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Isaiah 27

The Redemption of Israel

1 In that day the Lord with his hard and great and strong ^asword will punish ^bLeviathan the fleeing serpent, ^cLeviathan the twisting serpent, and he will slay ^dthe dragon that is in the sea.

2 In that day,
^e“A pleasant vineyard, ^{▼

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Many Hebrew manuscripts A vineyard of wine} ^gsing of it!
3 I, the Lord, am its keeper;
every moment I water it.
Lest anyone punish it,
I keep it night and day;
4 I have no wrath.
^hWould that I had thorns and briers to battle!
I would march against them,
I would burn them up together.
5 Or let them lay hold of my protection,
let them make peace with me,
let them make peace with me.”
6 ⁱIn days to come ^{▼

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Hebrew In those to come} Jacob shall take root,
Israel shall blossom and put forth shoots
and fill the whole world with fruit.
7 ^kHas he struck them ^las he struck those who struck them?
Or have they been slain ^mas their slayers were slain?
8 ⁿMeasure by measure ^{▼

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Or By driving her away; the meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain} by exile you contended with them;
^phe removed them with his fierce breath ^{▼

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Or wind} in the day of the east wind.
9 Therefore by this ^rthe guilt of Jacob will be atoned for,
and this will be the full fruit of the removal of his sin: ^{▼

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Septuagint and this is the blessing when I take away his sin}
^twhen he makes all the stones of the altars
like chalkstones crushed to pieces,
no ^uAsherim or incense altars will remain standing.
10 ^vFor the fortified city is solitary,
a habitation deserted and forsaken, like the wilderness;
there the calf grazes;
there it lies down and strips its branches.
11 When its boughs are dry, they are broken;
women come and make a fire of them.
^wFor this is a people without discernment;
therefore he who made them will not have compassion on them;
he who formed them will show them no favor.

12 In that day ^xfrom the river Euphrates ^{▼

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Hebrew from the River} to the Brook of Egypt the Lord will thresh out the grain, and you will be gleaned one by one, O people of Israel. 13 And in that day ^za great trumpet will be blown, ^aaand those who were lost in the land of Assyria and those who were driven out to the land of Egypt ^abwill come and worship the Lord on the holy mountain at Jerusalem.