather dead branches for firewood,
because they are a people of no understanding.
That is why their Maker will show them no compassion,
and he who formed them will show them no favor.
12In that day, from the Egyptian border to the Euphrates, the Lord Yahweh will gather one by one the people of Israel, as one sifts wheat from the chaff. 13When that day comes, a great trumpet will sound, and those lost in the land of Assyria and Egypt—all the exiles—will come and bow down before the Lord Yahweh in Jerusalem and worship him on the holy mountain!
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