The Deliverance of Israel

27 In that day (A)the Lord will punish [a](B)Leviathan the fleeing serpent,
With His fierce and great and mighty sword,
Even [b]Leviathan the twisted serpent;
And (C)He will kill the dragon who lives in the sea.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 27:1 Or sea monster
  2. Isaiah 27:1 Or sea monster

Deliverance of Israel

27 In that day,(A)

the Lord will punish with his sword(B)
    his fierce, great and powerful sword—
Leviathan(C) the gliding serpent,(D)
    Leviathan the coiling serpent;
he will slay the monster(E) of the sea.

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27 A prophecy against the kingdom of Satan. 2 And of the joy of the Church for their deliverance.

In that [a]day the Lord with his sore and great and mighty [b]sword shall visit Leviathan, that piercing serpent, even Leviathan, that crooked serpent, and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 27:1 At the time appointed.
  2. Isaiah 27:1 That is, by his mighty power, and by his word. He prophesieth here of the destruction of Satan and his kingdom under the name of Leviathan, Assyria, and Egypt.

For (A)My sword is satiated in heaven,
Behold it shall descend for judgment upon (B)Edom
And upon the people whom I have (C)devoted to destruction.
The sword of the Lord is filled with blood,
It is [a]sated with fat, with the blood of lambs and goats,
With the fat of the kidneys of rams.
For the Lord has a sacrifice in (D)Bozrah
And a great slaughter in the land of (E)Edom.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 34:6 Lit made fat

My sword(A) has drunk its fill in the heavens;
    see, it descends in judgment on Edom,(B)
    the people I have totally destroyed.(C)
The sword(D) of the Lord is bathed in blood,
    it is covered with fat—
the blood of lambs and goats,
    fat from the kidneys of rams.
For the Lord has a sacrifice(E) in Bozrah(F)
    and a great slaughter(G) in the land of Edom.

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For my sword shall be [a]drunken in the heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Edom, even upon the people of [b]my curse to judgment.

The sword of the Lord is filled with blood: it is made fat with the fat and with the blood of the [c]lambs and the goats, with the fat of the kidneys of the rams: for the Lord hath a sacrifice in [d]Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Edom.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 34:5 I have determined in my secret counsel, and in the heavens to destroy them till my sword be weary with shedding of blood.
  2. Isaiah 34:5 They had an opinion of holiness, because they came of the Patriarch Isaac, but in effect were accursed of God, and enemies unto his Church, as the Papists are.
  3. Isaiah 34:6 That is, both of young and old, poor and rich of his enemies.
  4. Isaiah 34:6 That famous city shall be consumed as a sacrifice burnt to ashes.

16 For the Lord will execute judgment by (A)fire
And by His (B)sword on all flesh,
And those slain by the Lord will be many.

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16 For with fire(A) and with his sword(B)
    the Lord will execute judgment(C) on all people,
    and many will be those slain(D) by the Lord.

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16 For the Lord will judge with fire, and with his sword all flesh, and the flame of the Lord shall be many.

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