Isaiah 27:4
There 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.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
5I am burned up; they that dwell in her shall cry, Let us make peace with him, let us make peace,
Cross References
2 Samuel 23:6All these are as a thorn thrust forth, 1 For they shall not be taken with the hand, 1
Psalms 85:3Pity me, O Lord: for to thee will I cry all the day. 1
Isaiah 9:18The whole earth is set on fire because of the fierce anger of the Lord, and the people shall be as men burned by fire: no man shall pity his brother.
Isaiah 12:1And in that day thou shalt say, I will bless thee, O Lord; for thou wast angry with me, but thou hast turned aside thy wrath, and hast pitied me.
Isaiah 54:6The Lord has not called thee as a deserted and faint-hearted woman, nor as a woman hated from her youth, saith thy God.
Ezekiel 16:63that thou mayest remember, and be ashamed, and mayest no more be able to open thy mouth for thy shame, when I am reconciled to thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord.
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 →