Isaiah 27:1
In that day, the LORD with his hard and great and strong sword will punish leviathan, the fleeing serpent, and leviathan, the twisted serpent; and he will kill the dragon that is in the sea.
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In Context
2In that day, sing to her, “A pleasant vineyard!
Cross References
Job 3:8Let them curse it who curse the day, who are ready to rouse up leviathan.
Job 26:13By his Spirit the heavens are garnished. His hand has pierced the swift serpent.
Psalms 45:3Strap your sword on your thigh, O mighty one, in your splendor and your majesty.
Psalms 104:26There the ships go, and leviathan, whom you formed to play there.
Isaiah 34:5For my sword has drunk its fill in the sky. Behold, it will come down on Edom, and on the people of my curse, for judgment.
Isaiah 65:25The wolf and the lamb will feed together. The lion will eat straw like the ox. Dust will be the serpent’s food. They will not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain,” says 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 →