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20 Come, my people, enter your chambers,
    and shut your doors behind you;
hide for a little while
    until the indignation is over.
21 For the Lord comes out of His place
    to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity;
the earth also shall disclose her bloodshed
    and shall cover her slain no more.

The Deliverance of Israel

27 In that day

the Lord with His fierce and great
    and strong sword shall punish
Leviathan the fleeing serpent,
    even Leviathan the twisted serpent;
and He shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.

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

  1. Isaiah 26:20 The reading tradition (Qere) is singular
  2. Isaiah 26:20 Literally “a little a little”
  3. Isaiah 26:21 Hebrew “inhabitant”