Isaiah 27:2

The verse probably runs thus: In that day " Pleasant vineyard! Sing ye of it." The introductory formula (cf. ch. Isaiah 25:9; Isaiah 26:1) is here curtailed to the bare note of time, "In that day"; the song itself begins with the words "Pleasant vineyard." This is preferable to making the last expression a part of the introduction. The construction of the A.V. is opposed to the order of words in the original.

A vineyard of red wine The reading here (kerem ḥemer) is that of the majority of MSS. But a few MSS. (and indeed the common printed editions), as well as the LXX. and Targ., have kerem ḥemed("pleasant vineyard"), and this as yielding the best sense is generally adopted by commentators. For the phrase see Amos 5:11.