Isaiah 27
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TheGreat Isaiah Scroll, the best preserved of the biblical scrolls found atQumran from the second century BC, contains all the verses in this chapter.
Book	Book of Isaiah
Hebrew Bible part	Nevi'im
Order in the Hebrew part	5
Category	Latter Prophets
Christian Bible part	Old Testament
Order in the Christian part	23

Isaiah 27 is the twenty-seventhchapter of theBook of Isaiah in theHebrew Bible or theOld Testament of theChristianBible. This book contains the prophecies attributed to theprophetIsaiah, and is one of theBooks of the Prophets. Chapters 24-27 of Isaiah constitute one continuous poetical prophecy, sometimes called the "Isaiah Apocalypse".

The original text was written inHebrew language.This chapter is divided into 13 verses.

Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter inHebrew are found among theDead Sea Scrolls, i.e., theIsaiah Scroll (1Qlsa^a; complete; 356-100 BCE^[1]), and of theMasoretic Text tradition, which includesCodex Cairensis (895 CE),the Petersburg Codex of the Prophets (916),Aleppo Codex (10th century),Codex Leningradensis (1008).^[2]

There is also a translation intoKoine Greek known as theSeptuagint, made in the last few centuries BCE. Extant ancient manuscripts of the Septuagint version includeCodex Vaticanus (B;${\displaystyle \mathfrak{G}}$^B; 4th century),Codex Sinaiticus (S;BHK:${\displaystyle \mathfrak{G}}$^S; 4th century),Codex Alexandrinus (A;${\displaystyle \mathfrak{G}}$^A; 5th century) andCodex Marchalianus (Q;${\displaystyle \mathfrak{G}}$^Q; 6th century).^[3]

Theparashah sections listed here are based on theAleppo Codex.^[4] Isaiah 27 is a part of theProphecies about Judah and Israel (Isaiah 24–35). {P}: openparashah; {S}: closedparashah.

{P} 27:1 {S} 27:2-6 {P} 27:7-11 {P} 27:12 {P} 27:13 {P}

TheNew King James Version treats verse 1 as the continuation ofIsaiah 26:20–21, a section entitled "Take Refuge from the Coming Judgment".

In that day the Lord with his sore and great and strong sword

shall punishleviathan the piercingserpent,

even leviathan that crooked serpent;

and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.^[5]

The word "Leviathan" is capitalised in manyEnglish translations butlower case in theKing James Version andAmerican Standard Version.^[6]

New International Version

Sing about a fruitful vineyard^[7]

TheSeptuagint and some othermanuscripts, followed by theRevised Standard Version andNew Century Version, refer to a "pleasant vineyard".^[8]A. F. Kirkpatrick, in theCambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges, prefers the word-order: "Pleasant vineyard! Sing ye of it".^[9]

Jerusalem Bible

I am angry no longer

King James Version

Who would set the briers and thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together.^[10]

TheGood News Translation offers "I am no longer angry with the vineyard" as an interpretation of this verse. TheSeptuagint has a different text:

There is no woman that has not taken hold of it; who will set me to watch stubble in the field? Because of this enemy I have set her aside; therefore on this account the Lord has done all that he appointed.^[11]

Jerusalem Bible

Let them make their peace with me

Let them make their peace with me

The word-order differs in theHebrew:יעשה שלום לי and then שלום יעשה לי in the second line.^[12]

• Assyria
• Brook of Egypt
• Jacob
• Jerusalem
• Leviathan
• Nile
• RelatedBible parts:Job 41,Isaiah 2,Isaiah 24,Isaiah 25,Isaiah 26,Jeremiah 48,Revelation 19,Revelation 21

• Würthwein, Ernst (1995).The Text of the Old Testament. Translated by Rhodes, Erroll F. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans.ISBN 0-8028-0788-7. RetrievedJanuary 26, 2019.

• Isaiah 27 Original Hebrew with Parallel English

• Isaiah 27 English Translation with Parallel Latin Vulgate

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