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The Redemption of Israel
In 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.
In 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.
I, the Lord, am its keeper;
every moment I water it.
Lest anyone punish it,
I keep it night and day;
every moment I water it.
Lest anyone punish it,
I keep it night and day;
I, the LORD, will watch over it,
watering it carefully.
Day and night I will watch so no one can harm it.
watering it carefully.
Day and night I will watch so no one can harm it.
I have no wrath.
Would that I had thorns and briers to battle!
I would march against them,
I would burn them up together.
Would that I had thorns and briers to battle!
I would march against them,
I would burn them up together.
My anger will be gone.
If I find briers and thorns growing,
I will attack them;
I will burn them up —
If I find briers and thorns growing,
I will attack them;
I will burn them up —
Or let them lay hold of my protection,
let them make peace with me,
let them make peace with me.”
let them make peace with me,
let them make peace with me.”
unless they turn to me for help.
Let them make peace with me;
yes, let them make peace with me.”
Let them make peace with me;
yes, let them make peace with me.”
The time is coming when Jacob’s descendants will take root.
Israel will bud and blossom
and fill the whole earth with fruit!
Israel will bud and blossom
and fill the whole earth with fruit!
Has he struck them as he struck those who struck them?
Or have they been slain as their slayers were slain?
Or have they been slain as their slayers were slain?
Has the LORD struck Israel
as he struck her enemies?
Has he punished her
as he punished them?
as he struck her enemies?
Has he punished her
as he punished them?
No, but he exiled Israel to call her to account.
She was exiled from her land
as though blown away in a storm from the east.
She was exiled from her land
as though blown away in a storm from the east.
For 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.
a habitation deserted and forsaken, like the wilderness;
there the calf grazes;
there it lies down and strips its branches.
The fortified towns will be silent and empty,
the houses abandoned, the streets overgrown with weeds.
Calves will graze there,
chewing on twigs and branches.
the houses abandoned, the streets overgrown with weeds.
Calves will graze there,
chewing on twigs and branches.
When 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.
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.
The people are like the dead branches of a tree,
broken off and used for kindling beneath the cooking pots.
Israel is a foolish and stupid nation,
for its people have turned away from God.
Therefore, the one who made them
will show them no pity or mercy.
broken off and used for kindling beneath the cooking pots.
Israel is a foolish and stupid nation,
for its people have turned away from God.
Therefore, the one who made them
will show them no pity or mercy.
And 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.
In that day the great trumpet will sound. Many who were dying in exile in Assyria and Egypt will return to Jerusalem to worship the LORD on his holy mountain.