English Bible Presentation Sharing - Isaiah Book, chapter 27, verse 31 in Erven Version

Isaiah 27 : 1 (ERVEN)

At that time the Lord will judge Leviathan, the crooked snake. He will use his great sword, his hard and powerful sword, to punish Leviathan, that twisting, turning snake. He will kill the monster of the sea.

Isaiah 27 : 2 (ERVEN)

At that time people will sing about the pleasant vineyard.

Isaiah 27 : 3 (ERVEN)

"I, the Lord, will care for the vineyard. I will water it at the right time. I will guard it day and night. No one will hurt it.

Isaiah 27 : 4 (ERVEN)

I am not angry. But if there is war and someone builds a wall of thornbushes, I will march to it and burn it.

Isaiah 27 : 5 (ERVEN)

But if anyone comes to me for safety and wants to make peace with me, then let them come and make peace.

Isaiah 27 : 6 (ERVEN)

In the future, Jacob will take root firmly on his soil. Then Israel will sprout and bloom, and the world will be filled with his fruit."

Isaiah 27 : 7 (ERVEN)

Israel was not hurt as badly as the enemy who tried to hurt it. Not as many of its people were killed as were those who tried to kill them.

Isaiah 27 : 8 (ERVEN)

The Lord will settle his argument with Israel by sending the people far away. He will speak harshly to Israel. His words will burn like the hot desert wind.

Isaiah 27 : 9 (ERVEN)

How will Jacob's guilt be forgiven? What will happen so his sins can be taken away? The rocks of the altar will be crushed to dust; the statues and altars for worshiping false gods will all be destroyed.

Isaiah 27 : 10 (ERVEN)

The great city will be empty; it will be like a desert. All the people will be gone�they will run away. The city will be like an open pasture. Young cattle will eat grass there. The cattle will eat leaves from the branches of the vines.

Isaiah 27 : 11 (ERVEN)

The vines will become dry, and the branches will break off. Women will use them for firewood. The people refuse to understand. So God, their Maker, will not comfort them or be kind to them.

Isaiah 27 : 12 (ERVEN)

At that time the Lord will begin separating his people from others. He will begin at the Euphrates River and will gather his people from there to the River of Egypt. You people of Israel will be gathered together one by one.

Isaiah 27 : 13 (ERVEN)

Many of my people are now lost in Assyria. Some of my people have run away to Egypt. But at that time a great trumpet will be blown, and all those people will come back to Jerusalem. They will bow down before the Lord on that holy mountain.