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Isaiah 27:2
2In that day— “Sing about a fruitful vineyard:
Isaiah 27:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine.
- 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!
- New Living Translation (NLT)“In that day, sing about the fruitful vineyard.
Context of Isaiah 27:2
1In that day, the Lord will punish with his sword— his fierce, great and powerful sword— Leviathan the gliding serpent, Leviathan the coiling serpent; he will slay the monster of the sea. In that day— “Sing about a fruitful vineyard: 3I, the Lord, watch over it; I water it continually. I guard it day and night so that no one may harm it. 4I am not angry. If only there were briers and thorns confronting me! I would march against them in battle; I would set them all on fire.
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בַּיּ֖וֹם הַה֑וּא כֶּ֥רֶם חֶ֖מֶד עַנּוּ־לָֽהּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Isaiah 27:2
- Isaiah 5:1I will sing for the one I love a song about his vineyard: My loved one had a vineyard on a fertile hillside.
- Numbers 21:17Then Israel sang this song: “Spring up, O well! Sing about it,
- Psalms 80:8You transplanted a vine from Egypt; you drove out the nations and planted it.
- Jeremiah 2:21I had planted you like a choice vine of sound and reliable stock. How then did you turn against me into a corrupt, wild vine?
- Matthew 21:33“Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and moved to another place.
- Luke 20:9He went on to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, rented it to some farmers and went away for a long time.
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
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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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