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1 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.
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On that day, the LORD will take a great sword, harsh and mighty, and will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent, Leviathan the writhing serpent, and will kill the dragon that is in the sea.
2 In that day, "A pleasant vineyard,sing of it!
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On that day: Sing about a delightful vineyard!
3 I, the LORD, am its keeper; every moment I water it. Lest anyone punish it, I keep it night and day;
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I, the LORD, am its guardian. Every moment I water it; night and day I guard it from attack.
4 I have no wrath. Would that I had thorns and briers to battle! I would march against them, I would burn them up together.
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I'm not angry, but if it yields thorns and thistles for me, I will march to battle against it; I will torch it completely.
5 Or let them lay hold of my protection, let them make peace with me, let them make peace with me."
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Or let them cling to me for refuge; let them make peace with me; let them make peace with me.
6 In days to come Jacob shall take root, Israel shall blossom and put forth shoots and fill the whole world with fruit.
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In coming days, Jacob will take root; Israel will blossom and sprout and fill the whole world with produce.
7 Has he struck them as he struck those who struck them? Or have they been slain as their slayers were slain?
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Did God strike Israel as he struck those who struck him? Was Israel killed as his killers were killed?
8 Measure by measure, by exile you contended with them; he removed them with his fierce breath in the day of the east wind.
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By frightening Jerusalem, by sending her away, you contended with her, expelling with a fierce blast on the day of the east wind.
9 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.
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By this Jacob's guilt is reconciled, and this was how his sins were finally removed: he made all the altar stones like shattered chalk, sacred poles and incense altars that couldn't stand.
10 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.
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The fortified city lies alone, a hut forsaken, abandoned like the desert. Calves graze there; they lie down there and feed on its boughs.
11 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.
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When its branches are dry, they are broken. Women come and set fire to it. These people have no understanding; therefore, their maker won't have compassion; the one who formed them won't be gracious.
12 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.
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On that day, the LORD will beat grain from the channel of the Euphrates up to the Valley of Egypt. You will be collected, Israelites, one by one.
13 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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On that day, a great trumpet will be played. Those who were lost in the land of Assyria and those who were scattered in the land of Egypt will come. They will bow to the LORD at his holy mountain in Jerusalem.
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