| NET Bible | New International Version |
| 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 punish with his sword-- his fierce, great and powerful sword-- Leviathan the gliding serpent, Leviathan the coiling serpent; he will slay the monster 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, watch over it; I water it continually. I guard it day and night so that no one may harm 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 there were briers and thorns confronting me! I would march against them in battle; I would set them all on fire. |
| 5unless they became my subjects and made peace with me; let them make peace with me. | 5Or else let them come to me for refuge; 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 days to come Jacob will take root, Israel will bud and blossom and fill all the 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 her as he struck down those who struck her? Has she been killed as those were killed who killed 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 contend with her-- with his fierce blast he drives her out, as on a 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. | 9By this, then, will Jacob's guilt be atoned for, and this will be the full fruit of the removal of his sin: When he makes all the altar stones to be like limestone crushed to pieces, no Asherah poles or incense altars will be left 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. | 10The fortified city stands desolate, an abandoned settlement, forsaken like the wilderness; there the calves graze, 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 twigs are dry, they are broken off and women come and make fires with them. For this is a people without understanding; so 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, Israel, will be gathered up 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 trumpet will sound. Those who were perishing in Assyria and those who were exiled in Egypt will come and worship the LORD on the holy mountain in Jerusalem. |
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