Isaiah 27:2

Isaiah 27:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine.
• New International Version (NIV)In that day— “Sing about a fruitful vineyard:
• English Standard Version (ESV)In that day, "A pleasant vineyard, sing of it!
• New King James Version (NKJV)In that day sing to her, “A vineyard of red wine!

Context of Isaiah 27:2

1In that day the Lord will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent With His fierce and great and mighty sword [rescuing Israel from her enemy], Even Leviathan the twisted serpent; And He will kill the dragon who lives in the sea. In that day [it will be said of the redeemed nation of Israel], “A vineyard of wine, sing in praise of it! 3I, the Lord, am its Keeper; I water it every moment. So that no one will harm it, I guard it night and day. 4I have no wrath. Should anyone give Me briars and thorns in battle, I would step on them, I would set them all on fire.

Isaiah 27:2 word by word

בַּיּ֖וֹם הַה֑וּא כֶּ֥רֶם חֶ֖מֶד עַנּוּ־לָֽהּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• In that dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• singעָנָה‛ânâh · be occupiedH6031
• ye unto her, A vineyardכֶּרֶםkerem · vineyardH3754
• of red wineחֶ֫מֶדchemed · delightH2531
• of red wineחֶ֫מֶרchemer · wineH2561

Cross-references for Isaiah 27:2

• Isaiah 5:1Now let me sing for my greatly Beloved [Lord] A song of my Beloved about His vineyard (His chosen people). My greatly Beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile slope (the promised land, Canaan).
• Numbers 21:17Then Israel sang this song, “Spring up, O well! Sing to it,
• Psalms 80:8You uprooted a vine (Israel) from Egypt; You drove out the [Canaanite] nations and planted the vine [in Canaan].
• Jeremiah 2:21Yet I had planted you [O house of Israel as] a choice vine, A completely faithful seed. How then have you turned against Me Into degenerate shoots of a foreign and wild vine [alien to Me]?
• Matthew 21:33“Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard and put a wall around it and dug a wine press in it, and built a tower, and rented it out to tenant farmers and went on a journey [to another country].
• Luke 20:9Then He began to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard and leased it to tenant farmers, and went on a journey for a long time [to another country].

Commentaries on Isaiah 27:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Sing ye unto her - לה אנו anu lah . Bishop Lowth translates this, Sing ye a responsive song; and says that ענה anah, to answer, signifies occasionally to sing responsively; and that this mode of singing was frequently practiced among the ancient Hebrews. See De Poes. Sac. Hebrews Prael. xix., at the beginning. This, indeed, was the ancient method of singing in various nations. The song was divided into distinct portions, and the singers sang alternately…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Sing ye unto her - That is, sing unto, or respecting the vineyard. The word rendered sing‘ (ענוּ ‛anû ) signifies properly, “answer, respond to;” and then, sing a responsive song, where one portion of the choir responds to another (see Exodus 15:21). This has been well expressed here by Lowth in his translation: To the beloved Vineyard, sing ye a responsive song.‘ It is the commencement of a song, or hymn respecting Judea, represented under the image of a…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-6In the Song of the Fruitful Vineyard, the vineyard represents God’s people (compare Isaiah 5:1–7).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. In that day when leviathan shall be destroyed, the vineyard (Psa 80:8), the Church of God, purged of its blemishes, shall be lovely in God's eyes; to bring out this sense the better, Lowth, by changing a Hebrew letter, reads "pleasant," "lovely," for "red wine." sing--a responsive song [Lowth]. unto her--rather, "concerning her" (see on Is 5:1); namely, the Jewish state [Maurer].Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 27:2

• Church
• Parables
• Vineyard

In the dictionaries

• That Day
• Dragon
• Wine
• Color; Colors
• Isaiah
• Salvation
• Wine; Wine Press

Commentaries on Isaiah 27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings