Isaiah 27:2
At that time, Yahweh will say, “You Israeli people, who are like [MET] a fruitful vineyard, must sing!
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine.
In Context
Cross References
Numbers 21:17There the Israelis sang this song: “O well, give us water! Sing about this well!
Psalms 80:9Like people clear ground to plant a grapevine [MET], you cleared out the people who were living in this land for us to live in it. Like the roots of a grapevine go deep down into the ground and spread [MET], you enabled our ancestors to prosper and start living in towns all over this land.
Jeremiah 2:21It is as though [MET] you were a grapevine that I planted when it was a cutting from a very good vine. So now it is disgusting that [RHQ] you have become like a rotten worthless vine.
Luke 20:9Then Jesus told the people this parable to illustrate what God would do to the Jews who rejected the former prophets and himself: “A certain man planted a vineyard. He rented the vineyard to some men to care for it and to give him some of the grapes in return. Then he went to another country and stayed there several years.
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 →