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| 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. | 1In that day, the LORD will punish with his sword-- his fierce, great and powerful sword-- Leviathan the gliding serpent, Leviathan the coiling serpent; he will slay the monster of the sea. |
| 2In that day, “A pleasant vineyard, sing of it! | 2In that day-- "Sing about a fruitful vineyard: |
| 3I, the LORD, am its keeper; every moment I water it. Lest anyone punish it, I keep it night and day; | 3I, the LORD, watch over it; I water it continually. I guard it day and night so that no one may harm it. |
| 4I have no wrath. Would that I had thorns and briers to battle! I would march against them, I would burn them up together. | 4I am not angry. If only there were briers and thorns confronting me! I would march against them in battle; I would set them all on fire. |
| 5Or let them lay hold of my protection, let them make peace with me, let them make peace with me.” | 5Or else let them come to me for refuge; let them make peace with me, yes, let them make peace with me." |
| 6In days to come Jacob shall take root, Israel shall blossom and put forth shoots and fill the whole world with fruit. | 6In days to come Jacob will take root, Israel will bud and blossom and fill all the world with fruit. |
| 7Has he struck them as he struck those who struck them? Or have they been slain as their slayers were slain? | 7Has the LORD struck her as he struck down those who struck her? Has she been killed as those were killed who killed her? |
| 8Measure by measure, by exile you contended with them; he removed them with his fierce breath in the day of the east wind. | 8By warfare and exile you contend with her-- with his fierce blast he drives her out, as on a day the east wind blows. |
| 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. | 9By this, then, will Jacob's guilt be atoned for, and this will be the full fruit of the removal of his sin: When he makes all the altar stones to be like limestone crushed to pieces, no Asherah poles or incense altars will be left standing. |
| 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. | 10The fortified city stands desolate, an abandoned settlement, forsaken like the wilderness; there the calves graze, there they lie down; they strip its branches bare. |
| 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. | 11When its twigs are dry, they are broken off and women come and make fires with them. For this is a people without understanding; so their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor. |
| 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. | 12In that day the LORD will thresh from the flowing Euphrates to the Wadi of Egypt, and you, Israel, will be gathered up one by one. |
| 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. | 13And in that day a great trumpet will sound. Those who were perishing in Assyria and those who were exiled in Egypt will come and worship the LORD on the holy mountain in Jerusalem. |
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