Berean Study Bible | International 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. | 1At that time, with his fierce, mighty, and powerful sword, the LORD will punish the gliding serpent Leviathan—the coiling serpent Leviathan—and he will kill the dragon that's in the sea. |
2In that day: “Sing about a fruitful vineyard. | 2At that time, "A fermenting vineyard— sing about 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, watch over it And I water it continuously. I guard it night and day so no one can harm it. |
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 am not angry. If only the vineyard could give me briers and thorns to battle, I would march against it, and I would burn it all up. |
5Or let them lay claim to My protection; let them make peace with Me—yes, let them make peace with Me.” | 5Or else let it lay claim to my protection; let it make peace with me, yes, let it 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 times to come, Jacob will take root, and Israel will blossom, sprout 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 the LORD struck them down, just as he struck down those who struck them? Or have they been killed, just as their killers were killed? |
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, in their exile you contended with them; with his fierce blast he removed them, as on a day when the east wind blows. |
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. | 9By this, then, Jacob's guilt will be atoned for, and this will be the full harvest that comes from the removal of his sin: when he makes all the altar stones like pulverized chalkstones, no Asherah poles or incense altars will be left 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 stands desolate, a settlement abandoned and forsaken like the desert; calves graze there, and there they lie down and strip bare 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 branches are dry, they are broken off, and women come and kindle fires with them, since this is a people who show no consideration. That is why the One who made them shows them no compassion; the One who created them shows them no mercy. |
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. | 12At that time, the LORD will winnow grain from the Euphrates River channel to the Wadi of Egypt, and you will be gathered in 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. | 13Furthermore, at that time, a great trumpet will be sounded, and those who were perishing in the land of Assyria and those who had been expelled to the land of Egypt will come and worship the LORD on his holy mountain at Jerusalem. |
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