1. On that day the Lord will use his fierce and powerful swordto punish Leviathan, that slippery snake,Leviathan, that twisting snake.He will kill that monster which lives in the sea.
2. On that day sing about a delightful vineyard.
3. I, the Lord, watch over it.I water it continually.I watch over it day and nightso that no one will harm it.
4. I am no longer angry.If only thorns and briars would confront me!I would fight them in battle and set all of them on fire.
5. Or else let them come to me for protection.Let them make peace with me.Yes, let them make peace with me.
6. In times to come Jacob will take root.Israel will blossom, bud,and fill the whole world with fruit.
7. Will the Lord hurt Israel as he hurt others who hurt them?Will he kill them as he killed others?
8. He punished Israel by sending it away.He removed it with a fierce blast from the east winds.
9. In this way the wrongdoings of the descendants of Jacob are covered up.This is the way they will turn from their sins—when they turn all the altar stones into powdered chalkand no poles dedicated to the goddess Asherahor incense altars are left standing.