Isaiah 27:1
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.
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'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' — the apocalyptic opening of Isaiah 27 invokes the ancient combat-myth of divine victory over the chaos-monster (Leviathan/tannin), historicizing it as a future eschatological act. In its immediate context, Leviathan likely symbolizes Assyria, Babylon, or Egypt — the great imperial powers threatening Israel — but the mythological resonance gives the verse eschatological reach. Revelation 12:9 and 20:2 ('that old serpent... the dragon') draw directly on this imagery, making Isaiah 27:1 a key link between prophetic and apocalyptic anti-chaos theology.
Otras traducciones
In that day Jehovah with his hard and great and strong sword will punish leviathan the swift serpent, and leviathan the crooked serpent; and he will slay the monster that is in the sea.
In that day lay a charge doth Jehovah, With his sword--the sharp, and the great, and the strong, On leviathan--a fleeing serpent, And on leviathan--a crooked serpent, And He hath slain the dragon that <FI>is<Fi> in the sea.
In that day the Lord, with his great and strong and cruel sword, will send punishment on Leviathan, the quick-moving snake, and on Leviathan, the twisted snake; and he will put to death the dragon which is in the sea.
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