1. The powers hostile to God's people are here symbolically represented as monsters. Leviathan the piercing (RV 'swift') serpent perhaps stands for Assyria, watered by the rapid Tigris, and 'leviathan the crooked serpent' (RV) for Babylon, whose river was the winding Euphrates. The dragon] crocodile, i.e. Egypt, as in Isaiah 51:9.
CHAPTER XXVII _Destruction of the enemies of the Church_, 1. _God's care of his vineyard_, 2-11. _Prosperity of the descendants of Abraham in the latter days_, 12, 13. The subject of this chapte...
IN THAT DAY - In that future time when the Jews would be captive in Babylon, and when they would sigh for deliverance (see the note at Isaiah 26:1). This verse might have been connected with the previ...
CHAPTER 27 ISRAEL'S ENEMIES OVERTHROWN AND THE GREAT RESTORATION 1. _Assyria, Babylon and Egypt punished (Isaiah 27:1)_ 2. _What Jehovah has done and will do (Isaiah 27:2)_ 3. The vineyard established...
IN THAT DAY: i.e. the period of judgment foretold in Isaiah 26:21. LEVIATHAN. Three great aquatic animals are here mentioned: probably referring to Israel's three great enemies: Assyria (with Nineveh...
The judgment on the ungodly powers of this world, is represented symbolically as the destruction of three living monsters by the sword of Jehovah. It is disputed whether the reference is to the world-...
IN THAT DAY, &C.— _In that day shall Jehovah punish with his sword; his well-tempered, and great, and strong sword; Leviathan the rigid serpent, and Leviathan the winding serpent: and shall slay the m...
D. JOINING OF JUDAH AND GENTILES, CHAPTER 27 1. JOINED BY DIVINE PROTECTION TEXT: Isaiah 27:1-6 1 In that day Jehovah with this hard and great and strong sword will punish leviathan the swift serpe...
In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea. At t...
27:1 leviathan (e-15) leviathan (e-20) As Job 3:8 . fleeing (f-17) Or 'straight.' sea. (g-34) See Note, ch. 19.5....
‘That day’ is the day of punishment (see the final verse of chapter 26). • Forty (40) years after God’s people escaped from Egypt, they entered the country called Canaan (see Joshua 1:11). There they...
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD CONTROLS THE FUTURE ISAIAH CHAPTER S 21 TO 30 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 27 GOD’S JUDGEMENT AGAINST LEVIATHAN V1 On that day, the *Lord will seize his powerf...
XXVII. (1) LEVIATHAN THE PIERCING SERPENT. — Rather, _fleet,_ or _fugitive._ The verse paints in vivid symbolic language the judgment of Jehovah on the great world-powers that had shed the blood of Hi...
בַּ † יֹּ֣ום הַ ה֡וּא יִפְקֹ֣ד יְהוָה֩...
CHAPTER XXIX GOD'S POOR DATE UNCERTAIN Isaiah 25:1; Isaiah 26:1; Isaiah 27:1 WE have seen that no more than the faintest gleam of historical reflection brightens the obscurity of chapter 24, and th...
GOD'S CARE FOR HIS VINEYARD Isaiah 27:1-13 Throughout these Chapter s we must remember that the doom of Babylon and the restoration of God's people are symbolical of other events, for which the world...
This circle of prophecy ends with a message which describes the process toward ultimate restoration, and announces its certainty. The way to restoration is the way of judgment, and this the prophet fi...
In that (a) day the LORD with his severe and great and strong (b) sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that [is] in the...
Hard. Septuagint, "holy." (Calmet) --- Leviathan. That is, the devil, the great enemy of the people of God. He is called the bar serpent from his strength, and the crooked serpent from his wiles, and...
CONTENTS Here is the same delightful subject continued, and carried on, through the whole; namely, the Lord's care of his church, and the destruction of his enemies, and this united subject runs thro...
In the opening of this chapter, the Prophet begins it, if not in the same words, yet at least to the same amount, as the Psalmist doth one of his Psalms, when he saith, I will sing of mercy and judgme...
1._In that day. _Here the Prophet speaks in general of the judgment of God, and thus includes the whole of Satan’s kingdom. Having formerly spoken of the vengeance of God to be displayed against tyran...
Finally, Jehovah invites His people to hide themselves a little moment, while He comes out of His place to execute vengeance (chap. 27). The power of Satan in this world and among men shall be destroy...
IN THAT DAY THE LORD WITH HIS SORE AND GREAT AND STRONG SWORD,.... Meaning either the sword of the Spirit, the Word of God, quick and powerful, and sharper than a twoedged sword, Ephesians 6:17 or els...
In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that [is] in the sea. Ver....
_In that day_, &c. This verse, which Bishop Lowth considers as being connected with the last two verses of the preceding chapter, is translated by him as follows: “In that day shall Jehovah punish wit...
THE DOWNFALL OF THE WORLDLY POWERS...
In that day, at the time when God's judgments will be carried out upon the world, THE LORD WITH HIS SORE AND GREAT AND STRONG SWORD, His well-tempered, powerful, and irresistible weapon, SHALL PUNISH...
PIERCING: Or, crossing like a bar...
1-5 The Lord Jesus with his strong sword, the virtue of his death, and the preaching of his gospel, does and will destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil, that old serpent. The wo...
ISAIAH CHAPTER 27 God's care over his vineyard ISAIAH 27:1. His chastisements on them, ISAIAH 27:7. His severe judgments against them, ISAIAH 27:10,11. Their return,...
Isaiah 27:1 day H3117 LORD H3068 severe H7186 sword H2719 great H1419 strong H2389 punish H6485 (H8799) Leviathan...
THE DESTRUCTION OF THE GREAT SERPENT MONSTERS (ISAIAH 27:1). In this one verse Yahweh declares the bringing about of His purpose of judgement on all who stand against Him, whether man or god, in fulfi...
Isaiah 27:1. _In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, That is to say, he will punish those who are like leviathan; the proudest, the...
CONTENTS: Punishment of the proud enemy of God's people. Israel restored and fruitful. CHARACTERS: God, serpent, dragon. CONCLUSION: When the Lord comes to punish the inhabitants of the earth, He wil...
Isaiah 27:1. _In that day the Lord shall punish leviathan._ It would seem that the Assyrian and Chaldean empire are here intended. See on Job 41:1; Amos 9:13. The desolations mentioned in the tenth ve...
_The Lord. .. Shall punish leviathan_ THE CHURCH HAS FORMIDABLE ENEMIES The Church has many enemies, but commonly someone that is more formidable than the rest. So Sennacherib was in his day, and Ne...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 27:1 LEVIATHAN. An ancient symbol of evil. Myths describe a powerful, dragon-like deity. The threefold designation—THE FLEEING SERPENT, THE TWISTING SERPENT, and the...
EXPOSITION ISAIAH 27:1 THE TRIPLE JUDGMENT ON THE POWERS OF DARKNESS. The crowning judgment of all is now briefly described. "In that day"—the day of God's vengeance—when all his other enemies have b...
Chapter 27: In that day (Isaiah 27:1) Now what day? In the day in which God is bringing the Great Tribulation upon the earth. In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall pun...
Deuteronomy 32:41; Deuteronomy 32:42; Ezekiel 29:3; Ezekiel 32:2;...
Leviathan — By this leviathan, serpent and dragon (for all signify the same thing) be understands some powerful enemy or enemies of God, and of his church or people, which may well be called by these...