Isaiah 27

Leviathan Slain

27On that day the Lord with His harsh, great, and strong sword, will bring judgment on Leviathan, ^cthe fleeing serpent—Leviathan, the twisting serpent. He will slay the monster that is in the sea. ^d

The Lord’s Vineyard

²On that day

sing about a desirable vineyard: ^e

³I, Yahweh, watch over it;

I water it regularly.

I guard it night and day

so that no one disturbs it.

⁴I am not angry,

but if it produces thorns and briers ^ffor Me,

I will fight against it, trample it,

and burn it 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. ^g

Israel will blossom and bloom ^h

and fill the whole world with fruit.

⁷Did the Lord strike Israel

as He struck the one who struck Israel? ⁱ

Was he killed like those killed by Him?

⁸You disputed with her

by banishing and driving her away. ^j

He removed her with His severe storm

on the day of the east wind.

⁹Therefore Jacob’s iniquity ^kwill be purged in this way,

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

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 deserted,

pastures abandoned and forsaken 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. ^m

Therefore their Maker ⁿwill not have compassion on them,

and their Creator will not be gracious to them.

¹²On that day ^o

the Lord will thresh grain from the Euphrates River

as far as the Wadi of Egypt, ^p

and you Israelites will be gathered one by one.

¹³On that day

a great trumpet ^qwill 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.