The Redemption of Israel

The Redemption of Israel

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. Isa. 27:1

In that day... The tribulation and Millennium (Isa. 2:2-4; 4:1-6).

sore and great... Threefold sword of destruction:

1. Sore. Hebrew: qasheh. Translated "sore" (Isa. 27:1; 2Sa. 2:17); heavy (1Ki. 14:6); hard (Exo. 1:14; 18:26; 2Sa. 3:39; Psm. 60:3; Isa. 14:3); and grievous (1Ki. 12:4; 2Ch. 10:4; Isa. 21:2).

2. Great. Hebrew: gadowl. Translated great (Isa. 27:1, 27:13; 29:6; 34:6; 36:4, 36:13; 54:7); long (Dan. 10:1); mighty (Lev. 19:15; Deut. 4:37; 7:21-23; 9:29; Eze. 17:17; John 1:4); and proud (Psm. 12:3).

3.Strong. Hebrew: chazaq. Translated strong (Isa. 27:1; 40:10; Jer. 21:5; 50:34); hottest (2Sa. 11:15); and loud (Exo. 19:16).

God’s sword is strong, unbreakable, grievous, hard, long, mighty, invincible, unmerciful, and far reaching; pictured here as destroying Leviathan (another name for Satan; Isa. 27:1; Job. 41:1, 41:34)

Five facts about leviathan:

1. The piercing serpent (Isa. 27:1)

2. The crooked serpent

3. He is a sea serpent (Isa. 27:1; Psm. 104:26).

4. He has seven heads (Psm. 74:14; Rev. 12:1-17; 16:13-16).

5. He is king over all the children of pride (Job. 41:1, 41:34). The Hebrew: livyathan, meaning a wreathed animal, a large sea monster, is translated leviathan five times (Isa. 27:1; Job. 41:1; Psm. 74:14; 104:26) and mourning (Job. 3:8). Such a monster is a fitting symbol for Satan (Rev. 12:1-17).

dragon... Hebrew: tanniyn. Not the Leviathan of this same verse. A marine and land monster. It is trans. serpent in Exodus 7:9 and it is translated dragon in Isaiah 27:1.

In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine. Isa. 27:2

In that day... The Millennium—Judah shall sing a song of God’s vineyard (Isa. 27:2-6; 5:1-7). The vineyard symbolizes Israel (Isa. 5:7). In the song of the vineyard in Isa. 5:1-7 destruction was emphasized; in the song of the vineyard in Isa. 27:2-6 the promise of protection is the major theme. In the first song the vineyard was to be made a wasteland because of the people’s sinful condition. In the second song the vineyard (Israel) is to be made fruitful.

I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day. Isa. 27:3

I the LORD do keep it... Sevenfold Care of God’s Vineyard

1. I the Lord do keep it (Isa. 27:3).

2. I will water it every moment.

3. I will keep it night and day.

4. I will go through the enemies of My vineyard (Isa. 27:4).

5. I would burn them together.

6. I will force them to make peace with Me because of My strength (Isa. 27:5).

7. I will cause them to take root, blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit (Isa. 27:6).

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. Isa. 27:4

Fury is not in me... I am not angry with My vineyard (Judah) anymore (Isa. 27:4; 5:1-7). The reason is that all Jews will be gathered from all nations to make the kingdom of Israel in the Millennium; then they will be saved and blessed under the Messiah (Isa. 2:2-4; 9:6-7; 11:10-12; 66:7-8; Jer. 30:1-24 :31; Zec. 14:1-21; Act. 15:13-18; Rom. 11:25-29).

who would set... Question

set the briers and thorns... God challenges His enemies whom He likens to briers and thorns that would burn by the fury of God in battle.

Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; and he shall make peace with me. Isa 27:5

Or let him... Or, if the enemy does not want to be burned like briers and thorns in the fire, let him take hold of My strength and make peace with Me. If he will do this, he will be blessed with Israel (Isa. 27:5-6).

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. Isa. 27:6

He shall cause... God will plant Judah and Israel again like a vineyard, and they shall blossom and bud again and fulfill their calling of filling the world with fruit. All nations will be blessed by them (Isa. 5:1-7).

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? Isa. 27:7

Hath he smitten... Questions 41-42.

The answer is that God did not destroy His people as He did their enemies who sought to destroy them. He punished them for their sins but He will redeem and restore them, whereas He destroyed their enemies forever (Isa. 63:1-5; Zec. 14:1-21; Mat. 25:31-46).

In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind. Isa. 27:8

In measure... Measure enough to purge Israel. He has judged His people (Isa. 27:8-9).

when it shooteth... This refers to the stroke of judgment of Isa. 27:7 which was for correction, not total destruction. God would debate or curb the stroke, knowing how much to give His people.

He stayeth His... He will control His judgments on them like He would the rough wind in the day of the violent east wind, so they wouldn’t be completely destroyed. The east wind was always violent in Judea (Job. 27:21).

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. Isa. 27:9

By this therefore... From this judgment upon His people the iniquity of Jacob will be purged.

and this is... The proof of such cleansing from sin will be when Israel is caused by God to throw down the stones of the altar.

the groves... and the groves and she will throw away the images.

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 thereof. Isa. 27:10

defenced city... Babylon shall be destroyed and be a desolate wilderness—the habitation of animals (Isa. 13:19-22).

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. Isa. 27:11

be broken off... It was the custom for women and children to gather fuel.

for it is a... Three statements about Babylonians:

1. They have no understanding of God, His plan, or His ways.

2. God will have no mercy upon them (because of their ignorance, rebellion, and persecution of Israel under Antichrist).

3. He will show them no favor.

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. Isa. 27:12

shall come to pass... In that day—The Millennium—Israel will be gathered one by one back to the promised land to make an eternal nation under their Messiah (Isa. 11:10-12; Jer. 31:32; Eze. 37:1-28; Mat. 24:31). It must be remembered that all the Jews will not be regathered to Israel before the second coming of Christ, but they will be completely regathered after then (Mat. 24:31).

the LORD shall... This means that every obstruction in the final and complete regathering of Israel at the second coming of Christ will be removed, including the drying up of the Euphrates and the Nile (Isa. 11:15).

gathered one by... One by one, every one. Every person of all the tribes of Israel will be regathered (Isa. 11:10-12; Eze. 37:1-28).

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. Isa. 27:13

it shall come... In that day—The Millennium—the great trumpet shall be blown, and they (the Jews) will be gathered from all lands, from Assyria (the world empire of those times), Egypt, and other places (Isa. 11:10-12; Eze. 37:1-28). This trumpet is the same as the one referred to in Mat. 24:31.

in the holy... Christ will then be reigning on Mount Zion (Isa. 2:2-4; Zec. 14:1-21).