Take Refuge from the Coming Judgment

20 Come, my people, (A)enter your chambers,
And shut your doors behind you;
Hide yourself, as it were, (B)for a little moment,
Until the indignation is past.
21 For behold, the Lord (C)comes out of His place
To punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity;
The earth will also disclose her [a]blood,
And will no more cover her slain.

Israel Will Be Restored

27 In that day the Lord with His severe sword, great and strong,
Will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent,
(D)Leviathan that twisted serpent;
And He will slay (E)the reptile that is in the sea.

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 26:21 Or bloodshed

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”