Isaiah 27:1-6

Deliverance of Israel

1 In that day, the LORD will punish with his sword— his fierce, great and powerful sword— Leviathan the gliding serpent, Leviathan the coiling serpent; he will slay the monster of the sea.
2 In that day— “Sing about a fruitful vineyard:
3 I, the LORD, watch over it; I water it continually. I guard it day and night so that no one may harm it.
4 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.
5 Or else let them come to me for refuge; let them make peace with me, yes, let them make peace with me.”
6 In days to come Jacob will take root, Israel will bud and blossom and fill all the 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.

Cross References 17

  • 1. ver 13; S Isaiah 2:11; Isaiah 28:5
  • 2. S Genesis 3:24; S Deuteronomy 32:41; Isaiah 31:8; Isaiah 34:6; Isaiah 65:12; Isaiah 66:16; Ezekiel 21:3; Nahum 3:15
  • 3. S Job 3:8
  • 4. Job 26:13
  • 5. S Psalms 68:30; S Psalms 74:13; Revelation 12:9
  • 6. Isaiah 24:21
  • 7. S Isaiah 5:1
  • 8. Jeremiah 2:21
  • 9. Isaiah 58:11
  • 10. S Psalms 91:4; S Isaiah 5:2
  • 11. S John 6:39
  • 12. S ver 11; S Isaiah 10:17; Matthew 3:12; Hebrews 6:8
  • 13. S Isaiah 25:4
  • 14. S Job 22:21; S Psalms 119:165; Romans 5:1; 2 Corinthians 5:20
  • 15. S 2 Kings 19:30; Isaiah 11:10
  • 16. S Genesis 40:10; Hosea 14:5-6
  • 17. S Psalms 72:16; Isaiah 11:1; Isaiah 37:31; Ezekiel 17:23; Ezekiel 36:8; Hosea 14:8
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