Isaiah 27

LEVIATHAN SLAIN

27On that day the Lord with his relentless, large, strong sword will bring judgment on Leviathan,^q the fleeing serpent—Leviathan, the twisting serpent. He will slay the monster that is in the sea.^r

THE LORD’S VINEYARD

²On that day

sing about a desirable vineyard:^a

³I am the Lord, who watches over it

to water it regularly.

So that no one disturbs it,

I watch over it night and day.

⁴I am not angry.

If only there were thorns and briers^b for me to battle,

I would trample them

and burn them to the ground.

⁵Or let it take hold of my strength;

let it make peace with me—

make peace with me.

⁶In days to come, Jacob will take root.^c

Israel will blossom and bloom^d

and fill the whole world with fruit.

⁷Did the Lord strike Israel

as he struck the one who struck Israel?^e

Was Israel killed like those killed by the Lord?

⁸You disputed with Israel

by banishing and driving her away.^A

He removed her with his severe storm

on the day of the east wind.

⁹Therefore Jacob’s iniquity^f will be atoned for in this way,

and the result of the removal of his sin will be this:^g

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 will be desolate,

pastures deserted and abandoned like a wilderness.

Calves will graze there,

and there they will spread out and strip its branches.

¹¹When 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.^h

Therefore their Makerⁱ will not have compassion on them,

and their Creator will not be gracious to them.

¹²On that day^j

the Lord will thresh grain from the Euphrates River

as far as the Wadi of Egypt,^k

and you Israelites will be gathered one by one.

¹³On that day

a great trumpet^l 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.