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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• 14Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness. (Psa. 74:14)
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or, crossing like a bar.

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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Isa. 26:21• 21For, behold, the Lord cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain. (Isa. 26:21)
with his.
Isa. 34:5‑6• 5For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.
 6The sword of the Lord is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams: for the Lord hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Idumea. (Isa. 34:5‑6)
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Isa. 66:16• 16For by fire and by his sword will the Lord plead with all flesh: and the slain of the Lord shall be many. (Isa. 66:16)
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Deut. 32:41‑42• 41If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.
 42I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy. (Deut. 32:41‑42)
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Job 40:19• 19He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him. (Job 40:19)
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Psa. 45:3• 3Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty. (Psa. 45:3)
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Jer. 47:6• 6O thou sword of the Lord, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still. (Jer. 47:6)
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Rev. 2:16• 16Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth. (Rev. 2:16)
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Rev. 19:21• 21And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh. (Rev. 19:21)
leviathan.
Job 12:1‑25• 1And Job answered and said,
 2No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
 3But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
 4I am as one mocked of his neighbor, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.
 5He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.
 6The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
 7But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, 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 the Lord hath wrought this?
 10In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind.
 11Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?
 12With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.
 13With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.
 14Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
 15Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
 16With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.
 17He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools.
 18He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle.
 19He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.
 20He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.
 21He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty.
 22He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
 23He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.
 24He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
 25They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man. (Job 12:1‑25)
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Psa. 74:14• 14Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness. (Psa. 74:14)
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Psa. 104:26• 26There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made 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 bullock: and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the Lord. (Isa. 65:25)
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Job 26:13• 13By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent. (Job 26:13)
the dragon.
Isa. 51:9• 9Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon? (Isa. 51:9)
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Psa. 74:13‑14• 13Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.
 14Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness. (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 God; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have 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 art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.
 3Thus saith the Lord God; I will therefore spread out my net over thee with a company of many people; and they shall bring thee up in my net.
 4Then will I leave thee upon the land, I will cast thee forth upon the open field, and will cause all the fowls of the heaven to remain 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 thy height. (Ezek. 32:2‑5)
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Rev. 12:3‑17• 3And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
 4And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.
 5And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.
 6And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.
 7And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
 8And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
 9And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
 10And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
 11And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
 12Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.
 13And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.
 14And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
 15And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.
 16And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.
 17And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. (Rev. 12:3‑17)
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Rev. 13:2,4,11• 2And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority.
 4And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?
 11And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. (Rev. 13:2,4,11)
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Rev. 16:13• 13And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. (Rev. 16:13)
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Rev. 20:2• 2And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, (Rev. 20:2)
in the sea.
Jer. 51:13• 13O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness. (Jer. 51:13)
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Rev. 13:1• 1And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. (Rev. 13:1)
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Rev. 17:1,15• 1And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will show unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:
 15And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, 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.
f
Or "straight."
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See Note, ch. 19.5.