| New King James Version | International Standard Version |
| 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. | 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 to her, “A vineyard of red wine! | 2At that time, "A fermenting vineyard— sing about it! |
| 3I, the LORD, keep it, I water it every moment; Lest any hurt it, I keep it night and day. | 3I, the LORD, watch over it And I water it continuously. I guard it night and day so no one can harm 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. 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 him take hold of My strength, That he may make peace with Me; And he shall 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." |
| 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 times to come, Jacob will take root, and Israel will blossom, sprout shoots, 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? | 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? |
| 8In measure, by sending it away, You contended with it. He removes it by His rough wind In the day of the east wind. | 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 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. | 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. |
| 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 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 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 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. |
| 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. | 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. |
| 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. | 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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