Chapter 27

Poetic Version

The Book of Isaiah

New Translation by Avraham Gileadi as compared with the King James Version.

King James Translation                           Isaiah Institute Translation

CHAPTER 27

Analytical Audio Commentary of Isaiah

 

בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא יִפְקֹד יְהוָה בְּחַרְבוֹ הַקָּשָׁה וְהַגְּדוֹלָה וְהַחֲזָקָה עַל לִוְיָתָן נָחָשׁ בָּרִחַ וְעַל לִוְיָתָן נָחָשׁ עֲקַלָּתוֹן וְהָרַג אֶת־הַתַּנִּין אֲשֶׁר בַּיָּם ׃
1.

 

1.  IN that day the LORD with his sore

and great and strong sword shall

punish leviathan the piercing ser-

pent, even leviathan that crooked

serpent; and he shall slay the dra-

gon that is in the sea.

 

 

 

 

 

66:16

1.  In that day will the Lord,

with his great and powerful sword

punish severelya Leviathan,

the evasive maritime serpent,

Leviathan, that devious sea monster

when he slays the dragons of the Sea.

 

 

 

 

בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא כֶּרֶם חֶמֶד עַנּוּ־לָהּ ׃
2.

 

2.  In that day sing ye unto her, A

vineyard of red wine.

 

2.  In that day, sing of the earthb 

as of a delightful vineyard

 

 

 

 

אֲנִי יְהוָה נֹצְרָהּ לִרְגָעִים אַשְׁקֶנָּה פֶּן יִפְקֹד עָלֶיהָ לַיְלָה וָיוֹם אֶצֳּרֶנָּה ׃
3.

 

3.  I the LORD do keep it; I will water

it every moment: lest any hurt it, I

will keep it night and day.

 

3.  of which I, the Lord, am keeper.

I water it constantly, watch over it night and day,

lest anything be amiss.

 

 

 

 

חֵמָה אֵין לִי מִי־יִתְּנֵנִי שָׁמִיר שַׁיִת בַּמִּלְחָמָה אֶפְשְׂעָה בָהּ אֲצִיתֶנָּה יָּחַד ׃
4.

 

4.  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.

12:1

4.  I have no more anger toward her.

Should briars and thorns come up,

I will ruthlessly attack them

and altogether set them ablaze.

 

 

 

 

אוֹ יַחֲזֵק בְּמָעוּזִּי יַעֲשֶׂה שָׁלוֹם לִי שָׁלוֹם יַעֲשֶׂה־לִּי ׃
5.

 

5.  Or let him take hold of my

strength, that he may make peace

with me; and he shall make peace

with me.

22:4

5.  But should they take hold of me for a refuge

and make peace with me,

they shall be reconciled to me.

 

 

 

 

הַבָּאִים יַשְׁרֵשׁ יַעֲקֹב יָצִיץ וּפָרַח יִשְׂרָאֵל וּמָלְאוּ פְנֵי־תֵבֵל תְּנוּבָה ׃
6.

 

6.  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.

 

 

4:2

 

6.  For in days to come, when Jacob takes root

and Israel bursts into blossom,

the face of the earth shall fill with fruit.

 

 

 

 

הַכְּמַכַּת מַכֵּהוּ הִכָּהוּ אִם־כְּהֶרֶג הֲרֻגָיו הֹרָג ׃
7.

 

7.  ¶ Hath he smitten him, as he

smote those that smote him?  or is he

slain according to the slaughter of

them that are slain by him?

 

7.  Was he smitten as were his smiters?

Or was he slain as were they who slew him?

 

 

 

 

בְּסַאסְּאָה בְּשַׁלְחָהּ תְּרִיבֶנָּה הָגָה בְּרוּחוֹ הַקָּשָׁה בְּיוֹם קָדִים ׃
8.

 

8.  In measure, when it shooteth

forth, thou wilt debate with it: he

stayeth his rough wind in the day of

the east wind.

 

 

30:30

8.  Thou hast dealt with them

by utterly banishing them, O Lord.

By his fierce blasts they were flung away

in the day of the burning east wind.

 

 

 

 

לָכֵן בְּזֹאת יְכֻפַּר עֲוֹן־יַעֲקֹב וְזֶה כָּל־פְּרִי הָסִר חַטָּאתוֹ בְּשׂוּמוֹ כָּל־אַבְנֵי מִזְבֵּחַ כְּאַבְנֵי־גִר מְנֻפָּצוֹת לֹא־יָקֻמוּ אֲשֵׁרִים וְחַמָּנִים ׃
9.

 

9.  By this therefore shall the in-

iquity 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.

 

40:2

 

 

2:8

9.  But by this shall Jacob’s iniquity be expiated,

as a result of this his sins removed:

when he makes like crushed chalkstone

all altar stones,

leaving no idols of prosperity

and shining images standing.

 

 

 

 

כִּי עִיר בְּצוּרָה בָּדָד נָוֶה מְשֻׁלָּח וְנֶעֱזָב כַּמִּדְבָּר שָׁם יִרְעֶה עֵגֶל וְשָׁם יִרְבָּץ וְכִלָּה סְעִפֶיהָ ׃
10.

 

10.  Yet the defenced city shall be

desolate, and the habitation for-

saken, and left like a wilderness:

there shall the calf feed, and there

shall he lie down, and consume the

branches thereof.

 

17:9

10.  Because of them the fortified cities lie forlorn,

deserted habitations, forsaken like a wilderness;

steers forage and recline there,

stripping bare the young branches of trees.

 

 

 

 

בִּיבֹשׁ קְצִירָהּ תִּשָּׁבַרְנָה נָשִׁים בָּאוֹת מְאִירוֹת אוֹתָהּ כִּי לֹא עַם־בִּינוֹת הוּא עַל־כֵּן לֹא־יְרַחֲמֶנּוּ עֹשֵׂהוּ וְיֹצְרוֹ לֹא יְחֻנֶּנּוּ ׃
11.

 

11.  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 under-

standing: therefore he that made

them will not have mercy on them,

and he that formed them will shew

them no favour.

 

 

1:3

11.  A harvest of twigs dries, broken off by women

who come to light their fires with them.

They are not a discerning people.

Therefore their Maker shows them no mercy;

he who formed them favors them not.

 

 

 

 

וְהָיָה בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא יַחְבֹּט יְהוָה מִשִּׁבֹּלֶת הַנָּהָר עַד־נַחַל מִצְרָיִם וְאַתֶּם תְּלֻקְּטוּ לְאַחַד אֶחָד בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל ׃
12.

 

12.  ¶ And it shall come to pass in

that day, that the LORD shall beat

off from the channel of the river un-

to the stream of Egypt, and ye shall

be gathered one by one, O ye chil-

dren of Israel.

 

12.  In that day the Lord will thresh out his harvest from the torrent of the River to the streams of Egypt. But you shall be gleaned one by one, O children of Israel.

 

 

 

 

וְהָיָה בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא יִתָּקַע בְּשׁוֹפָר גָּדוֹל וּבָאוּ הָאֹבְדִים בְּאֶרֶץ אַשּׁוּר וְהַנִּדָּחִים בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם וְהִשְׁתַּחֲווּ לַיהוָה בְּהַר הַקֹּדֶשׁ בִּירוּשָׁלִָם ׃
13.

 

13.  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.

 

13.  In that day a loud trumpet shall sound, and they who were lost in the land of Assyria and they who were outcasts in the land of Egypt shall come and bow down to the Lord in the holy mountain at Jerusalem.

 

 

 

 

 

 

     a1   Term modifies sword, an incongruity in translation.

     b2   Hebrew her; compare 26:21; 27:6.