| Holman Christian Standard Bible | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1On that day the LORD with His harsh, great, and strong sword, will bring judgment on Leviathan, the fleeing serpent--Leviathan, the twisting serpent. He will slay the monster that is in the sea. | 1In that day the LORD will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent, With His fierce and great and mighty sword, Even Leviathan the twisted serpent; And He will kill the dragon who lives in the sea. |
| 2On that day sing about a desirable vineyard: | 2In that day, "A vineyard of wine, sing of it! |
| 3I, Yahweh, watch over it; I water it regularly. I guard it night and day so that no one disturbs it. | 3"I, the LORD, am its keeper; I water it every moment. So that no one will damage it, I guard it night and day. |
| 4I am not angry, but if it produces thorns and briers for Me, I will fight against it, trample it, and burn it to the ground. | 4"I have no wrath. Should someone give Me briars and thorns in battle, Then I would step on them, I would burn them completely. |
| 5Or let it take hold of My strength; let it make peace with Me-- make peace with Me. | 5"Or let him rely on My protection, Let him make peace with Me, Let him make peace with Me." |
| 6In days to come, Jacob will take root. Israel will blossom and bloom and fill the whole world with fruit. | 6In the days to come Jacob will take root, Israel will blossom and sprout, And they will fill the whole world with fruit. |
| 7Did the LORD strike Israel as He struck the one who struck Israel? Was he killed like those killed by Him? | 7Like the striking of Him who has struck them, has He struck them? Or like the slaughter of His slain, have they been slain? |
| 8You disputed with her by banishing and driving her away. He removed her with His severe storm on the day of the east wind. | 8You contended with them by banishing them, by driving them away. With His fierce wind He has expelled them on the day of the east wind. |
| 9Therefore Jacob's iniquity will be purged in this way, and the result 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 through this Jacob's iniquity will be forgiven; And this will be the full price of the pardoning of his sin: When he makes all the altar stones like pulverized chalk stones; When Asherim and incense altars will not stand. |
| 10For the fortified city will be deserted, pastures abandoned and forsaken like a wilderness. Calves will graze there, and there they will spread out and strip its branches. | 10For the fortified city is isolated, A homestead forlorn and forsaken like the desert; There the calf will graze, And there it will lie down and feed on its branches. |
| 11When its branches dry out, they will be broken off. Women will come and make fires with them, for they are not a people with understanding. Therefore their Maker will not have compassion on them, and their Creator will not be gracious to them. | 11When its limbs are dry, they are broken off; Women come and make a fire with them, For they are not a people of discernment, Therefore their Maker will not have compassion on them. And their Creator will not be gracious to them. |
| 12On that day the LORD will thresh grain from the Euphrates River as far as the Wadi of Egypt, and you Israelites will be gathered one by one. | 12In that day the LORD will start His threshing from the flowing stream of the Euphrates to the brook of Egypt, and you will be gathered up one by one, O sons of Israel. |
| 13On that day a great trumpet will be blown, and those lost in the land of Assyria will come, as well as those dispersed in the land of Egypt; and they will worship the LORD at Jerusalem on the holy mountain. | 13It will come about also in that day that a great trumpet will be blown, and those who were perishing in the land of Assyria and who were scattered in the land of Egypt will come and worship the LORD in the holy mountain at Jerusalem. |
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