1In 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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Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.
Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?
For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many.
And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-6)The prophet is here singing of judgment and mercy, I. Of judgment upon the enemies of God’s church (Isa. 27:1), tribulation to those that trouble it , 2 Thess. 1:6. When the Lord comes out of his place, to punish the inhabitants of the earth (Isa. 26:21), he will be sure to punish leviathan , the dragon that is in the sea , every proud oppressing tyrant, that is the terror of the mighty, and, like…
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