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1 In
that day, the
LORD with his
hard and great
and strong sword
will punish
leviathan, the
fleeing serpent,
and leviathan, the
twisted serpent;
and he will
kill the dragon
that is in
the sea.
2 In
that day, sing
to her, “A
pleasant vineyard!
3 I,
the LORD, am
its keeper. I
will water it
every moment.
Lest anyone damage
it, I will
keep it night
and day.
4 Wrath
is not in
me, but if I
should find briers
and thorns, I
would do battle!
I would march on
them and I
would burn them
together.
5 Or else let
him take hold
of my strength,
that he may
make peace with
me. Let him make
peace with me.”
6 In days
to come, Jacob
will take root.
Israel will
blossom and bud.
They will fill
the surface of
the world with
fruit.
7 Has he
struck them as
he struck those
who struck them? Or
are they killed
like those who
killed them were
killed?
8 In
measure, when you
send them away,
you contend with
them. He
has removed them
with his rough
blast in the
day of the
east wind.
9 Therefore
by this the
iniquity of Jacob
will be forgiven,
and this is
all the fruit
of taking away
his sin: that
he makes all
the stones of the
altar as
chalk stones that
are beaten in
pieces, so that
the Asherah poles and
the incense altars
shall rise no
more.
10 For
the fortified city
is solitary, a
habitation deserted
and forsaken, like
the wilderness.
The calf will
feed there, and
there he will
lie down, and
consume its
branches.
11 When
its boughs are
withered, they
will be broken
off. The women
will come and
set them on fire,
for they are
a people of
no understanding. Therefore
he who made
them will not
have compassion on
them, and he
who formed them
will show them
no favor.
12 It
will happen in
that day that
the LORD
will thresh from
the flowing stream
of the Euphrates
to the brook
of Egypt; and
you will be
gathered one by
one, children of
Israel.
13 It
will happen in
that day that
a great trumpet
will be blown;
and those who
were ready to perish
in the land
of Assyria, and
those who were
outcasts in
the land of Egypt,
shall come; and
they will worship
the LORD in
the holy mountain
at Jerusalem.