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1. At that time the Lord will punish Leviathan, the gliding snake. He will punish Leviathan, the coiled snake, with his great and hard and powerful sword. He will kill the monster in the sea.
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1. In that H1931 day H3117 the LORD H3068 with his sore H7186 and great H1419 and strong H2389 sword H2719 shall punish H6485 H5921 leviathan H3882 the piercing H1281 serpent H5175 , even leviathan H3882 that crooked H6129 serpent H5175 ; and he shall slay H2026 H853 the dragon H8577 that H834 is in the sea H3220 .
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2. At that time people will sing about the pleasant vineyard.
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2. In that H1931 day H3117 sing H6031 ye unto her , A vineyard H3754 of red wine H2531 .
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3. "I, the Lord, will care for that vineyard; I will water it at the right time. No one will hurt it, because I will guard it day and night.
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3. I H589 the LORD H3068 do keep H5341 it ; I will water H8248 it every moment H7281 : lest H6435 any hurt H6485 H5921 it , I will keep H5341 it night H3915 and day H3117 .
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4. I am not angry. If anyone builds a wall of thornbushes in war, I will march to it and burn it.
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4. Fury H2534 is not H369 in me: who H4310 would set H5414 the briers H8068 and thorns H7898 against me in battle H4421 ? I would go H6585 through them , I would burn H6702 them together H3162 .
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5. But if anyone comes to me for safety and wants to make peace with me, he should come and make peace with me."
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5. Or H176 let him take hold H2388 of my strength H4581 , that he may make H6213 peace H7965 with me; and he shall make H6213 peace H7965 with me.
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6. In the days to come, the people of Jacob will be like a plant with good roots; Israel will grow like a plant beginning to bloom. Then the world will be filled with their children.
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6. He shall cause them that come H935 of Jacob H3290 to take root H8327 : Israel H3478 shall blossom H6692 and bud H6524 , and fill H4390 the face H6440 of the world H8398 with fruit H8570 .
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7. The Lord has not hurt his people as he hurt their enemies; his people have not been killed like those who tried to kill them.
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7. Hath he smitten H5221 him , as he smote H4347 those that smote H5221 him? or is he slain H2026 according to the slaughter H2027 of them that are slain H2026 by him?
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8. He will settle his argument with Israel by sending it far away. Like a hot desert wind, he will drive it away.
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8. In measure H5432 , when it shooteth forth H7971 , thou wilt debate H7378 with it : he stayeth H1898 his rough H7186 wind H7307 in the day H3117 of the east wind H6921 .
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9. This is how Israel's guilt will be forgiven; this is how its sins will be taken away: Israel will crush the rocks of the altar to dust, and no statues or altars will be left standing for the Asherah idols.
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9. By this H2063 therefore H3651 shall the iniquity H5771 of Jacob H3290 be purged H3722 ; and this H2088 is all H3605 the fruit H6529 to take away H5493 his sin H2403 ; when he maketh H7760 all H3605 the stones H68 of the altar H4196 as chalkstones H68 H1615 that are beaten in sunder H5310 , the groves H842 and images H2553 shall not H3808 stand up H6965 .
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10. At that time the strong, walled city will be empty like a desert. Calves will eat grass there. They will lie down there and eat leaves from the branches.
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10. Yet H3588 the defensed H1219 city H5892 shall be desolate H910 , and the habitation H5116 forsaken H7971 , and left H5800 like a wilderness H4057 : there H8033 shall the calf H5695 feed H7462 , and there H8033 shall he lie down H7257 , and consume H3615 the branches H5585 thereof.
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11. The limbs will become dry and break off, so women will use them for firewood. The people refuse to understand, so God will not comfort them; their Maker will not be kind to them.
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11. When the boughs H7105 thereof are withered H3001 , they shall be broken off H7665 : the women H802 come H935 , and set them on fire H215 H853 : for H3588 it is a people H5971 of no H3808 understanding H998 : therefore H5921 H3651 he H1931 that made H6213 them will not H3808 have mercy H7355 on them , and he that formed H3335 them will show them no favor H2603 H3808 .
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12. At that time the Lord will begin gathering his people one by one from the Euphrates River to the brook of Egypt. He will separate them from others as grain is separated from chaff.
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12. And it shall come to pass H1961 in that H1931 day H3117 , that the LORD H3068 shall beat off H2251 from the channel H4480 H7641 of the river H5104 unto H5704 the stream H5158 of Egypt H4714 , and ye H859 shall be gathered H3950 one H259 by one H259 , O ye children H1121 of Israel H3478 .
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13. Many of my people are now lost in Assyria. Some have run away to Egypt. But at that time a great trumpet will be blown, and all those people will come and worship the Lord on that holy mountain in Jerusalem.
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13. And it shall come to pass H1961 in that H1931 day H3117 , that the great H1419 trumpet H7782 shall be blown H8628 , and they shall come H935 which were ready to perish H6 in the land H776 of Assyria H804 , and the outcasts H5080 in the land H776 of Egypt H4714 , and shall worship H7812 the LORD H3068 in the holy H6944 mount H2022 at Jerusalem H3389 .
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