1 I n 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

In 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.

2 I n that day sing to her, “A vineyard of red wine!

In that day a vineyard of pure wine; sing concerning it:

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

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

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

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

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

Or let him take hold of my strength; let him make peace with me: let him make peace with me.

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

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

7 H as 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?

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

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

In 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.

9 T herefore 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.

By 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.

10 Y et 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.

For 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.

11 W hen 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.

When 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.

12 A nd 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.

And 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.

13 S o 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.

And 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.