Isaiah 27:1-6

1 On that day the LORD will use his fierce and powerful sword to punish Leviathan, that slippery snake, Leviathan, that twisting snake. He will kill that monster which lives in the sea.

2 On that day sing about a delightful vineyard.

3 I, the LORD, watch over it. I water it continually. I watch over it day and night so that no one will harm it.

4 I am no longer angry. If only thorns and briars would confront me! I would fight them in battle and set all of them on fire.

5 Or else let them come to me for protection. Let them make peace with me. Yes, let them make peace with me.

6 In times to come Jacob will take root. Israel will blossom, bud, and fill the whole world with fruit.

Isaiah 27:1-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH 27

This chapter refers to the same times as the two foregoing ones Isa 25:1-26:21; and is a continuation of the same song, or rather a new one on the same occasion; it is prophetical of the last times, and of what shall be done in them, as the destruction of the antichristian powers, and Satan at the head of them, Isa 27:1 the happy state of the church, and its fruitfulness under the care and protection of the Lord, and his affection for it, Isa 27:2-4 its peace, prosperity, and flourishing condition, Isa 27:5,6 the nature, use, and end of all its afflictions and chastisements, Isa 27:7-9 the ruin and destruction of the city of Rome, and its inhabitants, and of its whole jurisdiction, Isa 27:10,11 a great gathering and conversion of the Lord's people, both Jews and Gentiles, by the ministry of the Gospel, Isa 27:12,13.