Isaiah 27 - Meaning, Themes & Application

" 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. "

Isaiah 27:1 means God will one day defeat every powerful, evil force that harms His people, no matter how strong it seems. For us today, …

" In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine. "

Isaiah 27:2 uses the picture of a vineyard full of rich red grapes to show God joyfully caring for His people. It means a time …

" I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day. "

Isaiah 27:3 means God personally watches over His people like a careful gardener protects and waters a vineyard. He is always alert, day and night, …

" Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together. "

Isaiah 27:4 means God is not acting out of wild anger toward His people, but He fiercely opposes what harms them, like thorns in a …

" Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; and he shall make peace "

Isaiah 27:5 means God invites people to grab onto His strength instead of relying on their own, so they can have peace with Him. It …

" He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit. "

Isaiah 27:6 means God will restore His people and help them grow strong, like a plant with deep roots that blossoms and bears fruit everywhere. …

" Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him? or is he slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain "

Isaiah 27:7 means God disciplines His people, but not like He destroys their enemies. His correction is measured, loving, and meant to restore, not ruin. …

" In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind. "

Isaiah 27:8 means God corrects His people with limits and care, not uncontrolled anger. His “rough wind” is held back—He doesn’t give them more hardship …

" By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up. "

Isaiah 27:9 means God removes His people’s sin by leading them to destroy everything connected to their old, sinful life—like Israel breaking their idol altars. …

" Yet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches "

Isaiah 27:10 means that any strong place built without God will eventually fall into emptiness and ruin, no matter how secure it seems. In real …

" When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour. "

Isaiah 27:11 warns that when people ignore God and refuse to learn from Him, they become like dead branches, cut off and thrown into the …

" And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall beat off from the channel of the river unto the stream of Egypt, and ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel. "

Isaiah 27:12 means God personally gathers His people, one by one, from every place they’ve been scattered or hurt. It shows He doesn’t lose track …

" And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem. "

Isaiah 27:13 means God will gather His scattered, hurting people and bring them back to Him to worship. The “great trumpet” pictures God calling people …