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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1On that day the LORD with his relentless, large, strong sword will bring judgment on Leviathan, the fleeing serpent--Leviathan, the twisting serpent. He will slay the monster that is in the sea. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2On that day sing about a desirable vineyard: |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3I am the LORD, who watches over it to water it regularly. So that no one disturbs it, I watch over it night and day. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4I am not angry. If only there were thorns and briers for me to battle, I would trample them and burn them to the ground. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5Or let it take hold of my strength; let it make peace with me--make peace with me. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6In days to come, Jacob will take root. Israel will blossom and bloom and fill the whole world with fruit. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7Did the LORD strike Israel as he struck the one who struck Israel? Was Israel killed like those killed by the LORD? |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8You disputed with Israel by banishing and driving her away. He removed her with his severe storm on the day of the east wind. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9Therefore Jacob's iniquity will be atoned for 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. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10For the fortified city will be desolate, pastures deserted and abandoned like a wilderness. Calves will graze there, and there they will spread out and strip its branches. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11When 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. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12On 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. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13On 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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