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Isaiah 27:2–6

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27:2When that time comes,5

sing about a delightful vineyard!6

27:3I, the Lord, protect it;7

I water it regularly.8

I guard it night and day,

so no one can harm it.9

27:4I am not angry.

I wish I could confront some thorns and briers!

Then I would march against them10 for battle;

I would set them11 all on fire,

27:5unless they became my subjects12

and made peace with me;

let them make peace with me.13

27:6The time is coming when Jacob will take root;14

Israel will blossom and grow branches.

The produce15 will fill the surface of the world.16

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Footnotes

  1. 5 Heb “in that day” (so ).
  2. 6 Heb “vineyard of delight,” or “vineyard of beauty.” Many medieval read כֶּרֶם חֶמֶר (kerem khemer, “vineyard of wine”), i.e., “a productive vineyard.”
  3. 7 Heb “her.” Apparently “vineyard” is the antecedent, though normally this noun is understood as masculine (see Lev 25:3, however).
  4. 8 Or perhaps, “constantly.” Heb “by moments.”
  5. 9 Heb “lest [someone] visit [harm] upon it, night and day I guard it.”
  6. 10 Heb “it.” The feminine singular suffix apparently refers back to the expression “thorns and briers,” understood in a collective sense. For other examples of a cohortative expressing resolve after a hypothetical statement introduced by נָתַן with מִי (mi̠ with natan), see Judg 9:29; Jer 9:1–2; Ps 55:6.
  7. 11 Heb “it.” The feminine singular suffix apparently refers back to the expression “thorns and briers,” understood in a collective sense.
  8. 12 Heb “or let him take hold of my refuge.” The subject of the third masculine singular verb form is uncertain. Apparently the symbolic “thorns and briers” are in view, though in v. 4b a feminine singular pronoun was used to refer to them.
  9. 13 The Hebrew text has, “he makes peace with me, peace he makes with me.” Some contend that two alternative readings are preserved here and one should be deleted. The first has the object שָׁלוֹם (shalom, “peace”) preceding the verb עָשָׂה (’asah, “make”); the second reverses the order. Another option is to retain both statements, although repetitive, to emphasize the need to make peace with Yahweh.
  10. 14 The Hebrew text reads literally, “the coming ones, let Jacob take root.” הַבָּאִים (habba’im, “the coming ones”) should probably be emended to יָמִים בָאִים (yamim va’im, “days [are] coming”) or בְּיָמִים הַבָּאִים (biyamim habba’im, “in the coming days”).
  11. 15 Heb “fruit” (so , , , , , ).
  12. 16 This apparently refers to a future population explosion. See 26:18.

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In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

In that day,

“A pleasant vineyard, sing of it!

I, the Lord, am its keeper;

every moment I water it.

Lest anyone punish it,

I keep it night and day;

I have no wrath.

Would that I had thorns and briers to battle!

I would march against them,

I would burn them up together.

Or let them lay hold of my protection,

let them make peace with me,

let them make peace with me.”

In days to come Jacob shall take root,

Israel shall blossom and put forth shoots

and fill the whole world with fruit.

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

NIVNew International Version (2011)

In that day—

“Sing about a fruitful vineyard:

I, the Lord, watch over it;

I water it continually.

I guard it day and night

so that no one may harm it.

I am not angry.

If only there were briers and thorns confronting me!

I would march against them in battle;

I would set them all on fire.

Or else let them come to me for refuge;

let them make peace with me,

yes, let them make peace with me.”

In days to come Jacob will take root,

Israel will bud and blossom

and fill all the world with fruit.

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

On that day

sing about a desirable vineyard:

I am the Lord, who watches over it

to water it regularly.

So that no one disturbs it,

I watch over it night and day.

I am not angry.

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

I would trample them

and burn them to the ground.

Or let it take hold of my strength;

let it make peace with me—

make peace with me.

In days to come, Jacob will take root.

Israel will blossom and bloom

and fill the whole world with fruit.

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

“In that day,

sing about the fruitful vineyard.

I, the Lord, will watch over it,

watering it carefully.

Day and night I will watch so no one can harm it.

My anger will be gone.

If I find briers and thorns growing,

I will attack them;

I will burn them up—

unless they turn to me for help.

Let them make peace with me;

yes, let them make peace with me.”

The time is coming when Jacob’s descendants will take root.

Israel will bud and blossom

and fill the whole earth with fruit!

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

On that day:

“A vineyard of beauty! Sing in praise of it!

I, Yahweh, am her keeper;

I water it again and again.

Lest one afflict harm on it,

I guard it night and day;

I have no wrath.

Whatever gives me thorns and briers,

I will step forth against in battle.

I will set it on fire altogether.

Or let it grasp at my protection;

let it make peace with me;

peace let it make with me.”

Days are coming, let Jacob take root;

Israel will blossom and send out shoots,

and they will fill the face of the world with fruit.

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press

KJV 1900King James Version

In that day sing ye unto her,

A vineyard of red wine.

I the Lord do keep it;

I will water it every moment:

Lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day.

Fury is not in me:

Who would set the briers and thorns against me in battle?

I would go through them, I would burn them together.

Or let him take hold of my strength,

That he may make peace with me;

And he shall make peace with me.

He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root:

Israel shall blossom and bud,

And fill the face of the world with fruit.

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