Isaiah 27
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 them, I would burn * them together.
5. Or let him take hold * of my strength,that he may make * peace with me; and he shall make * peace with me.
6. He shall cause them that come * of Jacob to take root * : Israel shall blossom * and bud * , and fill * the face of the world with fruit.
7. Hath he smitten * him, as he smote those that smote * him? or is he slain * according to the slaughter of them that are slain * by him?
8. In measure, when it shooteth forth * , thou wilt debate * with it: he stayeth * his rough wind in the day of the east wind.
9. By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged * ; and this is all the fruit to take away * his sin; when he maketh * all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder * , the groves and images shall not stand up * .
10. Yet the defenced * city shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken * , and left * like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed * , and there shall he lie down * , and consume * the branches thereof.
11. When the boughs thereof are withered * , they shall be broken off * : the women come * , and set them on fire * : for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made * them will not have mercy * on them, and he that formed * them will shew them no favour * .
12. And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall beat off * from the channel of the river unto the stream of Egypt, and ye shall be gathered * one by one, O ye children of Israel.
13. And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown * , and they shall come * which were ready to perish * in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts * in the land of Egypt, and shall worship * the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem.
