1 On that day the LORD will punish with his sword, his fierce, great and mighty sword, Leviathan the gliding serpent, Leviathan the coiling serpent; he will slay the monster that lives in the sea.
2 On that day, sing of a delightful vineyard:
3 "I, the LORD, watch over it; I water it continually. I guard it night and day so that no one can harm it.
4 I am not angry. If only there were thorns and briers confronting me! I would go to war against them and set them all on fire.
5 Or else let him cling to me for protection; let him make peace with me, yes, make peace with me."
6 In days to come Jacob will put down roots; Israel will bud and flower and cover the whole world with fruit.
7 Has the LORD struck Israel as he struck those who struck him? Has Israel been slain as his slayers were slain?
8 By measured exile, by sending her away, you contended with her; he drove her out with his harsh blast on the day the east wind blew.
9 So by this Jacob's iniquity will be atoned for, and this is the full result of removing his sin: when he makes all the altar stones like crumbled chalk, no Asherim or incense altars will be left standing.
10 For the fortified city stands alone, an empty settlement abandoned like the wilderness; calves graze there, they lie down there and strip its branches bare.
11 When its twigs dry out, they snap off, and women come and use them for kindling. For this is a people without discernment; so their Maker will have no compassion on them, and the one who formed them will show them no grace.
12 On that day the LORD will beat out the grain from the flowing River to the Brook of Egypt, and you, children of Israel, will be gathered up one by one.
13 On that day a great trumpet will sound, and those lost in the land of Assyria and those exiled in the land of Egypt will come and bow down to the LORD on the holy mountain in Jerusalem.