Isaiah 27:1
On that day Yahweh with his hard, great and fierce sword 1 will punish Leviathan the slithering serpent, Leviathan the squirming serpent, 1 and he will kill the monster that is in the sea. 1
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2In that day: A vineyard of wine, sing of it. 1
Cross References
Job 3:8May they curse that day, 1 those who know how to wake up Leviathan. 1
Job 26:13By his breath he made the skies clear; 1 his hand pierced the fleeing serpent. 1
Psalms 45:3Put your sword on your side, mighty one, 1 in your glory and your majesty. 1
Psalms 104:26The ships travel there, 1 and Leviathan is also there, which you formed to play in the sea. 1
Isaiah 34:5For when my sword will have drunk its fill in heaven; 1 look, it will now come down on Edom, on the people I am setting apart for destruction. 1
Isaiah 65:25The wolf and the lamb will graze together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox; 1 but dust will be the serpent's food. 1 They will no longer hurt nor destroy on all my holy mountain,” says Yahweh.
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 →