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| 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. | 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. |
| 2At that time, "A fermenting vineyard— sing about it! | 2In that day, “A pleasant vineyard, sing of it! |
| 3I, the LORD, watch over it And I water it continuously. I guard it night and day so no one can harm 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 the vineyard could give me briers and thorns to battle, I would march against it, and I would burn it all up. | 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 else let it lay claim to my protection; let it make peace with me, yes, let it 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 times to come, Jacob will take root, and Israel will blossom, sprout shoots, 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 them down, just as he struck down those who struck them? Or have they been killed, just as their killers were killed? | 7Has he struck them as he struck those who struck them? Or have they been slain as their slayers were slain? |
| 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. | 8Measure by measure, by exile you contended with them; he removed them with his fierce breath in the day of the east wind. |
| 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. | 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 stands desolate, a settlement abandoned and forsaken like the desert; calves graze there, and there they lie down and strip bare its branches. | 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 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. | 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. |
| 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. | 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. |
| 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. | 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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