Isaiah 26:20-27:1
Holman Christian Standard Bible
20 Go, my people, enter your rooms
and close your doors behind you.
Hide for a little while until the wrath has passed.(A)
21 For look, the Lord is coming from His place(B)
to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity.(C)
The earth will reveal the blood shed on it
and will no longer conceal her slain.
Leviathan Slain
27 On that day the Lord with His harsh, great, and strong sword, will bring judgment on Leviathan,(D) the fleeing serpent—Leviathan, the twisting serpent. He will slay the monster that is in the sea.(E)
Isaiah 26:20-27:1
Lexham English Bible
20 Go, my people, enter into your chambers
and shut your doors[a] behind you;
hide for a very little[b] while,
until the wrath has passed over.
21 For look! Yahweh is about to come out from his place
to punish the iniquity of the inhabitants[c] of the earth against him,
and the earth will disclose her blood
and will no longer cover her slain.
Israel Rescued
27 On that day, Yahweh will punish with his cruel, great and strong sword Leviathan, the fleeing serpent, and Leviathan, the twisting serpent, and he will kill the sea monster that is in the sea.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 26:20 The reading tradition (Qere) is singular
- Isaiah 26:20 Literally “a little a little”
- Isaiah 26:21 Hebrew “inhabitant”
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