Chapter 27

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1In that day Hashem will punish, With His great, cruel, mighty sword Leviathan the Elusive Serpent— Leviathan the Twisting Serpent; He will slay the Dragon of the sea.

ba-YOM ha-HU yif-KOD a-do-NAI b'-khar-BO ha-ka-SHAH v'-ha-ge-do-LAH v'-ha-cha-za-KAH al li-v'-ya-TAN na-KHASH ba-RE-khah v'-al li-v'-ya-TAN na-KHASH a-ka-LA-ton v'-ha-RAG et ha-ta-NEEN a-SHER ba-YAM. (SELAH)

אבַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֡וּא יִפְקֹ֣ד יְהֹוָה֩ בְּחַרְבּ֨וֹ הַקָּשָׁ֜ה וְהַגְּדוֹלָ֣ה וְהַחֲזָקָ֗ה עַ֤ל לִוְיָתָן֙ נָחָ֣שׁ בָּרִ֔חַ וְעַל֙ לִוְיָתָ֔ן נָחָ֖שׁ עֲקַלָּת֑וֹן וְהָרַ֥ג אֶת־הַתַּנִּ֖ין אֲשֶׁ֥ר בַּיָּֽם׃

2In that day, They shall sing of it: “Vineyard of Delight.”

ba-YOM ha-HU ke-REM khe-MER a-NU-laH

בבַּיּ֖וֹם הַה֑וּא כֶּ֥רֶם חֶ֖מֶר עַנּוּ־לָֽהּ׃

3I Hashem keep watch over it, I water it every moment; That no harm may befall it, I watch it night and day.

a-NEE a-do-NAI no-tz'-RAH lir-ga-EEM ash-KE-nah, PEN yif-KOD a-LE-ha la-YLA va-YOM e-tzo-RE-nah

גאֲנִ֤י יְהֹוָה֙ נֹֽצְרָ֔הּ לִרְגָעִ֖ים אַשְׁקֶ֑נָּה פֶּ֚ן יִפְקֹ֣ד עָלֶ֔יהָ לַ֥יְלָה וָי֖וֹם אֶצֳּרֶֽנָּה׃

4There is no anger in Me: If one offers Me thorns and thistles, I will march to battle against him, And set all of them on fire.

KHE-mah AYN LEE, mee yi-t'-NEE-nee sha-MEER sha-YEET ba-mil-KHA-mah, ef-s'-AH VAH a-tzee-TEN-nah YA-khad.

דחֵמָ֖ה אֵ֣ין לִ֑י מִֽי־יִתְּנֵ֜נִי שָׁמִ֥יר שַׁ֙יִת֙ בַּמִּלְחָמָ֔ה אֶפְשְׂעָ֥ה בָ֖הּ אֲצִיתֶ֥נָּה יָּֽחַד׃

5But if he holds fast to My refuge, He makes Me his friend; He makes Me his friend.

o ya-cha-ZEK b'-ma-UZ-zi, ya-a-SEH sha-LOM li, sha-LOM ya-a-SEH-li

הא֚וֹ יַֽחֲזֵ֣ק בְּמָעוּזִּ֔י יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה שָׁל֖וֹם לִ֑י שָׁל֖וֹם יַעֲשֶׂה־לִּֽי׃

6[In days] to come Yaakov shall strike root, Yisrael shall sprout and blossom, And the face of the world Shall be covered with fruit.

ha-ba-EEM yash-RAYSH ya-a-KOV ya-TZEETZ u-fa-RAKH yis-ra-AYL u-ma-l'-U f'-nay tay-VAYL t'-nu-VAH

והַבָּאִים֙ יַשְׁרֵ֣שׁ יַֽעֲקֹ֔ב יָצִ֥יץ וּפָרַ֖ח יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וּמָלְא֥וּ פְנֵי־תֵבֵ֖ל תְּנוּבָֽה׃

27:6 Yaakov shall strike root

A vineyard on the Judean hills

In chapter 5, Yeshayahu describes Israel as a rebellious vine that produces inferior fruits. Here is the happy conclusion to Hashem’s song to His vineyard. While God may punish, it is not out of anger or fury (verse 4), but the hope that it will lead to harmony between Israel and Hashem. In this chapter, Israel is attached to its land with an unbreakable connection, like a deeply rooted vineyard. As a result, “Yaakov shall strike root, Yisrael shall sprout and blossom, and the face of the world shall be covered with fruit.” Indeed, with the contemporary return of the Jews to Eretz Yisrael, the former desert land has begun to blossom and bud, a sure sign of divine favor.

7Was he beaten as his beater has been? Did he suffer such slaughter as his slayers?

ha-ke-MA-kah ma-KE-hu hi-KA-hu im-ke-HE-reg ha-ru-GA-yav ho-RAG

זהַכְּמַכַּ֥ת מַכֵּ֖הוּ הִכָּ֑הוּ אִם־כְּהֶ֥רֶג הֲרֻגָ֖יו הֹרָֽג׃

8Assailing them with fury unchained, His pitiless blast bore them off On a day of gale.

b'-sa-sa-AH b'-shal-khah t'-ri-VE-nah ha-GAH b'-ru-KHO ha-ka-SHAH b'-YOM ka-DIM

חבְּסַאסְּאָ֖ה בְּשַׁלְחָ֣הּ תְּרִיבֶ֑נָּה הָגָ֛ה בְּרוּח֥וֹ הַקָּשָׁ֖ה בְּי֥וֹם קָדִֽים׃

9Assuredly, by this alone Shall Yaakov's sin be purged away; This is the only price For removing his guilt: That he make all the altar-stones Like shattered blocks of chalk— With no sacred post left standing, Nor any incense mizbayach.

la-KHEN b'-ZOT ye-KHU-par a-VON ya-a-KOV v'-ZEH kol pe-REE ha-SIR kha-ta-TO b'-su-MO kol av-NAY miz-BAY-akh k'-av-NAY gir m'-nu-PA-tzot lo ya-KU-mu a-SHE-rim v'-kha-MA-nim

טלָכֵ֗ן בְּזֹאת֙ יְכֻפַּ֣ר עֲוֺֽן־יַעֲקֹ֔ב וְזֶ֕ה כׇּל־פְּרִ֖י הָסִ֣ר חַטָּאת֑וֹ בְּשׂוּמ֣וֹ ׀ כׇּל־אַבְנֵ֣י מִזְבֵּ֗חַ כְּאַבְנֵי־גִר֙ מְנֻפָּצ֔וֹת לֹא־יָקֻ֥מוּ אֲשֵׁרִ֖ים וְחַמָּנִֽים׃

10Thus fortified cities lie desolate, Homesteads deserted, forsaken like a wilderness; There calves graze, there they lie down And consume its boughs.

ki iR b'tzu-RAH ba-DAD na-VEH m'-shu-LACH v'-ne-e-ZAV ka-mid-BAR, shaM yir-EH e-GEL v'-shaM yir-BAZ v'-ki-LAH s'-i-FE-ha

יכִּ֣י עִ֤יר בְּצוּרָה֙ בָּדָ֔ד נָוֶ֕ה מְשֻׁלָּ֥ח וְנֶעֱזָ֖ב כַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר שָׁ֣ם יִרְעֶ֥ה עֵ֛גֶל וְשָׁ֥ם יִרְבָּ֖ץ וְכִלָּ֥ה סְעִפֶֽיהָ׃

11When its crown is withered, they break; Women come and make fires with them. For they are a people without understanding; That is why Their Maker will show them no mercy, Their Creator will deny them grace.

bi-VOSH k'tzi-RAH tish-va-RE-nah na-SHEEM ba-OT me-i-ROT o-TAH kee lo am-bi-NOT HU al-KEN lo y'-ra-cha-ME-nu o-SE-hu v'-yo-tze-RO lo y'-chu-NE-nu. (P)

יאבִּיבֹ֤שׁ קְצִירָהּ֙ תִּשָּׁבַ֔רְנָה נָשִׁ֕ים בָּא֖וֹת מְאִיר֣וֹת אוֹתָ֑הּ כִּ֣י לֹ֤א עַם־בִּינוֹת֙ ה֔וּא עַל־כֵּן֙ לֹא־יְרַחֲמֶ֣נּוּ עֹשֵׂ֔הוּ וְיֹצְר֖וֹ לֹ֥א יְחֻנֶּֽנּוּ׃

12And in that day, Hashem will beat out [the peoples like grain] from the channel of the Euphrates to the Wadi of Egypt; and you shall be picked up one by one, O children of Yisrael!

v'-ha-YA ba-YOM ha-HU yakh-BOT a-do-NAI mi-shi-BOL-et ha-NA-har ad-NA-khal mitz-RA-yim v'-a-TEM t'-lu-K'-tu l'-a-KHAD e-KHAD b'-nay yis-ra-AYL.

יבוְהָיָה֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֔וּא יַחְבֹּ֧ט יְהֹוָ֛ה מִשִּׁבֹּ֥לֶת הַנָּהָ֖ר עַד־נַ֣חַל מִצְרָ֑יִם וְאַתֶּ֧ם תְּלֻקְּט֛וּ לְאַחַ֥ד אֶחָ֖ד בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

13And in that day, a great shofar shall be sounded; and the strayed who are in the land of Assyria and the expelled who are in the land of Egypt shall come and worship Hashem on the holy mount, in Yerushalayim.

v'-ha-YA ba-YOM ha-HU yi-ta-KA b'-sho-FAR ga-DOL u-va-U ha-o-v'-DEEM b'-E-retz a-SHUR v'-ha-ni-da-KHEEM b'-E-retz mitz-RA-yim v'-his-ta-cha-VU la-a-do-NAI b'-har ha-ko-DAYSH bi-ru-sha-LA-im. (Pe)

יגוְהָיָ֣ה ׀ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֗וּא יִתָּקַע֮ בְּשׁוֹפָ֣ר גָּדוֹל֒ וּבָ֗אוּ הָאֹֽבְדִים֙ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ אַשּׁ֔וּר וְהַנִּדָּחִ֖ים בְּאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם וְהִשְׁתַּחֲו֧וּ לַֽיהֹוָ֛ה בְּהַ֥ר הַקֹּ֖דֶשׁ בִּירוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃