IN that day the Lord with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.
2 In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine.
3 I the Lord do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day.
4 Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together.
5 Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; and he shall make peace with me.
6 He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.
7 Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him? or is he slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him?
8 In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.
9 By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up.
10 Yet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof.
11 When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.
12 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall beat off from the channel of the river unto the stream of Egypt, and ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel.

1In that day the Lord with his sore and great and strong sworde shall punish Leuiathan the piercing serpent, euen Leuiathan that crooked serpent, and hee shall slay the dragon that is in the Sea.

2In that day, sing yee vnto her; A vineyard of red wine.

3I the Lord doe keepe it; I will water it euery moment: lest any hurt it, I will keepe it night and day.

4Furie is not in mee: who would set the briars and thornes against me in battell? I would goe through them, I would burne them together.

5Or let him take holde of my strength, that he may make peace with me, and he shall make peace with me.

6Hee shall cause them that come of Iacob to take roote: Israel shall blossome and budde, and fill the face of the world with fruite.

7 Hath hee smitten him, as hee smote those that smote him? or is hee slaine according to the slaughter of them that are slaine by him?

8In measure when it shooteth foorth, thou wilt debate with it: hee stayeth his rough winde in the day of the East winde.

9By this therefore shall the iniquitie of Iacob be purged, and this is all the fruit, to take away his sinne: when he maketh all the stones of the Altar as chalke stones, that are beaten in sunder, the groues and images shall not stand vp.

10Yet the defenced citie shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken, and left like a wildernesse: there shall the calfe feede, and there shall he lie downe, and consume the branches thereof.

11When the boughes thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come and set them on fire: for it is a people of no vnderstanding: therefore hee that made them will not haue mercie on them, and hee that formed them, will shewe them no fauour.

12 And it shall come to passe in that day, that the Lord shall beate off from the chanell of the riuer vnto the streame of Egypt, and ye shall bee gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel.

13And it shall come to passe in that day, that the great trumpet shall bee blowen, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the Lord in the holy mount at Ierusalem.

I == Ps 74:13-14 ; Isa 51:9 ; Ezek 29:3 ; 32:2

II == Ps 80:8 ; Isa 5:1 ; Jer 2:21

III == Ps 121:4-5

IV == 2nd Sam 23:6 ; Isa 9:18

V == Job 22:21 ; Isa 25:4

VI == Isa 37:31 ; Jos 14:5-6

VIII == Job 23:6 ; Ps 6:1 ; 78:38 ; Jer 10:24 ; 30:11 ; 46:28 ; 1st Cor 10:13

X == Isa 17:2 ; 32:14

XI == Deut 32:18 , 28 ; Isa 1:3 ; 43:1 ; 7 ; 44:2 , 21 , 24 ; Jer 8:7

XIII == Isa 2:11 ; Matt 24:31 ; Rev 11:15

1 On that day, The LORD will punish with his sword that is cruel, great, and strong, Leviathan the fleeing serpent, Leviathan the coiled serpent; and he will slay the dragon that is in the sea.

2 On that day - The pleasant vineyard, sing about it!

3 I, the LORD, am its keeper, I water it every moment; Lest anyone harm it, night and day I guard it.

4 I am not angry, but if I were to find briers and thorns, In battle I should march against them; I should burn them all.

8 Expunging and expelling, I should strive against them, carrying them off with my cruel wind in time of storm.

6 In days to come Jacob shall take root, Israel shall sprout and blossom, covering all the world with fruit.

7 Is he to be smitten as his smiter was smitten? or slain as his slayer was slain?

5 Or shall he cling to me for refuge? He must make peace with me; peace shall he make with me!

9 This, then, shall be the expiation of Jacob's guilt, this the whole fruit of the removal of his sin: He shall pulverize all the stones of the altars like pieces of chalk; no sacred poles or incense altars shall stand.

10 For the fortified city shall be desolate, an abandoned pasture, a forsaken wilderness, where calves shall browse and lie. Its boughs shall be destroyed,

11 its branches shall wither and be broken off, and women shall come to build a fire with them. This is not an understanding people; therefore their maker shall not spare them, nor shall he who formed them have mercy on them.

12 On that day, The LORD shall beat out the grain between the Euphrates and the Wadi of Egypt, and you shall be gleaned one by one, O sons of Israel.

13 On that day, A great trumpet shall blow, and the lost in the land of Assyria and the outcasts in the land of Egypt Shall come and worship the LORD on the holy mountain, in Jerusalem.

v 1. This may be a dragon or other sea creature, but it’s destruction is ultimately the one Rev. 12:3, red dragon with seven heads, Satan.

v 2-6. In chap. 5 Israel was a bad vineyard to be punished, but here it is promised protection. It must be judged, v 4, before it will in future take root and bear fruit, v 6.

v 7,8. Israel’s punishment is different, and is purified from idolatry in Babylon.

v 9-11. Evidence of Israel’s repentance would be pulverizing false altar stones and tearing down Ashera poles. Calves would graze in desolate Jerusalem, bark would be used for food and the residue burned for fuel.

v 12,13. Partial regathering took place after the exile, Jews are returning to their land today, but the day is yet future for the complete regathering from all the world