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“I, the Lord, am its keeper; I water it every moment. So that no one will damage it, I guard it night and day.
Isaiah 27:3 · New American Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB I, Yahweh, am its keeper. I will water it every moment. Lest anyone damage it, I will keep it night and day.
  • KJV I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day.
  • BSB I, the LORD, am its keeper; I water it continually. I guard it night and day so no one can disturb it;
  • NKJV I, the Lord, keep it, I water it every moment; Lest any hurt it, I keep it night and day.
  • NLT I, the Lord, will watch over it, watering it carefully. Day and night I will watch so no one can harm it.

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Quick answer

God himself keeps and waters His vineyard constantly, guarding it day and night.

Overview

The Lord declares his tireless care for His people, watering them moment by moment and protecting them from harm. This reveals God's faithful, watchful preservation of those who are His. It anticipates Jesus' assurance that none of His sheep can be snatched from the Father's hand.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 21

  • Isa 58:11and Yahweh will guide you continually, and satisfy your soul in dry places, and make your bones strong; and you shall be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters don’t fail.
  • John 15:1–2“I am the true vine, and my Father is the farmer.
  • 1 Sam 2:9He will keep the feet of his holy ones, but the wicked shall be put to silence in darkness; for no man shall prevail by strength.
  • Ps 121:3–5He will not allow your foot to be moved. He who keeps you will not slumber.
  • Ezek 34:11For thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I myself, even I, will search for my sheep, and will seek them out.
  • Ezek 37:14I will put my Spirit in you, and you shall live, and I will place you in your own land: and you shall know that I, Yahweh, have spoken it and performed it, says Yahweh.
  • Isa 60:16You will also drink the milk of the nations, and will nurse from royal breasts. Then you will know that I, Yahweh, am your Savior, your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
  • Isa 55:10–11For as the rain comes down and the snow from the sky, and doesn’t return there, but waters the earth, and makes it grow and bud, and gives seed to the sower and bread to the eater;
  • Isa 46:9Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is no other. I am God, and there is none like me.
  • Ezek 34:24I, Yahweh, will be their God, and my servant David prince among them; I, Yahweh, have spoken it.
  • Isa 35:6–7Then the lame man will leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute will sing; for waters will break out in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.
  • Gen 6:17I, even I, do bring the flood of waters on this earth, to destroy all flesh having the breath of life from under the sky. Everything that is in the earth will die.
  • Ps 46:11Yahweh of Armies is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
  • Isa 46:4Even to old age I am he, and even to gray hairs I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear. Yes, I will carry, and will deliver.
  • Deut 33:26–29“There is no one like God, Jeshurun, who rides on the heavens for your help, in his excellency on the skies.
  • Ps 46:5God is within her. She shall not be moved. God will help her at dawn.
  • Isa 5:6I will lay it a wasteland. It won’t be pruned nor hoed, but it will grow briers and thorns. I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain on it.”
  • Isa 41:13–19For I, Yahweh your God, will hold your right hand, saying to you, ‘Don’t be afraid. I will help you.’
  • John 10:27–30My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
  • Ezek 37:28The nations shall know that I am Yahweh who sanctifies Israel, when my sanctuary shall be among them forever more.
  • Gen 9:9“As for me, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your offspring after you,

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  • VideoBibleProject — Isaiah videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • CommentaryMatthew Henry on IsaiahMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical

    The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).

  • ReferenceInterlinear, lexicon & Strong'sBlue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

    Hebrew/Greek interlinear, word definitions, and cross-references for this verse.

Christ at the center

Isaiah sees him most clearly: the virgin's son Immanuel, the child on David's throne, the shoot from Jesse, the light to the nations, and above all the Suffering Servant pierced for our transgressions (ch. 53).

How Isaiah 27:3 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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