| NET Bible | Berean Study Bible |
| 1At that time the LORD will punish with his destructive, great, and powerful sword Leviathan the fast-moving serpent, Leviathan the squirming serpent; he will kill the sea monster. | 1In that day the LORD will take His sharp, great, and mighty sword, and bring judgment on Leviathan the fleeing serpent—Leviathan the coiling serpent—and He will slay the dragon of the sea. |
| 2When that time comes, sing about a delightful vineyard! | 2In that day: “Sing about a fruitful vineyard. |
| 3I, the LORD, protect it; I water it regularly. I guard it night and day, so no one can harm it. | 3I, the LORD, am its keeper; I water it continually. I guard it night and day so no one can disturb it; |
| 4I am not angry. I wish I could confront some thorns and briers! Then I would march against them for battle; I would set them all on fire, | 4I am not angry. If only thorns and briers confronted Me, I would march and trample them, I would burn them to the ground. |
| 5unless they became my subjects and made peace with me; let them make peace with me. | 5Or let them lay claim to My protection; let them make peace with Me—yes, let them make peace with Me.” |
| 6The time is coming when Jacob will take root; Israel will blossom and grow branches. The produce will fill the surface of the world. | 6In the days to come, Jacob will take root. Israel will bud and blossom and fill the whole world with fruit. |
| 7Has the LORD struck down Israel like he did their oppressors? Has Israel been killed like their enemies? | 7Has the LORD struck Israel as He struck her oppressors? Was she killed like those who slayed her? |
| 8When you summon her for divorce, you prosecute her; he drives her away with his strong wind in the day of the east wind. | 8By warfare and exile You contended with her and removed her with a fierce wind, as on the day the east wind blows. |
| 9So in this way Jacob's sin will be forgiven, and this is how they will show they are finished sinning: They will make all the stones of the altars like crushed limestone, and the Asherah poles and the incense altars will no longer stand. | 9Therefore Jacob’s guilt will be atoned for, and the full fruit 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 left alone; it is a deserted settlement and abandoned like the desert. Calves graze there; they lie down there and eat its branches bare. | 10For the fortified city lies deserted—a homestead abandoned, a wilderness forsaken. There the calves graze, and there they lie down; they strip its branches bare. |
| 11When its branches get brittle, they break; women come and use them for kindling. For these people lack understanding, therefore the one who made them has no compassion on them; the one who formed them has no mercy on them. | 11When its limbs are dry, they are broken off. Women come and use them for kindling; for this is a people without understanding. Therefore their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor. |
| 12At that time the LORD will shake the tree, from the Euphrates River to the Stream of Egypt. Then you will be gathered up one by one, O Israelites. | 12In that day the LORD will thresh from the flowing Euphrates to the Wadi of Egypt, and you, O Israelites, will be gathered one by one. |
| 13At that time a large trumpet will be blown, and the ones lost in the land of Assyria will come, as well as the refugees in the land of Egypt. They will worship the LORD on the holy mountain in Jerusalem. | 13And in that day a great ram’s horn will sound, and those who were perishing in Assyria will come forth with those who were exiles in Egypt. And they will worship the LORD on the holy mountain in Jerusalem. |
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