1 I n 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.

In that day the Lord with His severe sword, great and strong, Will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent, Leviathan that twisted serpent; And He will slay the reptile that is in the sea. The Restoration of Israel

2 I n that day, “A vineyard of wine, sing of it!

In that day sing to her, “A vineyard of red wine!

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

I, the Lord, keep it, I water it every moment; Lest any hurt it, I keep it night and day.

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

Fury is not in Me. Who would set briers and thorns Against Me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together.

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

Or let him take hold of My strength, That he may make peace with Me; And he shall make peace with Me.”

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

Those who come He shall cause to take root in Jacob; Israel shall blossom and bud, And fill the face of the world with fruit.

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

Has He struck Israel as He struck those who struck him? Or has He been slain according to the slaughter of those who were slain by Him?

8 Y ou 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.

In measure, by sending it away, You contended with it. He removes it by His rough wind In the day of the east wind.

9 T herefore 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.

Therefore by this the iniquity of Jacob will be covered; And this is all the fruit of taking away his sin: When he makes all the stones of the altar Like chalkstones that are beaten to dust, Wooden images and incense altars shall not stand.

10 F or 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.

Yet the fortified city will be desolate, The habitation forsaken and left like a wilderness; There the calf will feed, and there it will lie down And consume its branches.

11 W hen 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.

When its boughs are withered, they will 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.

12 I n 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.

And it shall come to pass in that day That the Lord will thresh, From the channel of the River to the Brook of Egypt; And you will be gathered one by one, O you children of Israel.

13 I t 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.

So it shall be in that day: The great trumpet will be blown; They will come, who are about to perish in the land of Assyria, And they who are outcasts in the land of Egypt, And shall worship the Lord in the holy mount at Jerusalem.