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Isaiah 27

Isa. 27:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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In that day
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
with his sore
qasheh (Hebrew #7186)
severe (in various applications)
KJV usage: churlish, cruel, grievous, hard((-hearted), thing), heavy, + impudent, obstinate, prevailed, rough(-ly), sore, sorrowful, stiff((necked)), stubborn, + in trouble.
Pronounce: kaw-sheh'
Origin: from 7185
and great
gadowl (Hebrew #1419)
from 1431; great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
KJV usage: + aloud, elder(-est), + exceeding(-ly), + far, (man of) great (man, matter, thing,-er,-ness), high, long, loud, mighty, more, much, noble, proud thing, X sore, (X ) very.
Pronounce: gaw-dole'
Origin: or (shortened) gadol {gaw-dole'}
and strong
chazaq (Hebrew #2389)
strong (usu. in a bad sense, hard, bold, violent)
KJV usage: harder, hottest, + impudent, loud, mighty, sore, stiff(-hearted), strong(-er).
Pronounce: khaw-zawk'
Origin: from 2388
sword
chereb (Hebrew #2719)
drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
KJV usage: axe, dagger, knife, mattock, sword, tool.
Pronounce: kheh'-reb
Origin: from 2717
shall punish
paqad (Hebrew #6485)
to visit (with friendly or hostile intent); by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc.
KJV usage: appoint, X at all, avenge, bestow, (appoint to have the, give a) charge, commit, count, deliver to keep, be empty, enjoin, go see, hurt, do judgment, lack, lay up, look, make, X by any means, miss, number, officer, (make) overseer, have (the) oversight, punish, reckon, (call to) remember(-brance), set (over), sum, X surely, visit, want.
Pronounce: paw-kad'
Origin: a primitive root
leviathan
livyathan (Hebrew #3882)
a wreathed animal, i.e. a serpent (especially the crocodile or some other large sea- monster); figuratively, the constellation of the dragon; also as a symbol of Bab.
KJV usage: leviathan, mourning.
Pronounce: liv-yaw-thawn'
Origin: from 3867
k the τpiercing
bariyach (Hebrew #1281)
from 1272; a fugitive, i.e. the serpent (as fleeing), and the constellation by that name
KJV usage: crooked, noble, piercing.
Pronounce: baw-ree'-akh
Origin: or (shortened) bariach {baw-ree'-akh}
serpent
nachash (Hebrew #5175)
a snake (from its hiss)
KJV usage: serpent.
Pronounce: naw-khawsh'
Origin: from 5172
, even leviathan
livyathan (Hebrew #3882)
a wreathed animal, i.e. a serpent (especially the crocodile or some other large sea- monster); figuratively, the constellation of the dragon; also as a symbol of Bab.
KJV usage: leviathan, mourning.
Pronounce: liv-yaw-thawn'
Origin: from 3867
that crooked
`aqallathown (Hebrew #6129)
tortuous
KJV usage: crooked.
Pronounce: ak-al-law-thone'
Origin: from 6127
serpent
nachash (Hebrew #5175)
a snake (from its hiss)
KJV usage: serpent.
Pronounce: naw-khawsh'
Origin: from 5172
; and he shall slay
harag (Hebrew #2026)
to smite with deadly intent
KJV usage: destroy, out of hand, kill, murder(-er), put to (death), make (slaughter), slay(-er), X surely.
Pronounce: haw-rag'
Origin: a primitive root
the dragon
tanniyn (Hebrew #8577)
intensive from the same as 8565; a marine or land monster, i.e. sea-serpent or jackal
KJV usage: dragon, sea-monster, serpent, whale.
Pronounce: tan-neen'
Origin: or tanniym (Ezek. 29:3) {tan-neem'}
that is in the sea
yam (Hebrew #3220)
a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the south
KJV usage: sea (X -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).
Pronounce: yawm
Origin: from an unused root meaning to roar
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Psa. 74:14• 14*Thou* didst break in pieces the heads of leviathan, thou gavest him to be meat to those that people the desert. (Psa. 74:14)
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or, crossing like a bar.

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Ministry on This Verse

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Isa. 26:21• 21For behold, Jehovah cometh out of his place to visit the iniquity of the inhabitants of the earth upon them; and the earth shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain. (Isa. 26:21)
with his.
Isa. 34:5‑6• 5For my sword is bathed in the heavens; behold, it shall come down upon Edom, and upon the people of my ban, to judgment.
 6The sword of Jehovah is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams; for Jehovah hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Edom. (Isa. 34:5‑6)
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Isa. 66:16• 16For by fire and by his sword will Jehovah enter into judgment with all flesh: and the slain of Jehovah shall be many. (Isa. 66:16)
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Deut. 32:41‑42• 41If I have sharpened my gleaming sword, And my hand take hold of judgment, I will render vengeance to mine adversaries, And will recompense them that hate me.
 42Mine arrows will I make drunk with blood, And my sword shall devour flesh; I will make them drunk with the blood of the slain and of the captives, With the head of the princes of the enemy. (Deut. 32:41‑42)
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Job 40:19• 19He is the chief of *God's ways: he that made him gave him his sword. (Job 40:19)
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Psa. 45:3• 3Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O mighty one, in thy majesty and thy splendour; (Psa. 45:3)
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Jer. 47:6• 6Alas! sword of Jehovah, how long wilt thou not be quiet? Withdraw into thy scabbard, rest, and be still. (Jer. 47:6)
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Rev. 2:16• 16Repent therefore: but if not, I come to thee quickly, and I will make war with them with the sword of my mouth. (Rev. 2:16)
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Rev. 19:21• 21and the rest were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which goes out of his mouth; and all the birds were filled with their flesh. (Rev. 19:21)
leviathan.
Job 12:1‑25• 1And Job answered and said,
 2Truly ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you!
 3I also have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you; and who knoweth not such things as these?
 4I am to be one that is a derision to his friend, I who call upon +God, and whom he will answer: a derision is the just upright man.
 5He that is ready to stumble with the foot is a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
 6The tents of desolators are in peace, and they that provoke *God are secure; into whose hand +God bringeth.
 7But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowl of the heavens, and they shall tell thee;
 8Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
 9Who knoweth not in all these, that the hand of Jehovah hath wrought this?
 10In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the spirit of all flesh of man.
 11Doth not the ear try words, as the palate tasteth food?
 12With the aged is wisdom, and in length of days understanding.
 13With him is wisdom and might; he hath counsel and understanding.
 14Behold, he breaketh down, and it is not built again; he shutteth up a man, and there is no opening.
 15Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; and he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
 16With him is strength and effectual knowledge; the deceived and the deceiver are his.
 17He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and judges maketh he fools;
 18He weakeneth the government of kings, and bindeth their loins with a fetter;
 19He leadeth priests away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty;
 20He depriveth of speech the trusty, and taketh away the judgment of the elders;
 21He poureth contempt upon nobles, and slackeneth the girdle of the mighty;
 22He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out into light the shadow of death;
 23He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them; he spreadeth out the nations, and bringeth them in;
 24He taketh away the understanding of the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a pathless waste.
 25They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunkard. (Job 12:1‑25)
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Psa. 74:14• 14*Thou* didst break in pieces the heads of leviathan, thou gavest him to be meat to those that people the desert. (Psa. 74:14)
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Psa. 104:26• 26There go the ships; there that leviathan, which thou hast formed to play therein. (Psa. 104:26)
piercing.
or, crossing like a bar.
crooked.
Isa. 65:25• 25The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the ox; and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith Jehovah. (Isa. 65:25)
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Job 26:13• 13By his Spirit the heavens are adorned; his hand hath formed the fleeing serpent. (Job 26:13)
the dragon.
Isa. 51:9• 9Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of Jehovah; awake, as in the days of old, as in the generations of passed ages. Is it not thou that hath hewn Rahab in pieces, and pierced the monster? (Isa. 51:9)
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Psa. 74:13‑14• 13*Thou* didst divide the sea by thy strength; thou didst break the heads of the monsters on the waters:
 14*Thou* didst break in pieces the heads of leviathan, thou gavest him to be meat to those that people the desert. (Psa. 74:13‑14)
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Jer. 51:34• 34Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel; he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out. (Jer. 51:34)
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Ezek. 29:3• 3speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which saith, My river is mine own, and I made it for myself. (Ezek. 29:3)
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Ezek. 32:2‑5• 2Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou wast like a young lion among the nations, and thou wast as a monster in the seas; and thou didst break forth in thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.
 3Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will also spread out my net over thee with an assemblage of many peoples; and they shall bring thee up in my net.
 4And I will leave thee upon the land, I will cast thee forth upon the open field, and will cause all the fowl of the heavens to settle upon thee, and I will fill the beasts of the whole earth with thee.
 5And I will lay thy flesh upon the mountains, and fill the valleys with the heap of thy members; (Ezek. 32:2‑5)
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Rev. 12:3‑17• 3And another sign was seen in the heaven: and behold, a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads seven diadems;
 4and his tail draws the third part of the stars of the heaven; and he cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to bring forth, in order that when she brought forth he might devour her child.
 5And she brought forth a male son, who shall shepherd all the nations with an iron rod; and her child was caught up to God and to his throne.
 6And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has there a place prepared of God, that they should nourish her there a thousand two hundred and sixty days.
 7And there was war in the heaven: Michael and his angels went to war with the dragon. And the dragon fought, and his angels;
 8and he prevailed not, nor was their place found any more in the heaven.
 9And the great dragon was cast out, the ancient serpent, he who is called Devil and Satan, he who deceives the whole habitable world, he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
 10And I heard a great voice in the heaven saying, Now is come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ; for the accuser of our brethren has been cast out, who accused them before our God day and night:
 11and *they* have overcome him by reason of the blood of the Lamb, and by reason of the word of their testimony, and have not loved their life even unto death.
 12Therefore be full of delight, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the earth and to the sea, because the devil has come down to you, having great rage, knowing he has a short time.
 13And when the dragon saw that he had been cast out into the earth, he persecuted the woman which bore the male child.
 14And there were given to the woman the two wings of the great eagle, that she might fly into the desert into her place, where she is nourished there a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
 15And the serpent cast out of his mouth behind the woman water as a river, that he might make her be as one carried away by a river.
 16And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed the river which the dragon cast out of his mouth.
 17And the dragon was angry with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, who keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus. (Rev. 12:3‑17)
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Rev. 13:2,4,11• 2And the beast which I saw was like to a leopardess, and its feet as of a bear, and its mouth as a lion's mouth; and the dragon gave to it his power, and his throne, and great authority;
 4And they did homage to the dragon, because he gave the authority to the beast; and they did homage to the beast, saying, Who is like to the beast? and who can make war with it?
 11And I saw another beast rising out of the earth; and it had two horns like to a lamb, and spake as a dragon; (Rev. 13:2,4,11)
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Rev. 16:13• 13And I saw out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits, as frogs; (Rev. 16:13)
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Rev. 20:2• 2And he laid hold of the dragon, the ancient serpent who is the devil and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, (Rev. 20:2)
in the sea.
Jer. 51:13• 13Thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, the measure of thy rapacity. (Jer. 51:13)
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Rev. 13:1• 1And I stood upon the sand of the sea; and I saw a beast rising out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads, and upon its horns ten diadems, and upon its heads names of blasphemy. (Rev. 13:1)
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Rev. 17:1,15• 1And one of the seven angels, which had the seven bowls, came and spoke with me, saying, Come here, I will shew thee the sentence of the great harlot who sits upon the many waters;
 15And he says to me, The waters which thou sawest, where the harlot sits, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues. (Rev. 17:1,15)
• Chapter 27 continues the theme in somewhat poetic language. Note how four times is repeated the phrase “In that day”. (“Isaiah 27” by F.B. Hole)
• Judgment in the first place will reach the evil power that lies beneath the restless “sea” of nations. This “dragon” that is in the sea can be no other than Satan, and Revelation 20 reveals how he will be dealt with. (“Isaiah 27” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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In that day Jehovah, with his sore and great and strong sword, will visit leviathane the fleeingf serpent, and leviathane the crooked serpent; and he will slay the monster that is in the seag.

JND Translation Notes

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As Job 3.8.
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Or "straight."
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See Note, ch. 19.5.