Isa 27 | NASB1995 | STEP | In that day the Lord will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent , With His fierce and great and mighty sword , Even Leviathan the twisted serpent ; And He will kill the dragon who lives in the sea .

Isaiah 27

The Deliverance of Israel

1 In that day ^athe Lord will punish ^{▼▼ Or sea monster
,} ^cLeviathan the fleeing serpent,
With His fierce and great and mighty sword,
Even ^{▼▼ Or sea monster}Leviathan the twisted serpent;
And ^eHe will kill the dragon who lives in the sea.

2 In that day,
“A ^{▼▼ Some mss read a vineyard of delight
,} ^gvineyard of wine, sing of it!
3 “I, the Lord, am its keeper;
^hI water it every moment.
So that no one will ^{▼▼ Lit punish}damage it,
I ^jguard it night and day.
4 “I have no wrath.
Should ^{▼▼ Lit who}someone give Me ^lbriars and thorns in battle,
Then I would step on them, ^mI would burn them ^{▼▼ Lit altogether}completely.
5 “Or let him ^{▼▼ Lit take hold of
,} ^prely on My protection,
Let him make peace with Me,
Let him ^qmake peace with Me.”
6 ^{▼▼ Lit Those coming}In the days to come Jacob ^swill take root,
Israel will ^tblossom and sprout,
And they will fill the ^{▼▼ Lit face of}whole world with ^vfruit.

7 Like the striking of Him who has struck them, has ^wHe struck them?
Or like the slaughter of His slain, ^{▼▼ Lit he was slain}have they been slain?
8 You contended with them ^{▼▼ Some ancient versions read by exact measure}by banishing them, by ^zdriving them away.
With His fierce wind He has expelled them on the day of the ^aaeast wind.
9 Therefore through this Jacob’s iniquity will be ^abforgiven;
And this will be ^{▼▼ Lit all the fruit}the full price of the ^{▼▼ Lit removing
,} ^aepardoning of his sin:
When he makes all the ^afaltar stones like pulverized chalk stones;
When ^{▼▼ I.e. wooden symbols of a female deity}Asherim and incense altars will not stand.
10 For the fortified city is ^ahisolated,
A ^{▼▼ Lit pasture}homestead forlorn and forsaken like the desert;
^ajThere the calf will graze,
And there it will lie down and ^{▼▼ Lit consume}feed on its branches.
11 When its ^allimbs are dry, they are broken off;
Women come and make a fire with them,
For they are not a people of ^amdiscernment,
Therefore ^antheir Maker ^aowill not have compassion on them.
And their Creator will not be gracious to them.

12 In that day the Lord ^apwill start His threshing from the flowing stream of the ^aqEuphrates to the brook of Egypt, and you will be ^argathered up one by one, O sons of Israel. 13 It will come about also in that day that a great ^astrumpet will be blown, and those who were perishing in the land of ^atAssyria and who were scattered in the land of Egypt will come and ^auworship the Lord in the holy mountain at Jerusalem.