Yahweh’s Vineyard
(John 15:1–8)

1In that day YHWH will visit with His sword, severe and great and mighty, upon Leviathan the fleeing serpent,† and upon Leviathan the coiling serpent, and He will kill the dragon that is in the sea. 2In that day:

Sing of her—a vineyard of delight!

3I, YHWH, am watching over her;

every moment I water her,

lest one should visit upon her;

night and day I watch over her.

4Anger is not in Me.

Who would set against Me a thorn—a thornbush?

In the battle I will march against her,

I will burn her alltogether.

5Or if he should take hold of My strength,

he will make peace with Me—

peace he will make with Me.”

6Those coming in of Jacob he causes to take root.

Israel will blossom and bud,

and they will fill the face of the world with fruit. 7Has He has struck him

as the striking of one striking him?

As if according to the slaughter of his slain was he slayed?

8In driving her off,† in sending her out, You have contended with her;

He removed it by His harsh wind,

as on the day of the east wind.

9Therefore by this the iniquity of Jacob will be wiped away,

and this is all the fruit, to take away his sin:†

In His setting all the stones of the altar,

as stones of chalk crushed to pieces;

they will not rise—

the Asherah poles and incense altars.

10For the fortified city is alone,

a habitation deserted and forsaken like the wilderness;

there the calf will graze,

and there he will lie down and consume her branches.

11With the withering of her boughs,

they are broken off;

the women come make fires with it,

for it is not for a people of understanding.

Thus He who made them will not have compassion on them,

and He who formed them will not show them favor.

12And it will come to pass in that day, that YHWH will beat out the grain, from the stream of the River† to the Wadi of Egypt, and you⁺ will be gathered one by one, O sons of Israel. 13And it will come to pass in that day that a great shofar will be blown, and will come those lost in the land of Assyria, and those driven away in the land of Egypt, and they will worship YHWH on the holy mountain in Jerusalem.