Isaiah 27:1
In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the swift serpent, and leviathan the crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
2In that day: A vineyard of wine, sing ye unto it.
Cross References
Job 3:8Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to rouse up leviathan.
Job 26:13By his spirit the heavens are garnished; his hand hath pierced the swift serpent.
Psalms 45:3Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O mighty one, thy glory and thy majesty.
Psalms 104:26There go the ships; there is leviathan, whom thou hast formed to take his pastime therein.
Isaiah 34:5For my sword hath drunk its fill in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Edom, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.
Isaiah 65:25The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the ox: and dust shall be the serpent’s meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, 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 →