1 I n that day Jehovah, with his sore and great and strong sword, will visit leviathan the fleeing serpent, and leviathan the crooked serpent; and he will slay the monster that is in the sea.

In that day the Lord will punish Leviathan, the large snake-like sea animal, with His sharp and great and powerful sword. He will punish Leviathan the turning snake, and kill the big dragon that lives in the sea.

2 I n that day a vineyard of pure wine; sing concerning it:

In that day it will be said: “Sing about a grape-field of wine!

3 I Jehovah keep it, I will water it every moment; lest any harm it, I will keep it night and day.

I, the Lord, am its keeper. I water it all the time. I watch over it day and night so no one will hurt it.

4 F ury is not in me. Oh that I had briars thorns in battle against me! I would march against them, I would burn them together.

I am not angry. If someone were to give Me thistles and thorns in battle, I would step on them. I would burn them together.

5 O r let him take hold of my strength; let him make peace with me: let him make peace with me.

Or let him trust in Me to keep him safe. Let him make peace with Me. Yes, let him make peace with Me.”

6 I n the future Jacob shall take root; Israel shall blossom and bud, and they shall fill the face of the world with fruit.

In the days to come Jacob will take root. Israel will flower and begin to grow, and fill the whole world with fruit.

7 H ath he smitten him according to the smiting of those that smote him? Is he slain according to the slaughter of those slain by him?

Has the Lord punished Israel as He punished those who went against Israel? Or have as many people of Israel been killed as their killers were killed?

8 I n measure, when sending her away, didst thou contend with her: he hath taken away with his rough wind in the day of the east wind.

You showed Your anger towards them by driving them out of the land. You moved them out with Your strong wind on the day of the east wind.

9 B y this, therefore, shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit of the taking away of his sin: when he shall make all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are crumbled in pieces,—the Asherahs and the sun-images shall not stand.

So by this Jacob’s sin will be forgiven. This will be the full price of taking his sin away: When he crushes all the altar stones into fine pieces, so the wooden female goddess Asherah and the altars of special perfume will not stand.

10 F or the fortified city is solitary, a habitation abandoned and forsaken like a wilderness; there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume its boughs.

The city made strong for battle is empty and alone, a place left alone like the desert. The calves eat there, and they lie down and eat from its branches.

11 W hen its branches are withered they shall be broken off; women shall come set them on fire. For it is a people of no intelligence; therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he who formed them will shew them no favour.

When its branches are dry, they are broken off. Women come and make a fire with them. They are not a people of understanding, so their Maker will not have pity on them. The One Who made them will not show kindness to them.

12 A nd it shall come to pass in that day, that Jehovah shall beat out from the flood of the river unto the torrent of Egypt, and ye shall be gathered one by one, children of Israel.

In that day the Lord will beat out His grain from the flowing river of the Euphrates to the river of Egypt. And you will be gathered up one by one, O sons of Israel.

13 A nd it shall come to pass in that day, the great trumpet shall be blown; and they shall come that were perishing in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and they shall worship Jehovah in the holy mountain at Jerusalem.

In that day a great horn will be blown. Those who were dying in the land of Assyria and those who were sent everywhere through the land of Egypt will come and worship the Lord on the holy mountain at Jerusalem.