| New King James Version | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1In that day the LORD with His severe sword, great and strong, Will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent, Leviathan that twisted serpent; And He will slay the reptile that is in the sea. | 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. |
| 2In that day sing to her, “A vineyard of red wine! | 2On that day sing about a desirable vineyard: |
| 3I, the LORD, keep it, I water it every moment; Lest any hurt it, I keep it night and day. | 3I, Yahweh, watch over it; I water it regularly. I guard it night and day so that no one disturbs it. |
| 4Fury is not in Me. Who would set briers and thorns Against Me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together. | 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. |
| 5Or let him take hold of My strength, That he may make peace with Me; And he shall make peace with Me.” | 5Or let it take hold of My strength; let it make peace with Me-- make peace with Me. |
| 6Those who come He shall cause to take root in Jacob; Israel shall blossom and bud, And fill the face of the world with fruit. | 6In days to come, Jacob will take root. Israel will blossom and bloom and fill the whole world with fruit. |
| 7Has He struck Israel as He struck those who struck him? Or has He been slain according to the slaughter of those who were slain by Him? | 7Did the LORD strike Israel as He struck the one who struck Israel? Was he killed like those killed by Him? |
| 8In measure, by sending it away, You contended with it. He removes it by His rough wind In the day of the east wind. | 8You disputed with her by banishing and driving her away. He removed her with His severe storm on the day of the east wind. |
| 9Therefore by this the iniquity of Jacob will be covered; And this is all the fruit of taking away his sin: When he makes all the stones of the altar Like chalkstones that are beaten to dust, Wooden images and incense altars shall not stand. | 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. |
| 10Yet the fortified city will be desolate, The habitation forsaken and left like a wilderness; There the calf will feed, and there it will lie down And consume its branches. | 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. |
| 11When its boughs are withered, they will be broken off; The women come and set them on fire. For it is a people of no understanding; Therefore He who made them will not have mercy on them, And He who formed them will show them no favor. | 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. |
| 12And it shall come to pass in that day That the LORD will thresh, From the channel of the River to the Brook of Egypt; And you will be gathered one by one, O you children of Israel. | 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. |
| 13So it shall be in that day: The great trumpet will be blown; They will come, who are about to perish in the land of Assyria, And they who are outcasts in the land of Egypt, And shall worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem. | 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. |
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