Isaiah · King James Version (with Apocrypha)
Isaiah 27 King James Version (with Apocrypha)
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1 In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that [is] in the sea.
1 In that day, Yahweh with his hard and great and strong sword will punish leviathan, the fleeing serpent, and leviathan, the twisted serpent; and he will kill the dragon that is in the sea.
2 In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine.
2 In that day, sing to her, “A pleasant vineyard!
3 I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest [any] hurt it, I will keep it night and day.
3 I, Yahweh, am its keeper. I will water it every moment. Lest anyone damage it, I will keep it night and day.
4 Fury [is] not in me: who would set the briers [and] thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together.
4 Wrath is not in me, but if I should find briers and thorns, I would do battle! I would march on them and I would burn them together.
5 Or let him take hold of my strength, [that] he may make peace with me; [and] he shall make peace with me.
5 Or else let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me. Let him make peace with me.”
6 He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.
6 In days to come, Jacob will take root. Israel will blossom and bud. They will fill the surface of the world with fruit.
7 ¶ Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him? [or] is he slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him?
7 Has he struck them as he struck those who struck them? Or are they killed like those who killed them were killed?
8 In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.
8 In measure, when you send them away, you contend with them. He has removed them with his rough blast in the day of the east wind.
9 By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this [is] all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up.
9 Therefore by this the iniquity of Jacob will be forgiven, and this is all the fruit of taking away his sin: that he makes all the stones of the altar as chalk stones that are beaten in pieces, so that the Asherah poles and the incense altars shall rise no more.
10 Yet the defenced city [shall be] desolate, [and] the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof.
10 For the fortified city is solitary, a habitation deserted and forsaken, like the wilderness. The calf will feed there, and there he will lie down, and consume its branches.
11 When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, [and] set them on fire: for it [is] a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.
11 When its boughs are withered, they will be broken off. The women will come and set them on fire, for they are a people of no understanding. Therefore he who made them will not have compassion on them, and he who formed them will show them no favor.
12 ¶ And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the LORD shall beat off from the channel of the river unto the stream of Egypt, and ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel.
12 It will happen in that day that Yahweh will thresh from the flowing stream of the Euphrates to the brook of Egypt; and you will be gathered one by one, children of Israel.
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem.
13 It will happen in that day that a great trumpet will be blown; and those who were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and those who were outcasts in the land of Egypt, shall come; and they will worship Yahweh in the holy mountain at Jerusalem.
Cross references (13)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Ezekiel 29:3; Isaiah 51:9; Isaiah 66:16; Revelation 12:3–13:2; Revelation 20:2
- 2 Jeremiah 2:21; Psalm 80:8–19; Isaiah 5:1–7; Numbers 21:17; Luke 20:9–18
- 3 Isaiah 58:11; John 15:1–2; 1 Samuel 2:9; Psalm 121:3–5; Ezekiel 37:14
- 4 Isaiah 10:17; Hebrews 6:8; Matthew 3:12; Psalm 85:3; 2 Samuel 23:6
- 5 Isaiah 25:4; Job 22:21; Ephesians 2:16–17; Isaiah 57:19; Isaiah 26:3–4
- 6 Isaiah 37:31; Hosea 14:5–6; Romans 11:16–26; Isaiah 54:1–3; Hosea 2:23
- 7 Isaiah 37:36–38; Jeremiah 30:11–16; Jeremiah 51:24; Daniel 2:31–35; Jeremiah 50:40
- 8 Ezekiel 19:12; Jeremiah 4:11; Jeremiah 10:24; Hosea 4:1; 1 Peter 1:6
- 9 Isaiah 48:10; Romans 11:27; Isaiah 17:8; Daniel 11:35; Zechariah 13:2
- 10 Isaiah 17:2; Isaiah 32:13–14; Micah 3:12; Jeremiah 26:6; Isaiah 17:9
- 11 Isaiah 44:24; Isaiah 1:3; Isaiah 43:7; Isaiah 43:1; Jeremiah 8:7
- 12 Genesis 15:18; Isaiah 56:8; Deuteronomy 30:3–4; Nehemiah 1:9; Isaiah 17:6
- 13 Matthew 24:31; Leviticus 25:9; Hebrews 12:22; Isaiah 19:23–25; Zechariah 14:16
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What the Fathers said
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
Even as Esaias saith, "The children of Jacob shall strike root, and Israel shall flourish, and the whole world shall be filled with his fruit." The fruit, therefore, having been sown throughout all the world, she (Jerusalem) was deservedly forsaken, and those things which had formerly brought forth fruit abundantly were taken away; for from these, according to the flesh, …
And Esaias knowing the feebleness of the Chief Priests, and the women's strength of faith, says, Ye women, who come from beholding, come hither; for the people hath no understanding;--the Chief Priests want understanding, while women are eye-witnesses.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)