Isaiah 27

¹Isaiah 27:1. In that day the LORD will take His sharp, great, and mighty sword, and bring judgment on Leviathan the fleeing serpent—Leviathan the coiling serpent—and He will slay the dragon of the sea.

²Isaiah 27:2. In that day: “Sing about a fruitful vineyard.³Isaiah 27:3. I, the LORD, am its keeper; I water it continually. I guard it night and day so no one can disturb it;⁴Isaiah 27:4. I am not angry. If only thorns and briers confronted Me, I would march and trample them, I would burn them to the ground.⁵Isaiah 27:5. Or let them lay claim to My protection; let them make peace with Me—yes, let them make peace with Me.”⁶Isaiah 27:6. In the days to come, Jacob will take root. Israel will bud and blossom and fill the whole world with fruit.⁷Isaiah 27:7. Has the LORD struck Israel as He struck her oppressors? Was she killed like those who slayed her?⁸Isaiah 27:8. By warfare and exile You contended with her and removed her with a fierce wind, as on the day the east wind blows.⁹Isaiah 27:9. Therefore Jacob’s guilt will be atoned for, and the full fruit of the removal of his sin will be this: When he makes all the altar stones like crushed bits of chalk, no Asherah poles or incense altars will remain standing.¹⁰Isaiah 27:10. For the fortified city lies deserted—a homestead abandoned, a wilderness forsaken. There the calves graze, and there they lie down; they strip its branches bare.¹¹Isaiah 27:11. When its limbs are dry, they are broken off. Women come and use them for kindling; for this is a people without understanding. Therefore their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor.¹²Isaiah 27:12. In that day the LORD will thresh from the flowing Euphrates to the Wadi of Egypt, and you, O Israelites, will be gathered one by one.¹³Isaiah 27:13. And in that day a great ram’s horn will sound, and those who were perishing in Assyria will come forth with those who were exiles in Egypt. And they will worship the LORD on the holy mountain in Jerusalem.