Isaiah 27:1
In that day the Lord with his sore and great and mightie sword shall visite Liuiathan, that pearcing serpent, euen Liuiathan, that crooked serpent, and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
2In that daye sing of the vineyarde of redde wine.
Cross References
Job 3:8Let them that curse the day, (being readie to renue their mourning) curse it.
Job 26:13His Spirite hath garnished the heauens, and his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.
Psalms 45:3Gird thy sword vpon thy thigh, O most mightie, to wit, thy worship and thy glory,
Psalms 104:26There goe the shippes, yea, that Liuiathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.
Isaiah 34:5For my sword shalbe drunken in the heauen: beholde, it shall come downe vpon Edom, euen vpon the people of my curse to iudgement.
Isaiah 65:25The wolfe and the lambe shall feede together, and the lyon shall eate strawe like the bullocke: and to the serpent dust shall be his meate. They shall no more hurt nor destroy in all mine holy Mountaine, saith 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 →