[a]Hereafter Jacob shall take root: Israel shall flourish and grow: and the world shall be filled with fruit.

Hath he smitten [b]him, as he smote those that smote him? or is he slain according to the slaughter of them that were slain by him?

In [c]measure in the branches thereof wilt thou contend with it, when he bloweth with his rough wind in the day of the East wind.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 27:6 Though I afflict and diminish my people for a time, yet shall the root spring again and bring forth in great abundance.
  2. Isaiah 27:7 He showeth that God punisheth his in mercy, and his enemies in justice.
  3. Isaiah 27:8 That is, thou wilt not destroy the root of thy Church, though the branches thereof seem to perish by the sharp wind of affliction.

In days to come Jacob will take root,(A)
    Israel will bud and blossom(B)
    and fill all the world with fruit.(C)

Has the Lord struck her
    as he struck(D) down those who struck her?
Has she been killed
    as those were killed who killed her?
By warfare[a] and exile(E) you contend with her—
    with his fierce blast he drives her out,
    as on a day the east wind(F) blows.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 27:8 See Septuagint; the meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.