| English Standard Version | Christian Standard Bible |
| 1In that day the LORD with his hard and great and strong sword will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent, Leviathan the twisting serpent, and he will slay the dragon that is in the sea. | 1On that day the LORD with his relentless, large, strong sword will bring judgment on Leviathan, the fleeing serpent--Leviathan, the twisting serpent. He will slay the monster that is in the sea. |
| 2In that day, “A pleasant vineyard, sing of it! | 2On that day sing about a desirable vineyard: |
| 3I, the LORD, am its keeper; every moment I water it. Lest anyone punish it, I keep it night and day; | 3I am the LORD, who watches over it to water it regularly. So that no one disturbs it, I watch over it night and day. |
| 4I have no wrath. Would that I had thorns and briers to battle! I would march against them, I would burn them up together. | 4I am not angry. If only there were thorns and briers for me to battle, I would trample them and burn them to the ground. |
| 5Or let them lay hold of my protection, let them make peace with me, let them make peace with me.” | 5Or let it take hold of my strength; let it make peace with me--make peace with me. |
| 6In days to come Jacob shall take root, Israel shall blossom and put forth shoots and fill the whole world with fruit. | 6In days to come, Jacob will take root. Israel will blossom and bloom and fill the whole world with fruit. |
| 7Has he struck them as he struck those who struck them? Or have they been slain as their slayers were slain? | 7Did the LORD strike Israel as he struck the one who struck Israel? Was Israel killed like those killed by the LORD? |
| 8Measure by measure, by exile you contended with them; he removed them with his fierce breath in the day of the east wind. | 8You disputed with Israel by banishing and driving her away. He removed her with his severe storm on the day of the east wind. |
| 9Therefore by this the guilt of Jacob will be atoned for, and this will be the full fruit of the removal of his sin: when he makes all the stones of the altars like chalkstones crushed to pieces, no Asherim or incense altars will remain standing. | 9Therefore Jacob's iniquity will be atoned for in this way, and the result of the removal of his sin will be this: when he makes all the altar stones like crushed bits of chalk, no Asherah poles or incense altars will remain standing. |
| 10For the fortified city is solitary, a habitation deserted and forsaken, like the wilderness; there the calf grazes; there it lies down and strips its branches. | 10For the fortified city will be desolate, pastures deserted and abandoned like a wilderness. Calves will graze there, and there they will spread out and strip its branches. |
| 11When its boughs are dry, they are broken; women come and make a fire of them. For this is a people without discernment; therefore he who made them will not have compassion on them; he who formed them will show them no favor. | 11When its branches dry out, they will be broken off. Women will come and make fires with them, for they are not a people with understanding. Therefore their Maker will not have compassion on them, and their Creator will not be gracious to them. |
| 12In that day from the river Euphrates to the Brook of Egypt the LORD will thresh out the grain, and you will be gleaned one by one, O people of Israel. | 12On that day the LORD will thresh grain from the Euphrates River as far as the Wadi of Egypt, and you Israelites will be gathered one by one. |
| 13And in that day a great trumpet will be blown, and those who were lost in the land of Assyria and those who were driven out to the land of Egypt will come and worship the LORD on the holy mountain at Jerusalem. | 13On that day a great trumpet will be blown, and those lost in the land of Assyria will come, as well as those dispersed in the land of Egypt; and they will worship the LORD at Jerusalem on the holy mountain. |
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