20 Come, my people: [a]enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors after thee: hide thyself for a very little while, until the indignation pass over.

21 For lo, the Lord cometh out of his place, to visit the iniquity of the inhabitants of the earth upon them: and the earth shall disclose her [b]blood, and shall no more hide her slain.

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

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

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 26:20 He exhorteth the faithful to be patient in their afflictions, and to wait upon God’s work.
  2. Isaiah 26:21 The earth shall vomit and cast out the innocent blood, which it hath drunk, that it may cry for vengeance against the wicked.
  3. Isaiah 27:1 At the time appointed.
  4. 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.

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