Isaías 27

BLIVRE · Chapter 27/66

1Naquele dia, o SENHOR punirá, com sua dura, grande e forte espada, ao Leviatã, a ágil serpente; ao Leviatã, a serpente tortuosa; e matará o dragão que está no mar.

2Naquele dia, cantai à preciosa vinha:

3Eu, o SENHOR, a vigio, e a rego a cada momento; para que ninguém a invada, eu a vigiarei de noite e de dia.

4[Já] não há furor em mim. Caso alguém ponha contra mim espinhos e cardos, eu lutarei contra eles em batalha, e juntos os queimarei.

5Ou, se quiserem depender de minha força, então façam as pazes comigo, e sejam comigo feitas as pazes.

6[Dias] virão em que Jacó lançará raízes, florescerá, e brotará Israel; e encherão superfície do mundo de frutos.

7Por acaso ele o feriu, como feriu aos que o feriram? Ou ele o matou, como morreram os que o por ele foram mortos?

8Com moderação brigaste contra ela, quando a rejeitaste; [quando] a tirou com seu vento forte, no dia do vento do Oriente.

9Portanto assim será perdoada a maldade de Jacó, e este será o fruto completo da remoção de seu pecado: quando tornar todas as pedras dos altares como pedras de cal despedaçadas, [e] os mastros de Aserá e os altares de incenso não ficarem mais de pé.

10Pois a cidade fortificada [será] abandonada, o lugar de habitação deixado e desabitado como o deserto; ali os bezerros pastarão, e ali se deitarão e comerão seus ramos.

11Quando seus ramos se secarem, serão quebrados; mulheres virão, e os queimarão; pois este povo não tem entendimento. Por isso, aquele que o criou não terá compaixão dele; aquele que o formou não lhe concederá graça.

12E será naquele dia, que o SENHOR debulhará o trigo, desde o rio [Eufrates] até o ribeiro do Egito; porém vós, filhos de Israel, sereis colhidos um a um.

13E será naquele dia, que uma grande trombeta será tocada; então os que estiverem perdidos na terra da Assíria e os que tiverem sido lançados à terra do Egito voltarão, e adorarão ao SENHOR no monte santo em Jerusalém.

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Summary

God promises to defeat 'Leviathan,' a symbol of chaotic and hostile forces, and to care for Israel like a carefully guarded vineyard. The chapter ends with the promise that Israel's scattered people, both from Assyria and from Egypt, will one day return to worship in Jerusalem.

Explanation

'Leviathan' was a mythological sea creature mentioned in various cultures of the ancient Near East (it also appears in Job 41 and Psalm 74) as a symbol of chaos and evil; here Isaiah promises that God will decisively defeat these hostile forces, whether oppressive nations or spiritual evil itself. The return of the vineyard image (already used in chapter 5) now shows God tending it with constant care, a contrast with the neglected and destroyed vineyard of before — a sign of restoration. The final promise to gather the exiles 'with a great trumpet' from Assyria and Egypt anticipates the people's physical return to their land, something that would be fulfilled centuries later. The application today is that God has power over all forces that seem uncontrollable, and his promise of restoration includes gathering what was scattered.

Fun facts

  • 'Leviathan' also appears in Canaanite (Ugaritic) mythological texts as a seven-headed sea serpent called Lotan, showing that the biblical authors used culturally recognizable images to communicate truths about God's power over chaos.
  • The 'great trumpet' that would gather the exiles is an image that reappears in Jewish tradition as a symbol of the final gathering of the people of Israel, and it influenced later expressions about divine callings.

Verse-by-verse explanation

  1. Isaías 27:1Leviathan and the dragon of the sea come from an ancient Near Eastern image of a giant sea serpent representing primordial chaos — other peoples of the region had similar myths of gods defeating sea monsters. Here the image describes God defeating hostile powers, without treating the creature as a literal animal.
  2. Isaías 27:2After Leviathan’s defeat in the previous verse, the tone shifts to a song of celebration: there will be a vineyard producing choice wine, an invitation to sing about it — the same vineyard image from chapter 5, but now with a positive outcome.
  3. Isaías 27:3Unlike the abandoned vineyard of chapter 5, now the LORD Himself personally tends this vineyard, watering it constantly and protecting it day and night from any harm.
  4. Isaías 27:4God declares that He no longer holds fury against this vineyard; if briers and thorns appear, an image of enemies, He will confront and burn them, instead of letting the vineyard be destroyed as before.
  5. Isaías 27:5Instead of destroying, God offers a way out: whoever wants may take hold of His strength and make peace with Him — the same power that once punished is now available for reconciliation.
  6. Isaías 27:6Promises a future of growth for Jacob and Israel: firm roots, blossoming, and fruit that will fill the whole world — the complete opposite of the destroyed vineyard in chapter 5.
  7. Isaías 27:7A rhetorical question comparing Israel’s punishment to that of its enemies: did God strike Israel as harshly as He struck those who oppressed them? The implied answer is no — Israel’s punishment was more measured, not equal to the destruction of its enemies.
  8. Isaías 27:8Explains that God dealt with Israel “in measure,” in a controlled and proportional way, sending it into exile as if carried off by a strong east wind — calculated discipline, not total destruction.
  9. Isaías 27:9Reducing the altar stones to chalk dust is an image of thoroughly destroying the altars used in foreign worship. It is the end of idolatry described as the literal demolition of stone.
  10. Isaías 27:10In contrast to Israel’s restoration, the fortified city, probably an enemy capital, is left completely abandoned, turning into pasture where even calves feed on the branches that remain.
  11. Isaías 27:11When the branches of this abandoned city dry up, they are broken off and used as firewood by the very women there — the people who lived there were so lacking in understanding that not even their Maker will have compassion on them.
  12. Isaías 27:12Ends with an agricultural image of selective harvest: the LORD shall “beat off from the channel of the river unto the stream of Egypt,” gathering the children of Israel one by one — a careful, individual regathering of the scattered people.
  13. Isaías 27:13The great trumpet is the signal used to gather scattered people. Here it announces the return of exiles from Assyria and Egypt to worship in Jerusalem, a kind of call back home.

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