1In that day the LORD with His hard {sore} and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan, the piercing serpent, even leviathan, that crooked serpent; and He shall slay the dragon that is in the sea. 2In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine. 3I, the LORD, do keep it; I will water it every moment. Lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day. 4Fury is not in Me. Who would set the briers and thorns against Me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together. 5Or let him take hold of My strength, that he may make peace with Me; and he shall make peace with Me. 6He shall cause them who come of Jacob to take root; Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit. 7Hath He smitten him, as He smote those who smote him? Or is he slain according to the slaughter of them who are slain by Him? 8In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it; He stayeth His rough wind in the day of the east wind. 9By this, therefore, shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when He maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the idols {groves} and images shall not stand up. 10Yet the fortified city shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness; there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof. 11When its {the} boughs {thereof} are withered, they shall 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. 12And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall beat off from the channel of the river unto the stream of Egypt, and ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel. 13And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come who were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem. King James Bible: Purple Letter Edition © 2023 by Jim Musser. Used by Permission. All rights Reserved. Bible Hub |