Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
CONTINUATION OF THE TWENTY-FOURTH, TWENTY-FIFTH, AND TWENTY-SIXTH CHAPTERS. (Isaiah 27:1-13)
sore—rather, "hard," "well-tempered."
leviathan—literally, in Arabic, "the twisted animal," applicable to every great tenant of the waters, sea-serpents, crocodiles, etc. In Ezekiel 29:3; Ezekiel 32:2; Daniel 7:1, etc. Revelation 12:3, etc., 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.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 27:1:
Job 3:8
Job 7:12
Job 14:11
Job 26:13
Job 41:1
Isaiah 23:18
Isaiah 27:1
Isaiah 51:9
Ezekiel 38:17
Daniel 6:28
Amos 9:3
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