| Berean Study Bible | English Standard Version |
| 1In that day the LORD will take His sharp, great, and mighty sword, and bring judgment on Leviathan the fleeing serpent—Leviathan the coiling serpent—and He will slay the dragon of the sea. | 1In that day the LORD with his hard and great and strong sword will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent, Leviathan the twisting serpent, and he will slay the dragon that is in the sea. |
| 2In that day: “Sing about a fruitful vineyard. | 2In that day, “A pleasant vineyard, sing of it! |
| 3I, the LORD, am its keeper; I water it continually. I guard it night and day so no one can disturb it; | 3I, the LORD, am its keeper; every moment I water it. Lest anyone punish it, I keep it night and day; |
| 4I am not angry. If only thorns and briers confronted Me, I would march and trample them, I would burn them to the ground. | 4I have no wrath. Would that I had thorns and briers to battle! I would march against them, I would burn them up together. |
| 5Or let them lay claim to My protection; let them make peace with Me—yes, let them make peace with Me.” | 5Or let them lay hold of my protection, let them make peace with me, let them make peace with me.” |
| 6In the days to come, Jacob will take root. Israel will bud and blossom and fill the whole world with fruit. | 6In days to come Jacob shall take root, Israel shall blossom and put forth shoots and fill the whole world with fruit. |
| 7Has the LORD struck Israel as He struck her oppressors? Was she killed like those who slayed her? | 7Has he struck them as he struck those who struck them? Or have they been slain as their slayers were slain? |
| 8By warfare and exile You contended with her and removed her with a fierce wind, as on the day the east wind blows. | 8Measure by measure, by exile you contended with them; he removed them with his fierce breath in the day of the east wind. |
| 9Therefore Jacob’s guilt will be atoned for, and the full fruit of the removal of his sin will be this: When he makes all the altar stones like crushed bits of chalk, no Asherah poles or incense altars will remain standing. | 9Therefore by this the guilt of Jacob will be atoned for, and this will be the full fruit of the removal of his sin: when he makes all the stones of the altars like chalkstones crushed to pieces, no Asherim or incense altars will remain standing. |
| 10For the fortified city lies deserted—a homestead abandoned, a wilderness forsaken. There the calves graze, and there they lie down; they strip its branches bare. | 10For the fortified city is solitary, a habitation deserted and forsaken, like the wilderness; there the calf grazes; there it lies down and strips its branches. |
| 11When its limbs are dry, they are broken off. Women come and use them for kindling; for this is a people without understanding. Therefore their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor. | 11When its boughs are dry, they are broken; women come and make a fire of them. For this is a people without discernment; therefore he who made them will not have compassion on them; he who formed them will show them no favor. |
| 12In that day the LORD will thresh from the flowing Euphrates to the Wadi of Egypt, and you, O Israelites, will be gathered one by one. | 12In that day from the river Euphrates to the Brook of Egypt the LORD will thresh out the grain, and you will be gleaned one by one, O people of Israel. |
| 13And in that day a great ram’s horn will sound, and those who were perishing in Assyria will come forth with those who were exiles in Egypt. And they will worship the LORD on the holy mountain in Jerusalem. | 13And in that day a great trumpet will be blown, and those who were lost in the land of Assyria and those who were driven out to the land of Egypt will come and worship the LORD on the holy mountain at Jerusalem. |
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