Isaiah 27:1-6

1 In that day Jehovah, with his sore and great and strong sword, will visit leviathan the fleeing serpent, and leviathan the crooked serpent; and he will slay the monster that is in the sea.

2 In that day [there shall be] a vineyard of pure wine; sing concerning it:

3 I Jehovah keep it, I will water it every moment; lest any harm it, I will keep it night and day.

4 Fury is not in me. Oh that I had briars [and] thorns in battle against me! I would march against them, I would burn them together.

5 Or let him take hold of my strength; let him make peace with me: [yea,] let him make peace with me.

6 In the future Jacob shall take root; Israel shall blossom and bud, and they shall fill the face of 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.

Footnotes

• [a]. As Job 3.8.
• [b]. Or 'straight.'
• [c]. See Note, ch. 19.5.
• [d]. Or 'a pleasant vineyard:' see Amos 5.11.
• [e]. 'Sing in turn,' or 'alternately:' see Ex. 32.18.
• [f]. Lit. 'punish,' 'visit,' as ver. 1.
• [g]. Or 'he made.'