Isa 27 | NASB2020 | STEP | On 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

God’s Blessings for Israel

1 On 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 On that day,
“A ^{▼▼Some mss a vineyard of wine
,} ^gvineyard of beauty, 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 the world}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 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 wrongdoing 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 (Asherah)}Asherim and incense altars will not stand.
10 For the fortified city is ^ahisolated,
A ^{▼▼Lit pasture}homestead deserted and abandoned 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 On that day the Lord ^apwill thresh from the flowing stream of the ^aqEuphrates River to the brook of Egypt, and you will be ^argathered up one by one, you sons of Israel. 13 It will come about also on 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 on the holy mountain in Jerusalem.