Isaiah 27
27
1In that day Jehovah, with his sore and great and strong sword, will visit leviathan the fleeing serpent, and leviathan the crooked serpent; and he will slay the monster that is in the sea. 2In that day there shall be a vineyard of pure wine; sing concerning it: 3I Jehovah keep it, I will water it every moment; lest any harm it, I will keep it night and day. 4Fury is not in me. Oh that I had briars and thorns in battle against me! I would march against them, I would burn them together. 5Or let him take hold of my strength; let him make peace with me: yea, let him make peace with me. 6In the future Jacob shall take root; Israel shall blossom and bud, and they shall fill the face of the world with fruit.
7Hath he smitten him according to the smiting of those that smote him? Is he slain according to the slaughter of those slain by him? 8In measure, when sending her away, didst thou contend with her: he hath taken her away with his rough wind in the day of the east wind. 9By this, therefore, shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit of the taking away of his sin: when he shall make all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are crumbled in pieces, — the Asherahs and the sun-images shall not stand. 10For the fortified city is solitary, a habitation abandoned and forsaken like a wilderness; there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume its boughs. 11When its branches are withered they shall be broken off; women shall come and set them on fire. For it is a people of no intelligence; therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he who formed them will shew them no favour. 12And it shall come to pass in that day, that Jehovah shall beat out from the flood of the river unto the torrent of Egypt, and ye shall be gathered one by one, ye children of Israel. 13And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown; and they shall come that were perishing in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and they shall worship Jehovah in the holy mountain at Jerusalem.
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First published in 1890. This edition is maintained by the British and Foreign Bible Society.
Isaiah 27
27
Leviathan Slain
1On that day the Lord with his relentless, large, strong sword will bring judgment on Leviathan,#Jb 3:8; 41:1,34; Ps 74:14; 104:26 the fleeing serpent — Leviathan, the twisting serpent. He will slay the monster that is in the sea.#Is 51:9
The Lord’s Vineyard
2On that day
sing about a desirable vineyard:#Ps 80:8; Is 5:7; Jr 2:21
3I am the Lord, who watches over it
to water it regularly.
So that no one disturbs it,
I watch over it night and day.
4I am not angry.
If only there were thorns and briers#2Sm 23:6; Is 10:17 for me to battle,
I would trample them
and burn them to the ground.
5Or let it take hold of my strength;
let it make peace with me —
make peace with me.
6In days to come, Jacob will take root.#Is 37:31
Israel will blossom and bloom#Is 35:1–2; Hs 14:5–6
and fill the whole world with fruit.
7Did the Lord strike Israel
as he struck the one who struck Israel?#Is 10:12,17; 30:31–33; 31:8–9; 37:36–38
Was Israel killed like those killed by the Lord?
8You disputed with Israel
by banishing and driving her away.#27:8 Hb obscure
He removed her with his severe storm
on the day of the east wind.
9Therefore Jacob’s iniquity#Is 13:11 will be atoned for in this way,
and the result of the removal of his sin will be this:#Rm 11:27
when he makes all the altar stones
like crushed bits of chalk,
no Asherah poles or incense altars will remain standing.
10For the fortified city will be desolate,
pastures deserted and abandoned like a wilderness.
Calves will graze there,
and there they will spread out and strip its branches.
11When its branches dry out, they will be broken off.
Women will come and make fires with them,
for they are not a people with understanding.#Ps 32:9; 49:20; Jr 4:22
Therefore their Maker#Jb 4:17; Ps 95:6; Pr 14:31; Is 17:7; 29:16; 44:2; 45:9,11; 51:13; 54:5; Hs 8:14 will not have compassion on them,
and their Creator will not be gracious to them.
12On that day#Is 3:18; 7:18,20; 11:11; 24:21; Zch 12:8
the Lord will thresh grain from the Euphrates River
as far as the Wadi of Egypt,#Gn 15:18
and you Israelites will be gathered one by one.
13On that day
a great ram’s horn#Lv 25:9; 1Ch 15:24; Mt 24:31; 1Th 4:16; Rv 11:15 will be blown,
and those lost in the land of Assyria will come,
as well as those dispersed in the land of Egypt;
and they will worship the Lord
at Jerusalem on the holy mountain.
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