In that day athe LORD
will punish
1 bLeviathan
the fleeing
serpent
, With His fierce
and great
and mighty
sword
, Even
1Leviathan
the twisted
serpent
; And cHe will kill
the dragon
who
lives in the sea
.
In that day, "A 1 avineyard
of wine
, sing
of it!
"I, the LORD, am its keeper
; aI water
it every moment
. So that no one will 1damage
it, I bguard
it night
and day
.
"I have no
wrath
. Should 1someone
give
Me abriars
and thorns
in battle
, Then I would step
on them, bI would burn
them 2completely
.
"Or let him 1 arely
on My protection
, Let him make
peace
with Me, Let him bmake
peace
with Me."
1In the days to come Jacob
awill take
root
, Israel
will bblossom
and sprout
, And they will fill
the 2whole
world
with cfruit
.
Like the striking of Him who has struck
them, has aHe struck
them? Or
like the slaughter
of His slain
, 1have they been slain
?
You contended with them 1by banishing
them, by adriving
them away
. With His fierce
wind
He has expelled
them on the day
of the beast
wind
.
Therefore through this
Jacob's
iniquity
will be aforgiven
; And this
will be 1the full
price
of the 2 bpardoning
of his sin
: When he makes
all
the caltar
stones
like pulverized
chalk
stones
; When 3Asherim
and incense
altars
will not stand
.
For the fortified city
is aisolated
, A 1homestead
forlorn
and forsaken
like the desert
; bThere
the calf
will graze
, And there
it will lie
down
and 2feed
on its branches
.
When its alimbs are dry
, they are broken
off; Women
come
and make
a fire
with them, For they are not a people
of bdiscernment
, Therefore
ctheir Maker
dwill not have
compassion
on them. And their Creator
will not be gracious
to them.
In that day the LORD
awill start His threshing
from the flowing
stream
of the bEuphrates
to the brook
of Egypt
, and you will be cgathered
up one
by one
, O sons
of Israel
.
It will come about also in that day
that a great
atrumpet
will be blown
, and those who were perishing
in the land
of bAssyria
and who were scattered
in the land
of Egypt
will come
and cworship
the LORD
in the holy
mountain
at Jerusalem
.