1. In that day Adonai will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent with His fierce, great, strong sword, Leviathan the twisted serpent! He will slay the dragon in the sea.
2. “In that day sing to her, ‘A vineyard of delight!’
3. I, Adonai, watch over it, I water it every moment. I guard it day and night, so that no one may harm it.
4. It is not that I have wrath. Who would give me thorns and thistles? Into battle I would march against them! I would burn them up altogether!
5. Rather let them rely on My strength. Let them make peace with Me— make peace with Me.”
6. In days to come Jacob will take root, Israel will blossom and bud and fill the face of the world with fruit.
7. Did He strike Israel as He struck those who struck them? Or were they slain as their slayers were slain?
8. You contended with her by banishing her, by driving her away. With His fierce wind He expelled them on the day of the east wind.
9. So by this will Jacob’s sin be atoned and this the full price to remove his sin: When he makes all the altar stones like shattered chalk stones, so that the Asherah poles and incense rise no more.