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1. At that time the Lord will judge Leviathan, the crooked snake. He will use his great sword, his hard and powerful sword, to punish Leviathan, that twisting, turning snake. He will kill the monster of 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 the vineyard. I will water it at the right time. I will guard it day and night. No one will hurt it.
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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. But if there is war and someone builds a wall of thornbushes, 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, then let them come and make peace.
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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 future, Jacob will take root firmly on his soil. Then Israel will sprout and bloom, and the world will be filled with his fruit."
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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. Israel was not hurt as badly as the enemy who tried to hurt it. Not as many of its people were killed as were 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. The Lord will settle his argument with Israel by sending the people far away. He will speak harshly to Israel. His words will burn like the hot desert wind.
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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. How will Jacob's guilt be forgiven? What will happen so his sins can be taken away? The rocks of the altar will be crushed to dust; the statues and altars for worshiping false gods will all be destroyed.
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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. The great city will be empty; it will be like a desert. All the people will be gone�they will run away. The city will be like an open pasture. Young cattle will eat grass there. The cattle will eat leaves from the branches of the vines.
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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 vines will become dry, and the branches will break off. Women will use them for firewood. The people refuse to understand. So God, their Maker, will not comfort them or 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 separating his people from others. He will begin at the Euphrates River and will gather his people from there to the River of Egypt. You people of Israel will be gathered together one by one.
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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 of my people have run away to Egypt. But at that time a great trumpet will be blown, and all those people will come back to Jerusalem. They will bow down before the Lord on that holy mountain.
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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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