1 ¶ At that time the LORD will use his dreadful, great, and strong sword to punish leviathan the fleeing serpent, leviathan that crooked serpent; and he will slay the dragon that is in the sea.

2 At that time there will be a vineyard of red wine, sing of it.

3 I the LORD am its keeper; I will water it continually: lest any hurt it, I will guard it night and day.

4 I am not angry: but if it raises thorns and briars against me, I will fight them, and burn them altogether.

5 But if they want my protection, let them make peace with me; they should make peace with me.

6 He will cause those who come from Jacob to take root: Israel will blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.

7 ¶ Will the Lord strike Israel, like he struck others who struck Israel? will Israel be slain as their slayers were slain?

8 He has become their adversary, by driving them away and banishing them: by his fierce blast he will remove them when the east wind blows.

9 In this way Jacob’s wrong can be wiped out; and this is what will happen to take away his sin; when all the stones of the idol altars are crushed to pieces, and no groves or images are left standing.

10 For the fortified city will be deserted, and the dwellings forsaken, like the wilderness: there calves will feed, and lie down, and eat its brush.

11 When its branches dry out, they will be broken off: the women will come, and make fires with them: for these people do not understand their need for God’s mercy: therefore he who made them will not have mercy on them, and he who formed them will show them no favor.

12 At that time, the LORD will thresh out his grain, from the flowing Euphrates to the stream of Egypt, and you will be gathered one by one, O you children of Israel.

13 On that day, a great trumpet will be blown, and those who were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and those driven out to the land of Egypt, will worship the LORD on the holy mountain at Jerusalem.