| English Standard Version | NET Bible |
| 1In 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. | 1At that time the LORD will punish with his destructive, great, and powerful sword Leviathan the fast-moving serpent, Leviathan the squirming serpent; he will kill the sea monster. |
| 2In that day, “A pleasant vineyard, sing of it! | 2When that time comes, sing about a delightful vineyard! |
| 3I, the LORD, am its keeper; every moment I water it. Lest anyone punish it, I keep it night and day; | 3I, the LORD, protect it; I water it regularly. I guard it night and day, so no one can harm it. |
| 4I have no wrath. Would that I had thorns and briers to battle! I would march against them, I would burn them up together. | 4I am not angry. I wish I could confront some thorns and briers! Then I would march against them for battle; I would set them all on fire, |
| 5Or let them lay hold of my protection, let them make peace with me, let them make peace with me.” | 5unless they became my subjects and made peace with me; let them make peace with me. |
| 6In days to come Jacob shall take root, Israel shall blossom and put forth shoots and fill the whole world with fruit. | 6The time is coming when Jacob will take root; Israel will blossom and grow branches. The produce will fill the surface of the world. |
| 7Has he struck them as he struck those who struck them? Or have they been slain as their slayers were slain? | 7Has the LORD struck down Israel like he did their oppressors? Has Israel been killed like their enemies? |
| 8Measure by measure, by exile you contended with them; he removed them with his fierce breath in the day of the east wind. | 8When you summon her for divorce, you prosecute her; he drives her away with his strong wind in the day of the east wind. |
| 9Therefore 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. | 9So in this way Jacob's sin will be forgiven, and this is how they will show they are finished sinning: They will make all the stones of the altars like crushed limestone, and the Asherah poles and the incense altars will no longer stand. |
| 10For 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. | 10For the fortified city is left alone; it is a deserted settlement and abandoned like the desert. Calves graze there; they lie down there and eat its branches bare. |
| 11When 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. | 11When its branches get brittle, they break; women come and use them for kindling. For these people lack understanding, therefore the one who made them has no compassion on them; the one who formed them has no mercy on them. |
| 12In 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. | 12At that time the LORD will shake the tree, from the Euphrates River to the Stream of Egypt. Then you will be gathered up one by one, O Israelites. |
| 13And 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. | 13At that time a large trumpet will be blown, and the ones lost in the land of Assyria will come, as well as the refugees in the land of Egypt. They will worship the LORD on the holy mountain in Jerusalem. |
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