1 I n that day His sharp and unrelenting, great, and strong sword will visit and punish Leviathan the swiftly fleeing serpent, Leviathan the twisting and winding serpent; and He will slay the monster that is in the sea.

In that day the Lord will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent, With His fierce and great and mighty sword, Even Leviathan the twisted serpent; And He will kill the dragon who lives in the sea.

2 I n that day, A vineyard beloved and lovely; sing a responsive song to it and about it!

In that day, “A vineyard of wine, sing of it!

3 I , the Lord, am its Keeper; I water it every moment; lest anyone harm it, I guard and keep it night and day.

“I, the Lord, am its keeper; I water it every moment. So that no one will damage it, I guard it night and day.

4 W rath is not in Me. Would that the briers and thorns were lined up against Me in battle! I would stride in against them; I would burn them up together.

“I have no wrath. Should someone give Me briars and thorns in battle, Then I would step on them, I would burn them completely.

5 O r else, let them take hold of My strength and make complete surrender to My protection, that they may make peace with Me! Yes, let them make peace with Me!

“Or let him rely on My protection, Let him make peace with Me, Let him make peace with Me.”

6 I n the days and generations to come Jacob shall take root; Israel shall blossom and send forth shoots and fill the whole world with fruit.

In the days to come Jacob will take root, Israel will blossom and sprout, And they will fill the whole world with fruit.

7 H as smitten as He smote those who smote them? Or have been slain as their slayers were slain?

Like the striking of Him who has struck them, has He struck them? Or like the slaughter of His slain, have they been slain?

8 B y driving them out of Canaan, by exile, You contended with them in a measure —He removed them with His rough blast as in the day of the east wind.

You contended with them by banishing them, by driving them away. With His fierce wind He has expelled them on the day of the east wind.

9 O nly on this condition shall the iniquity of Jacob (Israel) be forgiven and purged, and this shall be the full fruit for taking away his sin: that should make all the stones of the altars like chalk stones crushed to pieces, so that the Asherim and the sun-images shall not remain standing or rise again.

Therefore through this Jacob’s iniquity will be forgiven; And this will be the full price of the pardoning of his sin: When he makes all the altar stones like pulverized chalk stones; When Asherim and incense altars will not stand.

10 F or the fortified city is solitary, a habitation deserted and forsaken like the wilderness; there the calf grazes, and there he lies down; he strips its branches and eats its twigs.

For the fortified city is isolated, A homestead forlorn and forsaken like the desert; There the calf will graze, And there it will lie down and feed on its branches.

11 W hen its boughs are withered and dry, they are broken off; the women come and set them afire. For they are a people of no understanding or discernment— witless folk; therefore He Who made them will not have compassion on them, and He Who formed them will show them no favor.

When its limbs are dry, they are broken off; Women come and make a fire with them, For they are not a people of discernment, Therefore their Maker will not have compassion on them. And their Creator will not be gracious to them.

12 A nd it shall be in that day that the Lord will thresh out His grain from the flood of the River to the Brook of Egypt, and you will be gathered one by one and one to another, O children of Israel!

In that day the Lord will start His threshing from the flowing stream of the Euphrates to the brook of Egypt, and you will be gathered up one by one, O sons of Israel.

13 A nd it shall be in that day that a great trumpet will be blown; and they will come who were lost and ready to perish in the land of Assyria and those who were driven out to the land of Egypt, and they will worship the Lord on the holy mountain at Jerusalem.

It will come about also in that day that a great trumpet will be blown, and those who were perishing in the land of Assyria and who were scattered in the land of Egypt will come and worship the Lord in the holy mountain at Jerusalem.