Isaiah:27

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* In that (note :)At the time appointed .(:note ) day the LORD with his severe and great and strong That is , by his mighty power , and by his word . He prophecies here of the destruction of Satan and his kingdom under the name of Liviashan , Assur , and Egypt . sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent , even leviathan that crooked serpent ; and he shall slay the dragon that [is ] in the sea . * In that day sing ye to her , A vineyard (note :)Meaning , of the best wine , which this vineyard , that is , the Church would bring forth , as most agreeable to the Lord .(:note ) of red wine . * I the Lorde doe keepe it : I will water it euery moment : least any assaile it , I will keepe it night and day . * Fury (note :)Therefore he will destroy the kingdom of Satan , because he loves his Church for his own mercies sake , and cannot be angry with it , but wishes that he may pour his anger on the wicked infidels , whom he means by briers and thorns .(:note ) [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 . * Or let him (note :)He marvels that Israel will not come by gentleness , unless God make them to feel his rods , and so bring them to him .(:note ) take hold of my strength , [that ] he may make peace with me ; [and ] he shall make peace with me . * * Hath he smitten (note :)He shows that God punishes his in mercy , and his enemies in justice .(:note ) him , as he smote those that smote him ? [or ] is he slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him ? * In (note :)That is , you will not destroy the root of your Church , though the branches of it seem to perish by the sharp wind of affliction .(:note ) measure , when it shooteth forth , thou wilt debate with it : he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind . * By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged ; and this [is ] all the (note :)He shows that there is no true repentance nor full reconciliation to God , till the heart is purged from all idolatry and the monuments of it are destroyed .(:note ) fruit to take away his sin ; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten asunder , the idols and images shall not stand up . * Yet the (note :)Not withstanding his favour that he will show them later , yet Jerusalem will be destroyed , and grass for cattle will grow in it .(:note ) fortified 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 its branches . * When its boughs are withered , they shall be broken off : the (note :)God will not have need of mighty enemies : for the very women will do it to their great shame .(:note ) 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 show them no favour . * And it shall come to pass in that day , [that ] the LORD shall gather from the channel of the (note :)He will destroy all from the Euphrates to the Nile : for some fled toward Egypt , thinking to have escaped .(:note ) river to the stream of Egypt , and ye shall be gathered one by one , O ye children of Israel . * And it shall come to pass in that day , [that ] the great trumpet shall be (note :)In the time of Cyrus , by whom they would be delivered : but this was chiefly accomplished under Christ .(:note ) blown , and they shall come who were ready to perish in the land of Assyria , and the outcasts in the land of Egypt , and shall worship the LORD on the holy mount at Jerusalem .

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