Isaiah 27

Leviathan Slain

1 On that day the Lord with his relentless, large, strong sword will bring judgment on Leviathan,  * 27:1 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.  * 27:1 Is 51:9

The Lord’s Vineyard

2 On that day

sing about a desirable vineyard:  * 27:2 Ps 80:8; Is 5:7; Jr 2:21

3 I am the Lord, who watches over it

to water it regularly.

So that no one disturbs it,

I watch over it night and day.

4 I am not angry.

If only there were thorns and briers  * 27:4 2Sm 23:6; Is 10:17 for me to battle,

I would trample them

and burn them to the ground.

5 Or let it take hold of my strength;

let it make peace with me —

make peace with me.

6 In days to come, Jacob will take root.  * 27:6 Is 37:31

Israel will blossom and bloom  * 27:6 Is 35:1–2; Hs 14:5–6

and fill the whole world with fruit.

7 Did the Lord strike Israel

as he struck the one who struck Israel?  * 27:7 Is 10:12,17; 30:31–33; 31:8–9; 37:36–38

Was Israel killed like those killed by the Lord?

8 You 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.

9 Therefore Jacob’s iniquity  * 27:9 Is 13:11 will be atoned for in this way,

and the result of the removal of his sin will be this:  * 27:9 Rm 11:27

when he makes all the altar stones

like crushed bits of chalk,

no Asherah poles or incense altars will remain standing.

10 For 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.

11 When 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.  * 27:11 Ps 32:9; 49:20; Jr 4:22

Therefore their Maker  * 27:11 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.

12 On that day  * 27:12 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,  * 27:12 Gn 15:18

and you Israelites will be gathered one by one.

13 On that day

a great ram’s horn  * 27:13 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.