Isaiah, 27
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. On that day, with his fierce, strong, and powerful sword, Yahweh will punish Leviathan, the twisting serpent always fleeing; he will slay the dragon of the sea.
2. In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine.
2. On that day, he will say, "Praise my fruitful 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 water it every moment. So that no one will harm it, day and night I guard it."
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. "I have no wall, who will cleanse me from thorns?" "I myself will march against them, I will burn them altogether.
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 if they come to me for refuge, let them make peace with me, yes, let them 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 bear many a shoot and fill the face of the earth 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 Yahweh beaten them as he beat those who beat them? Has he slain them as he slew those who slew them?
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. With expulsion and exile the city has been punished; with a blast as fierce as a storm from the east, she has been pursued and carried off.
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. By this, therefore, the guilt of Jacob will be expiated and he will atone for his sins when he pulverizes all the altar stones like chalkstones crushed to pieces. No more Asherah poles or incense altars!
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 abandoned: it lies deserted now, a forsaken habitation left like a wilderness. There the calves graze, there they lie down, and there they strip bare 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. Its dry boughs are broken; women come and make fire with them. This is a people without understanding; therefore their Maker will not spare them; he will not show compassion on them.
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. On that day, between the Euphrates and the Wadi of Egypt, Yahweh will thresh out the grain. One by one you will be gleaned, O people 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. On that day a great trumpet will blow, and those who were perishing in the land of Assyria and those who were driven out to the land of Egypt will return to worship the Lord on the mountain in Jerusalem.
