Isaiah 27:1
On that day will the Lord punish with his heavy and great and strong sword leviathan the flying serpent, and leviathan the crooked servant; and he will slay the crocodile that is in the sea.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
2On that day sing ye a song of the vineyard of excellent wine.
Cross References
Job 3:8Let those denounce it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning cry.
Job 26:13By his breath the heavens [acquired] beauty; his hand hath created the flying serpent.
Psalms 45:3(45:4) Gird thy sword upon the thigh, O mighty one, [it is] thy glory and thy majesty;
Psalms 104:26There the ships make their way: [there also] is the leviathan, whom thou hast made to sport therein.
Isaiah 34:5For my sword is sated in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Edom, and upon the people I have devoted to punishment.
Isaiah 65:25The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall like the bullock eat straw: and the serpent—dust shall be his food. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the Lord.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 27:1
In this chapter the prophet goes on to show, I. What great things God would do for his church and people, which should now shortly be accomplished in the deliverance of Jerusalem from Sennacherib and the destruction of the Assyrian army; but it is expressed generally, for the encouragement of the church in after ages, with reference to the power and prevalency of her enemies. 1. That proud oppressors should be reckoned with, ver. 1 . 2. That care should be taken of the church, as of God's vineyard, ver. 2, 3 . 3.… Read the whole commentary →