Isaiah 27
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
1 Ref In that day the Lord, with his great and strong and cruel sword, will send punishment on Leviathan, the quick-moving snake, and on Leviathan, the twisted snake; and he will put to death the dragon which is in the sea.
2 Ref In that day it will be said, A vine-garden of delight, make a song about it.
3 Ref I, the Lord, am watching it; I will give it water at all times: I will keep it night and day, for fear that any damage comes to it.
4 Ref My passion is over: if the thorns were fighting against me, I would make an attack on them, and they would be burned up together.
5 Ref Or let him put himself under my power, and make peace with me.
6 Ref In days to come Jacob will take root: Israel will put out buds and flowers; and the face of the world will be full of fruit.
7 Ref Is his punishment like the punishment of those who overcame him? or are his dead as great in number as those he put to the sword?
8 Ref Your anger against her has been made clear by driving her away; he has taken her away with his storm-wind in the day of his east wind.
9 Ref So by this will the sin of Jacob be covered, and this is all the fruit of taking away his punishment; when all the stones of the altar are crushed together, so that the wood pillars and the sun-images will not be put up again.
10 Ref For the strong town is without men, an unpeopled living-place; and she has become a waste land: there the young ox will take his rest, and its branches will be food for him.
11 Ref When its branches are dry they will be broken off; the women will come and put fire to them: for it is a foolish people; for this cause he who made them will have no mercy on them, and he whose work they are will not have pity on them.
12 Ref And it will be in that day that the Lord will get together his grain, from the River to the stream of Egypt, and you will be got together with care, O children of Israel.
13 Ref And it will be in that day that a great horn will be sounded; and those who were wandering in the land of Assyria, and those who had been sent away into the land of Egypt, will come; and they will give worship to the Lord in the holy mountain at Jerusalem.
King James Version (KJV)
1 Ref 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.
2 Ref In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine.
3 Ref I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day.
4 Ref 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.
5 Ref Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; and he shall make peace with me.
6 Ref 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.
7 Ref 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?
8 Ref In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.
9 Ref 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.
10 Ref 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.
11 Ref 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.
12 Ref 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.
13 Ref 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.
World English Bible (WEB)
1 Ref In that day Yahweh with his hard and great and strong sword will punish leviathan the swift serpent, and leviathan the crooked serpent; and he will kill the monster that is in the sea.
2 Ref In that day: A vineyard of wine, sing you to it.
3 Ref I Yahweh am its keeper; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day.
4 Ref Wrath is not in me: would that the briers and thorns were against me in battle! I would march on them, I would burn them together.
5 Ref Or else let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; [yes], let him make peace with me.
6 Ref In days to come shall Jacob take root; Israel shall blossom and bud; and they shall fill the surface of the world with fruit.
7 Ref Has he struck them as he struck those who struck them? or are they slain according to the slaughter of those who were slain by them?
8 Ref In measure, when you send them away, you do contend with them; he has removed [them] with his rough blast in the day of the east wind.
9 Ref Therefore by this shall the iniquity of Jacob 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 sunder, [so that] the Asherim and the sun-images shall rise no more.
10 Ref For the fortified city is solitary, a habitation deserted and forsaken, like the wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches of it.
11 Ref When the boughs of it are withered, they shall be broken off; the women shall come, and set them on fire; for it is 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 Ref It shall happen in that day, that Yahweh will beat off [his fruit] from the flood of the River to the brook of Egypt; and you shall be gathered one by one, you children of Israel.
13 Ref It shall happen in that day, that a great trumpet shall be blown; and they shall come who were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and those who were outcasts in the land of Egypt; and they shall worship Yahweh in the holy mountain at Jerusalem.