Isaiah 27:1

In Yom Hahu Hashem 1 with His cherev hakashah v'hagedolah v'hachazakah (terrible and great and strong sword) 1 shall punish Leviathan the Nachash bari'ach (fleeing serpent), 1 even Leviathan that Nachash akallaton (crooked serpent); 1 and He shall slay the Tanin (serpent, devouring sea monster) that is in the sea. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2In Yom Hahu sing ye about her, 1 A kerem (vineyard) of fruitfulness. 1

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Cross References

Job 3:8Let the kokhavim of the dawn thereof be dark; 1 let it look for ohr, but have none; 1 neither let it see the dawning of the shachar, 1

Job 26:13By His Ruach He hath made fair Shomayim; 1 His yad hath pierced the fleeing nachash. 1

Psalms 45:3Thou art fairer than Bnei Adam; 1 chen (grace, favor) is poured upon Thy sfatayim (lips); 1 therefore Elohim hath blessed Thee l'olam. + 45:3 T.N. The coming Messianic King is called Elohim Ps 45:6 [7] just as this coming personage is called El Gibbor in Isa 9:5 ; see MJ 1:8 ; The Targumist renders Ps 45:2 [3] as a reference to Moshiach. 1

Psalms 104:26There go the oniyyot (ships); 1 there is that Leviathan, whom Thou hast made lesakhek (to play, to sport, to frolic) therein. 1

Isaiah 34:5For My cherev shall be satiated in Shomayim; hinei, 1 it shall come down upon Edom, 1 and shall descend on the Am (people) of My Cherem (ban of destruction) in mishpat. 1

Isaiah 65:25The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, 1 and the lion shall eat straw like the ox; 1 and aphar shall be the lechem of the nachash. 1 They shall not hurt nor destroy 1 in all My Har Kadosh, 1 saith Hashem. + 65:25 T.N. This last chapter makes a reference to Gehinnom and the just retribution coming

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 →

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