Commentary on Isaiah Volume 1 John Calvin (continued)
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Isaiah 27:1-13 1. 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.
1. In die illa visitabit Iehova gladio suo duro, et magno et forti, super Leviathan serpentem penetrem, et super Leviathan serpentem flexuosum, et occidet draconem qui est in mari.
2. In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine. 2. In die illa vineæ ruboris canite. 3. I the Lord do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day.
3. Ego Iehova custodio eam, singulis momentis irragabo eam; ne visitet eam (hostis,) noctu et interdiu custodiam ipsam.
4. 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.
4. Furor non est mihi. Quis me committat cum vepre et spina (aut, veprem spinœ)? Gradiar hostiliter per eam, incendam penitus.
5. Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; and he shall make peace with me.
5. An apprehendet robur meum, ut faciat mecum pacem, mecum, inquam, pacem faciat?
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.
6. In posterum radices mittet Iacob; pullulabit et florebit Israel, et implebuntur facies orbis fructu.
7. Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him? or is he slain