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 Jehovah with his hard and great and strong sword will punish leviathan the swift serpent, and leviathan the crooked serpent; and he will slay the monster that is 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 ye unto 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 Jehovah am its keeper; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep 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.

Wrath is not in me: would that the briers and thorns were against me in battle! I would march upon them, I would burn them together.

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 else let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; yea, 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 days to come shall Jacob take root; Israel shall blossom and bud; and they shall fill the face of the world with fruit.

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

Hath he smitten them as he smote those that smote them? or are they slain according to the slaughter of them that were slain by them?

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.

In measure, when thou sendest them away, thou dost content with them; he hath removed them with his rough blast in 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 by this shall the iniquity of Jacob be forgiven, and this is all the fruit of taking away his sin: that he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, so that the Asherim and the sun-images shall rise no more.

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 solitary, a habitation deserted and forsaken, like the wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof.

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 the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off; the women shall come, and set them on fire; for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have compassion upon them, and he that formed them will show them no favor.

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!

And it shall come to pass in that day, that Jehovah will beat off his fruit from the flood of the River unto the brook of Egypt; and ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye children 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.

And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great trumpet shall be blown; and they shall come that were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and they that were outcasts in the land of Egypt; and they shall worship Jehovah in the holy mountain at Jerusalem.