Isaiah 27

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

1 Ref In that day lay a charge doth Jehovah, With his sword -- the sharp, and the great, and the strong, On leviathan -- a fleeing serpent, And on leviathan -- a crooked serpent, And He hath slain the dragon that `is' in the sea.

2 Ref In that day, `A desirable vineyard,' respond ye to her,

3 Ref I, Jehovah, am its keeper, every moment I water it, Lest any lay a charge against it, Night and day I keep it!

4 Ref Fury is not in Me; Who giveth Me a brier -- a thorn in battle? I step into it, I burn it at once.

5 Ref Or -- he doth take hold on My strength, He doth make peace with Me, Peace he doth make with Me.

6 Ref Those coming in He causeth to take root, Jacob doth blossom, and flourished hath Israel, And they have filled the face of the world `with' increase.

7 Ref As the smiting of his smiter hath He smitten him? As the slaying of his slain doth He slay?

8 Ref In measure, in sending it forth, thou strivest with it, He hath taken away by His sharp wind, In the day of an east wind,

9 Ref Therefore by this is the iniquity of Jacob covered, And this `is' all the fruit -- To take away his sin, in His setting all the stones of an altar, As chalkstones beaten in pieces, They rise not -- shrines and images.

10 Ref For the fenced city `is' alone, A habitation cast out and forsaken as a wilderness, There doth the calf delight, And there it lieth down, And hath consumed its branches.

11 Ref In the withering of its branch it is broken off, Women are coming in setting it on fire, For it `is' not a people of understanding, Therefore pity it not doth its Maker, And its Former doth not favour it.

12 Ref And it hath come to pass, in that day, Beat out doth Jehovah from the branch of the river, Unto the stream of Egypt, And ye are gathered one by one, O sons of Israel.

13 Ref And it hath come to pass, in that day, It is blown with a great trumpet, And come in have those perishing in the land of Asshur, And those cast out in the land of Egypt, And have bowed themselves to Jehovah, In the holy mount -- in 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.

American Standard-ASV1901 (ASV)

1 Ref In that day Jehovah with his hard and great and strong sword will punish leviathan the swift serpent, and leviathan the crooked serpent; and he will slay the monster that is in the sea.

2 Ref In that day: A vineyard of wine, sing ye unto it.

3 Ref I Jehovah 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 upon them, I would burn them together.

5 Ref Or else let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; `yea', 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 face of the world with fruit.

7 Ref Hath he smitten them as he smote those that smote them? or are they slain according to the slaughter of them that were slain by them?

8 Ref In measure, when thou sendest them away, thou dost content with them; he hath 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 maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones 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 thereof.

11 Ref When the boughs thereof 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 that made them will not have compassion upon them, and he that formed them will show them no favor.

12 Ref And it shall come to pass in that day, that Jehovah will beat off `his fruit' from the flood of the River unto the brook 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 a great trumpet shall be blown; and they shall come that were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and they that were outcasts in the land of Egypt; and they shall worship Jehovah in the holy mountain at Jerusalem.

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