Isaiah 26:20-Isaiah 27:6 - Judgment: Reward Or Punishment
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Come, my people, enter your chambers
And shut your doors behind you;
Hide for a little while
Until the [Lord’s]
Listen carefully, the Lord is about to come out of His [heavenly] place
To punish the inhabitants of the earth for their wickedness [their sin, their injustice, their wrongdoing];
The earth will reveal the [innocent] blood shed upon her
And will no longer cover her slain.
1
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.
2
In that day [it will be said of the redeemed nation of Israel],
“A vineyard of
“I, the Lord, am its Keeper;
I water it every moment.
So that no one will harm it,
I guard it night and day.
“I have no wrath.
Should anyone give Me briars and thorns in battle,
I would step on them, I would set them all on fire.
“Or let him (Israel) cling to My strength and rely on My protection [My stronghold],
Let him make peace with Me,
Let him make peace with Me.”
Israel will blossom and sprout,
And they will fill the surface of the world with fruit.