Isaiah Chapter 27

¹ At that time, Yahveh will punish Leviathan with his fierce, big strong sword, Leviathan the swift, slithering snake. He’ll kill the dragon that’s in the sea.

² Then,

                        “There’ll be a delightful vineyard to sing about!

                         ³ I, Yahveh, will be its keeper;

                              I’ll water it constantly

                              and guard it day and night so no one harms it.

                        ⁴ I won’t be angry anymore.

                              If anybody gives me briars and thorns in battle,

                              I’ll trample and burn them completely

                                    ⁵ unless they rely on me for protection.

                              Let them make peace with me;

                              let them make peace with me.”                                        

Is 27:1-5

                        ⁶ In time to come, Jacob will take root;

                              Israel will sprout and blossom,

                              and fill the world with fruit.                                            

                                    ⁷Has Yahveh struck Israel

                                    the way he struck Israel’s strikers?

                              Has he slain Israel

                                    the way he slew Israel’s slayers?

                        ⁸ No, he contended with Israel by banishing them,

                              expelling them with his fierce east wind.

                        ⁹ So that’s how he’ll purge Jacob’s iniquity;

                              that’s what pardoning its sin will cost,

                                    when God makes pagan altar stones like pulverized chalk,

                                    when he leaves no Asherah pole or incense altar standing.

                        ¹⁰ The fortified towns will be deserted,

                                    their houses empty as in open country;

                              calves will graze there and bed down;

                                    they’ll chew on brush and branches there.

                        ¹¹ When those branches dry up, they’ll break off

                                    and women will gather them for kindling;

                              this nation doesn’t use any sense;

                                    so their Maker won’t show them any mercy;

                                    their Creator won’t be gracious to them.                   

Is 27:6-11

¹² Yet in time, Israel, Yahveh will start gleaning from the Euphrates River to the River of Egypt and gather you up one by one. ¹³ A large trumpet will blow, and the exiles who were perishing in Assyria and Egypt will come to Jerusalem to worship Yahveh on his holy mountain.  

Is 27:12-13