Isaiah 27

Berean Standard Bible

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In that day, the LORD will punish Leviathan the fleeing and coiling serpent with His mighty sword and slay the dragon of the sea. He commands a song about a well-guarded, fruitful vineyard and declares that Jacob and Israel will take root, blossom, and fill the world with fruit. Although the LORD contended with Israel through warfare and exile, this discipline atones for Jacob's guilt and results in the destruction of idolatrous altar stones and Asherah poles. Meanwhile, the fortified city is left deserted and abandoned, with its dry branches broken off for firewood by the people. Finally, the LORD will thresh grain from the Euphrates to the Wadi of Egypt, gathering the Israelites one by one. A great ram’s horn will sound, and those perishing in Assyria and exiled in Egypt will return to worship the LORD on the holy mountain in Jerusalem.

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¹In 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. ²In that day: “Sing about a fruitful vineyard. ³I, the LORD, am its keeper; I water it continually. I guard it night and day so no one can disturb it; ⁴I am not angry. If only thorns and briers confronted Me, I would march and trample them, I would burn them to the ground. ⁵Or let them lay claim to My protection; let them make peace with Me— yes, let them make peace with Me.” ⁶In the days to come, Jacob will take root. Israel will bud and blossom and fill the whole world with fruit. ⁷Has the LORD struck Israel as He struck her oppressors? Was she killed like those who slayed her? ⁸By warfare and exile You contended with her and removed her with a fierce wind, as on the day the east wind blows. ⁹Therefore 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. ¹⁰For 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. ¹¹When 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. ¹²In 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. ¹³And 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.

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