Isaiah 27:1-13
27 In that day Jehovah, with his harsh and great and strong sword,+Will turn his attention to Le·viʹa·than,* the gliding serpent,To Le·viʹa·than, the twisting serpent,And he will kill the monster that is in the sea.
2 In that day sing to her:*
“A vineyard of foaming wine!+
3 I, Jehovah, am safeguarding her.+
Every moment I water her.+
I safeguard her night and day,So that no one may harm her.+
4 There is no wrath in me.+
Who will confront me with thornbushes and weeds in the battle?
I will trample them and set them on fire all together.
5 Otherwise, let him hold fast to my stronghold.
Let him make peace with me;Peace let him make with me.”
6 In the coming days Jacob will take root,Israel will blossom and sprout,+And they will fill the land with produce.+
7 Must he be struck with the stroke of the one striking him?
Or must he be killed as with the slaughter of his slain?
8 With a startling cry you will contend with her when sending her away.
He will expel her with his fierce blast in the day of the east wind.+
9 So in this way the error of Jacob will be atoned for,+And this will be the full fruitage when his sin is taken away:
He will make all the stones of the altarLike chalkstones that have been pulverized,And no sacred poles* or incense stands will be left.+
10 For the fortified city will be deserted;The pastures will be forsaken and abandoned like a wilderness.+
There the calf will graze and lie downAnd will consume her branches.+
11 When her twigs have dried up,Women will come and break them off,Making fires with them.
For this people is without understanding.+
That is why their Maker will show them no mercy,And the One who formed them will show them no favor.+
12 In that day Jehovah will beat out the fruit from the flowing stream of the River* to the Wadi* of Egypt,+ and you will be gathered up one after the other, O people of Israel.+
13 In that day a great horn will be blown,+ and those who are perishing in the land of As·syrʹi·a+ and those dispersed in the land of Egypt+ will come and bow down to Jehovah in the holy mountain in Jerusalem.+
Footnotes
^ Apparently referring to Israel, here personified as a woman and likened to a vineyard.
^ That is, the Euphrates.
