Isaiah 27

Deliverance of Israel

In that day,^a

the Lord will punish with his sword^b—

his fierce, great and powerful sword—

Leviathan^c the gliding serpent,^d

Leviathan the coiling serpent;

he will slay the monster^e of the sea.

In that day^f—

“Sing^g about a fruitful vineyard:^h

I, the Lord, watch over it;

I waterⁱ it continually.

I guard^j it day and night

so that no one may harm^k 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.^l

Or else let them come to me for refuge;^m

let them make peaceⁿ with me,

yes, let them make peace with me.”

In days to come Jacob will take root,^o

Israel will bud and blossom^p

and fill all the world with fruit.^q

Has ^⌈the Lord^⌈ struck her

as he struck^r down those who struck her?

Has she been killed

as those were killed who killed her?

By warfare and exile^s you contend with her—

with his fierce blast he drives her out,

as on a day the east wind^t blows.

By this, then, will Jacob’s guilt be atoned^u for,

and this will be the full fruit of the removal of his sin:^v

When he makes all the altar stones^w

to be like limestone crushed to pieces,

no Asherah poles^x or incense altars^y

will be left standing.

The fortified city stands desolate,^z

an abandoned settlement, forsaken^a like the wilderness;

there the calves graze,^b

there they lie down;^c

they strip its branches bare.

When its twigs are dry, they are broken off^d

and women come and make fires^e with them.

For this is a people without understanding;^f

so their Maker has no compassion on them,

and their Creator^g shows them no favor.^h

In that day the Lord will threshⁱ from the flowing Euphrates to the Wadi of Egypt,^j and you, Israel, will be gathered^k up one by one. And in that day^l a great trumpet^m will sound. Those who were perishing in Assyria and those who were exiledⁿ in Egypt^o will come and worship^p the Lord on the holy mountain^q in Jerusalem.