Isaiah 27

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The LORDʼs Vineyard

¹In that day the Lord will take His sharp, great, and mighty sword, and bring judgment on Leviathan the fleeing serpent—Leviathan the coiling serpent—and He will slay the dragon of the sea. ²In that day:

“Sing about a fruitful vineyard.

³I, the Lord, am its keeper;

I water it continually.

I guard it night and day

so no one can disturb it;

⁴I am not angry.

If only thorns and briers confronted Me,

I would march and trample them,

I would burn them to the ground.

⁵Or let them lay claim to My protection;

let them make peace with Me—

yes, let them make peace with Me.”

⁶In the days to come, Jacob will take root.

Israel will bud and blossom

and fill the whole world with fruit.

⁷Has the Lord struck Israel as He struck her oppressors?

Was she killed like those who slayed her?

⁸By warfare and exile You contended with her

and removed her with a fierce wind,

as on the day the east wind blows.

⁹Therefore Jacobʼs guilt will be atoned for,

and the full fruit of the removal of his sin will be this:

When he makes all the altar stones

like crushed bits of chalk,

no Asherah poles or incense altars

will remain standing.

¹⁰For the fortified city lies deserted—

a homestead abandoned, a wilderness forsaken.

There the calves graze, and there they lie down;

they strip its branches bare.

¹¹When its limbs are dry,

they are broken off.

Women come and use them for kindling;

for this is a people without understanding.

Therefore their Maker has no compassion on them,

and their Creator shows them no favor.

¹²In that day the Lord will thresh from the flowing Euphrates to the Wadi of Egypt, and you, O Israelites, will be gathered one by one. ¹³And in that day a great ramʼs horn will sound, and those who were perishing in Assyria will come forth with those who were exiles in Egypt. And they will worship the Lord on the holy mountain in Jerusalem.

Footnotes (4)

a v1 Hebrew nachash; translated in most cases as snake; twice in this verse
b v8 Or By driving her away into exile or Measure by measure, by exile
c v9 LXX Therefore the guilt of Jacob will be taken away, and this is his blessing when I take away his sin; cited in Romans 11:27
d v12 Hebrew River

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Prophecy & fulfillmentDebated

All Israel will be saved

Paul says a hardening has come on part of Israel until the full number of the Gentiles comes in, and that in this way 'all Israel will be saved', quoting Isaiah's promise of a Redeemer who comes to Zion. The meaning of 'all Israel' and 'in this way' is among the most disputed questions in Romans.

When: Isaiah, c. 700–540 BC; Romans, c. AD 57.

Original passageIsaiah 59:20–21Isaiah 27:9

Where the New Testament applies itRomans 11:25–27

Ways people read this (4)

A future large-scale turning of ethnic Israel to Christ, at or before his return.
The whole people of God, Jews and Gentiles together, are the 'Israel' that is saved.
The elect remnant of ethnic Israel gathered in throughout the age, in addition to the Gentiles.
The 'in this way' describes a process: Gentile inclusion provokes Israel to jealousy, and some Jews are continually saved.

Editorial note by BibleWay. Interpretations vary; dates are approximate scholarly estimates.

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Isaiah 27

The LORDʼs Vineyardⓘ

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All Israel will be saved

The LORDʼs Vineyard