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Isaiah 27

Common English Bible CEB

1 On that day, the LORD will take a great sword, harsh and mighty, and will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent, Leviathan the writhing serpent, and will kill the dragon that is in the sea.

2 On that day: Sing about a delightful vineyard!

3 I, the LORD, am its guardian. Every moment I water it; night and day I guard it from attack.

4 I'm not angry, but if it yields thorns and thistles for me, I will march to battle against it; I will torch it completely.

5 Or let them cling to me for refuge; let them make peace with me; let them make peace with me.

6 In coming days, Jacob will take root; Israel will blossom and sprout and fill the whole world with produce.

7 Did God strike Israel as he struck those who struck him? Was Israel killed as his killers were killed?

8 By frightening Jerusalem, by sending her away, you contended with her, expelling with a fierce blast on the day of the east wind.

9 By this Jacob's guilt is reconciled, and this was how his sins were finally removed: he made all the altar stones like shattered chalk, sacred poles and incense altars that couldn't stand.

10 The fortified city lies alone, a hut forsaken, abandoned like the desert. Calves graze there; they lie down there and feed on its boughs.

11 When its branches are dry, they are broken. Women come and set fire to it. These people have no understanding; therefore, their maker won't have compassion; the one who formed them won't be gracious.

12 On that day, the LORD will beat grain from the channel of the Euphrates up to the Valley of Egypt. You will be collected, Israelites, one by one.

13 On that day, a great trumpet will be played. Those who were lost in the land of Assyria and those who were scattered in the land of Egypt will come. They will bow to the LORD at his holy mountain in Jerusalem.

New Revised Standard NRS

1 On that day the Lord with his cruel and great and strong sword will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent, Leviathan the twisting serpent, and he will kill the dragon that is in the sea.

2 On that day: A pleasant vineyard, sing about it!

3 I, the Lord, am its keeper; every moment I water it. I guard it night and day so that no one can harm it;

4 I have no wrath. If it gives me thorns and briers, I will march to battle against it. I will burn it up.

5 Or else let it cling to me for protection, let it make peace with me, let it make peace with me.

6 In days to come Jacob shall take root, Israel shall blossom and put forth shoots, and fill the whole world with fruit.

7 Has he struck them down as he struck down those who struck them? Or have they been killed as their killers were killed?

8 By expulsion, by exile you struggled against them; with his fierce blast he removed them in the day of the east wind.

9 Therefore by this the guilt of Jacob will be expiated, and this will be the full fruit of the removal of his sin: when he makes all the stones of the altars like chalkstones crushed to pieces, no sacred poles or incense altars will remain standing.

10 For the fortified city is solitary, a habitation deserted and forsaken, like the wilderness; the calves graze there, there they lie down, and strip its branches.

11 When its boughs are dry, they are broken; women come and make a fire of them. For this is a people without understanding; therefore he that made them will not have compassion on them, he that formed them will show them no favor.

12 On that day the Lord will thresh from the channel of the Euphrates to the Wadi of Egypt, and you will be gathered one by one, O people of Israel.

13 And on that day a great trumpet will be blown, and those who were lost in the land of Assyria and those who were driven out to the land of Egypt will come and worship the Lord on the holy mountain at Jerusalem.