Holman Christian Standard Bible CSB
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1 On that day the Lord with His harsh, great, and strong sword, will bring judgment on Leviathan, the fleeing serpent-Leviathan, the twisting serpent. He will slay the monster that is in the sea.
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In 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.
2 On that day sing about a desirable vineyard:
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In that day, “A pleasant vineyard, sing of it!
3 I, the Lord, watch over it; I water it regularly. I guard it night and day so that no one disturbs it.
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I, the Lord, am its keeper; every moment I water it. Lest anyone punish it, I keep it night and day;
4 I am not angry, but if it produces thorns and briers for Me, I will fight against it, trample it, and burn it to the ground.
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I have no wrath. Would that I had thorns and briers to battle! I would march against them, I would burn them up together.
5 Or let it take hold of My strength; let it make peace with Me- make peace with Me.
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Or let them lay hold of my protection, let them make peace with me, let them make peace with me. ”
6 In days to come, Jacob will take root. Israel will blossom and bloom and fill the whole world with fruit.
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In days to come Jacob shall take root, Israel shall blossom and put forth shoots and fill the whole world with fruit.
7 Did the Lord strike Israel as He struck the one who struck Israel? Was he killed like those killed by Him?
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Has he struck them as he struck those who struck them? Or have they been slain as their slayers were slain?
8 You disputed with her by banishing and driving her away. He removed [her] with His severe storm on the day of the east wind.
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Measure by measure, by exile you contended with them; he removed them with his fierce breath in the day of the east wind.
9 Therefore Jacob's iniquity will be purged 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.
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Therefore 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.
10 For the fortified city will be deserted, pastures abandoned and forsaken like a wilderness. Calves will graze there, and there they will spread out and strip its branches.
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For 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.
11 When 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.
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When 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.
12 On 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.
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In 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.
13 On 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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And 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.
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