Isaiah 27:3

I am a strong city, a city in a siege: in vain shall I water it; for it shall be taken by night, and by day the wall shall fall.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day.

In Context

2In that day there shall be a fair vineyard, and a desire to commence a song concerning it.

4There is no woman that has not taken hold of it; who will set me to watch stubble in the field? because of this enemy I have set her aside; therefore on this account the Lord has done all that he appointed.

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Cross References

Genesis 9:9And behold I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you,

1 Samuel 2:9granting his petition to him that prays; and he blesses the years of the righteous, for by strength cannot man prevail.

Psalms 46:5He has chosen out his inheritance for us, the beauty of Jacob which he loved. Pause.

Psalms 121:3Jerusalem is built as a city whose fellowship is complete.

Isaiah 35:6Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the stammerers shall speak plainly; for water has burst forth in the desert, and a channel of water in a thirsty land.

Isaiah 44:3For I will give water to the thirsty that walk in a dry land: I will put my Spirit upon thy seed, and my blessings upon thy children:

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 27:2-7

The Doom of Persecutors; The Privilege of Saints. ( b. c. 718.) 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. 2 In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine. 3 I the Lord do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt 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… Read the whole commentary →

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