Isaiah 27
27:1 At that time1 the
with his destructive,2 great, and powerful sword
Leviathan the fast-moving3 serpent,
Leviathan the squirming serpent;
he will kill the sea monster.4
27:2 When that time comes,5
sing about a delightful vineyard!6
27:3 I, the
I water it regularly.8
I guard it night and day,
so no one can harm it.9
I wish I could confront some thorns and briers!
Then I would march against them10 for battle;
I would set them11 all on fire,
27:5 unless they became my subjects12
and made peace with me;
let them make peace with me.13
27:6 The time is coming when Jacob will take root;14
Israel will blossom and grow branches.
The produce15 will fill the surface of the world.16
27:7 Has the
Has Israel been killed like their enemies?18
27:8 When you summon her for divorce, you prosecute her;19
he drives her away20 with his strong wind in the day of the east wind.21
27:9 So in this way Jacob’s sin will be forgiven,22
and this is how they will show they are finished sinning:23
They will make all the stones of the altars24
like crushed limestone,
and the Asherah poles and the incense altars will no longer stand.25
27:10 For the fortified city26 is left alone;
it is a deserted settlement
and abandoned like the desert.
Calves27 graze there;
they lie down there
and eat its branches bare.28
27:11 When its branches get brittle,29 they break;
women come and use them for kindling.30
For these people lack understanding,31
therefore the one who made them has no compassion on them;
the one who formed them has no mercy on them.
27:12 At that time32 the