Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 27:1

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1. sore —rather, "hard," "well-tempered." leviathan —literally, in Arabic, "the twisted animal," applicable to every great tenant of the waters, sea-serpents, crocodiles, c. In Ezekiel 29:3 Ezekiel 32:2 ; Daniel 7:1 ; Revelation 12:3 , c., potentates hostile to Israel are similarly described antitypically and ultimately Satan is intended ( Revelation 20:10 ). piercing —rigid [LOWTH]. Flying [MAURER and Septuagint ]. Long, extended, namely, as the crocodile which cannot readily bend back its body [HOUBIGANT]. crooked —winding. dragon — Hebrew, tenin; the crocodile. sea —the Euphrates, or the expansion of it near Babylon. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-2" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

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절 (explains)

bible-text/isa-27-1

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
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