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When that time comes,[a]
sing about a delightful vineyard![b]
“I, the Lord, protect it;[c]
I water it regularly.[d]
I guard it night and day,
so no one can harm it.[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 27:2 tn Heb “in that day” (so KJV).
  2. Isaiah 27:2 tn Heb “vineyard of delight,” or “vineyard of beauty.” Many medieval mss read כֶּרֶם חֶמֶר (kerem khemer, “vineyard of wine”), i.e., “a productive vineyard.”
  3. Isaiah 27:3 tn Heb “her.” Apparently “vineyard” is the antecedent, though normally this noun is understood as masculine (see Lev 25:3, however).
  4. Isaiah 27:3 tn Or perhaps, “constantly.” Heb “by moments.”
  5. Isaiah 27:3 tn Heb “lest [someone] visit [harm] upon it, night and day I guard it.”