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Isaiah 27

Isaiah 27:11

The LORD’s Vineyard · Isaiah 27:1–13
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Translations

Modern
When its limbs are dry, they are broken off. Women come and use them for kindling; for this is a people without understanding. Therefore their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor.
Traditional
When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.
Literal
With the withering of her boughs, they are broken off; the women come make fires with it, for it is not for a people of understanding. Thus He who made them will not have compassion on them, and He who formed them will not show them favor.
Latin
In siccitate messes illius conterentur. Mulieres venientes, et docentes eam; non est enim populus sapiens: propterea non miserebitur ejus qui fecit eum, et qui formavit eum non parcet ei.

Original

Hebrew
English
When its limbs are dry, they are broken off. Women come and use them for kindling; for this is a people without understanding. Therefore their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor.

Notes

Isaiah 27:11

The people were living outside God’s covenant care (his special promise relationship with them). They had turned away from him.

This was a foolish choice. They rejected the protection and blessing that came from belonging to God.

Isaiah 27:7–11

Isaiah reminded readers of the reasons for the exile and judgment:

  • Israel’s sinfulness,

  • God’s righteous judgment, and

  • the absence of divine compassion.

Isaiah 24:1–27:13

This section is often called the Little Apocalypse. It is given this name because it has similarities to the book of Revelation.

In these chapters, Isaiah moves from his present time into a vision of the future. The language is broad and universal. Because of this, it is difficult to connect the events to one specific historical situation.

These chapters are not meant to provide a detailed timeline of future events. They are not a historical blueprint. Instead, Isaiah uses vivid images to describe a dramatic future world that is both similar to and different from the present.

The vision includes elements of both the old age and the new age. For example, the people of Zion are described as righteous (new), yet they still wait for their full redemption (old). This pattern fits with the New Testament teaching that the future age has already begun but has not yet fully arrived (2 Corinthians 4:4; Galatians 1:4).

Peter wrote that believers were already living in the last days (1 Peter 1:12; 2 Peter 3:3). At the same time, he said that the final day of the Lord is still future (2 Peter 3:10). These passages show that the present age and the future age overlap.

Events

Parallels

John 15:1–8

Glossary

Compassion Isaiah, Book of

Topics

Blindness: Spiritual The Favour of God: The Wicked: do not Obtain Women: Worked in Fields