| New Living Translation | New Living Translation |
| 1In that day the LORD will take his terrible, swift sword and punish Leviathan, the swiftly moving serpent, the coiling, writhing serpent. He will kill the dragon of the sea. | 1In that day the LORD will take his terrible, swift sword and punish Leviathan, the swiftly moving serpent, the coiling, writhing serpent. He will kill the dragon of the sea. |
| 2"In that day, sing about the fruitful vineyard. | 2"In that day, sing about the fruitful vineyard. |
| 3I, the LORD, will watch over it, watering it carefully. Day and night I will watch so no one can harm it. | 3I, the LORD, will watch over it, watering it carefully. Day and night I will watch so no one can harm it. |
| 4My anger will be gone. If I find briers and thorns growing, I will attack them; I will burn them up-- | 4My anger will be gone. If I find briers and thorns growing, I will attack them; I will burn them up-- |
| 5unless they turn to me for help. Let them make peace with me; yes, let them make peace with me." | 5unless they turn to me for help. Let them make peace with me; yes, let them make peace with me." |
| 6The time is coming when Jacob's descendants will take root. Israel will bud and blossom and fill the whole earth with fruit! | 6The time is coming when Jacob's descendants will take root. Israel will bud and blossom and fill the whole earth with fruit! |
| 7Has the LORD struck Israel as he struck her enemies? Has he punished her as he punished them? | 7Has the LORD struck Israel as he struck her enemies? Has he punished her as he punished them? |
| 8No, but he exiled Israel to call her to account. She was exiled from her land as though blown away in a storm from the east. | 8No, but he exiled Israel to call her to account. She was exiled from her land as though blown away in a storm from the east. |
| 9The LORD did this to purge Israel's wickedness, to take away all her sin. As a result, all the pagan altars will be crushed to dust. No Asherah pole or pagan shrine will be left standing. | 9The LORD did this to purge Israel's wickedness, to take away all her sin. As a result, all the pagan altars will be crushed to dust. No Asherah pole or pagan shrine will be left standing. |
| 10The fortified towns will be silent and empty, the houses abandoned, the streets overgrown with weeds. Calves will graze there, chewing on twigs and branches. | 10The fortified towns will be silent and empty, the houses abandoned, the streets overgrown with weeds. Calves will graze there, chewing on twigs and branches. |
| 11The people are like the dead branches of a tree, broken off and used for kindling beneath the cooking pots. Israel is a foolish and stupid nation, for its people have turned away from God. Therefore, the one who made them will show them no pity or mercy. | 11The people are like the dead branches of a tree, broken off and used for kindling beneath the cooking pots. Israel is a foolish and stupid nation, for its people have turned away from God. Therefore, the one who made them will show them no pity or mercy. |
| 12Yet the time will come when the LORD will gather them together like handpicked grain. One by one he will gather them--from the Euphrates River in the east to the Brook of Egypt in the west. | 12Yet the time will come when the LORD will gather them together like handpicked grain. One by one he will gather them--from the Euphrates River in the east to the Brook of Egypt in the west. |
| 13In that day the great trumpet will sound. Many who were dying in exile in Assyria and Egypt will return to Jerusalem to worship the LORD on his holy mountain. | 13In that day the great trumpet will sound. Many who were dying in exile in Assyria and Egypt will return to Jerusalem to worship the LORD on his holy mountain. |
Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright ©1996, 2004, 2007.
Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All Rights Reserved. | Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright ©1996, 2004, 2007.
Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All Rights Reserved. |
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