Christian Standard Bible
Isaiah 27:3
3I am the Lord, who watches over it to water it regularly. So that no one disturbs it, I watch over it night and day.
Isaiah 27:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I the Lord do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day.
- New International Version (NIV)I, the Lord, watch over it; I water it continually. I guard it day and night so that no one may harm it.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I, the Lord, am its keeper; every moment I water it. Lest anyone punish it, I keep it night and day;
- New King James Version (NKJV)I, the Lord, keep it, I water it every moment; Lest any hurt it, I keep it night and day.
Context of Isaiah 27:3
1On that day the Lord with his relentless, large, strong sword will bring judgment on Leviathan, the fleeing serpent — Leviathan, the twisting serpent. He will slay the monster that is in the sea. 2On that day sing about a desirable vineyard: I am the Lord, who watches over it to water it regularly. So that no one disturbs it, I watch over it night and day. 4I am not angry. If only there were thorns and briers for me to battle, I would trample them and burn them to the ground. 5Or let it take hold of my strength; let it make peace with me — make peace with me.
Read all of Isaiah 27Isaiah 27:3 word by word
אֲנִ֤י יְהוָה֙ נֹֽצְרָ֔הּ לִרְגָעִ֖ים אַשְׁקֶ֑נָּה פֶּ֚ן יִפְקֹ֣ד עָלֶ֔יהָ לַ֥יְלָה וָי֖וֹם אֶצֳּרֶֽנָּה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Isaiah 27:3
- Isaiah 46:4I will be the same until your old age, and I will bear you up when you turn gray. I have made you, and I will carry you; I will bear and rescue you.
- Isaiah 60:16You will nurse on the milk of nations, and nurse at the breast of kings; you will know that I, the Lord, am your Savior and Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
- Genesis 6:17“Understand that I am bringing a flood — floodwaters on the earth to destroy every creature under heaven with the breath of life in it. Everything on earth will perish.
- Genesis 9:9“Understand that I am establishing my covenant with you and your descendants after you,
- Ezekiel 34:11“‘For this is what the Lord God says: See, I myself will search for my flock and look for them.
- Ezekiel 37:14I will put my Spirit in you, and you will live, and I will settle you in your own land. Then you will know that I am the Lord. I have spoken, and I will do it. This is the declaration of the Lord.’”
- Deuteronomy 33:26There is none like the God of Jeshurun, who rides the heavens to your aid, the clouds in his majesty.
- 1 Samuel 2:9He guards the steps of his faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness, for a person does not prevail by his own strength.
- Psalms 46:5God is within her; she will not be toppled. God will help her when the morning dawns.
- Psalms 121:3He will not allow your foot to slip; your Protector will not slumber.
- John 10:27My sheep hear my voice, I know them, and they follow me.
- John 15:1“I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener.
- Isaiah 5:6I will make it a wasteland. It will not be pruned or weeded; thorns and briers will grow up. I will also give orders to the clouds that rain should not fall on it.
- Isaiah 35:6Then the lame will leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute will sing for joy, for water will gush in the wilderness, and streams in the desert;
- Isaiah 41:13For I am the Lord your God, who holds your right hand, who says to you, “Do not fear, I will help you.
- Isaiah 55:10For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return there without saturating the earth and making it germinate and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat,
Commentaries on Isaiah 27:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day - "I will take care of her by night; and by day I will keep guard over her" - For יפקד פן pen yiphkod, lest any visit it, the Syriac read ואפקד veephkod, and I will visit it. Twenty MSS. of Kennicott's, fourteen of De Rossi's, and two of my own, and six editions read אפקד ephkod, I will visit, in the first person.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3I the Lord do keep it - There is understood here or implied an introduction; as Yahweh said‘ (compare Psalm 121:3-5). I will water it every moment - That is, constantly, as a vinedresser does his vineyard.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3God calls himself the Lord of the covenant to assure his people that his words and actions are trustworthy (see Exodus 6:2–3). This phrase appears many times in Isaiah. keeper … water … guard: The Lord will give even greater care and protection to his ultimate vineyard than he did to Israel, his first vineyard (see Isaiah 5:1–2).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. lest any hurt it--attack it [Maurer]. "Lest aught be wanting in her" [Horsley].Read the comment
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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
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