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On that day ^(C1)the LORD will punish ^(F1)(C2)Leviathan the fleeing serpent, With His fierce and great and mighty sword, Even ^(F1)Leviathan the twisted serpent; And ^(C3)He will kill the dragon who lives in the sea.

On that day, "A ^(F1)(C1)vineyard of beauty, sing of it!

-"I, the LORD, am its keeper; ^(C1)I water it every moment. So that no one will ^(F1)damage it, I ^(C2)guard it night and day.

-"I have no wrath. Should ^(F1)someone give Me ^(C1)briars and thorns in battle, Then I would step on them, ^(C2)I would burn them ^(F2)completely.

-"Or let him ^(F1)(C1)rely on My protection, Let him make peace with Me, Let him ^(C2)make peace with Me."

^(F1)In the days to come Jacob ^(C1)will take root, Israel will ^(C2)blossom and sprout, And they will fill the ^(F2)whole world with ^(C3)fruit.

Like the striking of Him who has struck them, has ^(C1)He struck them? Or like the slaughter of His slain, ^(F1)have they been slain?

You contended with them ^(F1)by banishing them, by ^(C1)driving them away. With His fierce wind He has expelled them on the day of the ^(C2)east wind.

Therefore through this Jacob's wrongdoing will be ^(C1)forgiven; And this will be ^(F1)the full price of the ^(F2)(C2)pardoning of his sin: When he makes all the ^(C3)altar stones like pulverized chalk stones; When ^(F3)Asherim and incense altars will not stand.

For the fortified city is ^(C1)isolated, A ^(F1)homestead deserted and abandoned like the desert; ^(C2)There the calf will graze, And there it will lie down and ^(F2)feed on its branches.

When its ^(C1)limbs are dry, they are broken off; Women come and make a fire with them, For they are not a people of ^(C2)discernment, Therefore ^(C3)their Maker ^(C4)will not have compassion on them. And their Creator will not be gracious to them.

On that day the LORD ^(C1)will thresh from the flowing stream of the ^(C2)Euphrates River to the brook of Egypt, and you will be ^(C3)gathered up one by one, you sons of Israel.

It will come about also on that day that a great ^(C1)trumpet will be blown, and those who were perishing in the land of ^(C2)Assyria and who were scattered in the land of Egypt will come and ^(C3)worship the LORD on the holy mountain in Jerusalem.

Woe to the proud crown of the ^(C1)habitually drunk of ^(C2)Ephraim, And to the fading flower of its glorious beauty, Which is at the head of the ^(F1)fertile valley Of those who are ^(F2)overcome with wine!

Behold, the Lord has a strong and ^(C1)mighty agent; As a storm of ^(C2)hail, a tempest of destruction, Like a storm of ^(C3)mighty overflowing waters, He has thrown it down to the earth with His hand.

The splendid crown of the habitually drunk of Ephraim is ^(C1)trampled underfoot.

And the fading flower of its glorious beauty, Which is at the head of the ^(F1)fertile valley, Will be like the ^(C1)first-ripe fig prior to the summer, Which ^(F2)one sees, And ^(F3)as soon as it is in his ^(F4)hand, He swallows it.

On that day the ^(C1)LORD of armies will become a beautiful ^(C2)crown And a glorious wreath to the remnant of His people;

A ^(C1)spirit of justice for him who sits in judgment, A ^(C2)strength to those who repel the ^(F1)onslaught at the gate.

And these also ^(C1)reel with wine and stagger from intoxicating drink: ^(C2)The priest and ^(C3)the prophet reel with intoxicating drink, They are confused by wine, they stagger from ^(C4)intoxicating drink; They reel while ^(F1)having ^(C5)visions, They stagger when rendering a verdict.

For all the tables are full of filthy ^(C1)vomit, without a single clean place.

"To ^(C1)whom would He teach knowledge, And to whom would He interpret the message? Those just ^(C2)weaned from milk? Those just taken from the breast?

-"For He says, '^(F1)(C1)Order on order, order on order, Line on line, line on line, A little here, a little there.'"

Indeed, He will speak to this people Through ^(C1)stammering lips and a foreign tongue,

He who said to them, "This is the ^(C1)place of quiet, give rest to the weary," And, "This is the resting place," but they would not listen.

So the word of the LORD to them will be, "^(F1)Order on order, order on order, Line on line, line on line, A little here, a little there," That they may go and ^(C1)stumble backward, be broken, snared, and taken captive.

Therefore, ^(C1)hear the word of the LORD, you ^(C2)scoffers, Who rule this people who are in Jerusalem,

Because you have said, "We have made a ^(C1)covenant with death, And with ^(F1)Sheol we have made a ^(F2)pact. ^(C2)The ^(F3)gushing flood will not reach us when it passes by, Because we have made ^(C3)falsehood our refuge and we have ^(C4)concealed ourselves with deception."

Therefore this is what the Lord ^(F1)GOD says: "^(C1)Behold, I am laying a stone in Zion, a tested ^(C2)stone, A precious cornerstone for the foundation, ^(F2)firmly placed. The one who believes in it will not be ^(F3)disturbed.

-"I will make ^(C1)justice the measuring line And righteousness the level; Then ^(C2)hail will sweep away the refuge of lies, And the waters will overflow the secret place.

-"Your ^(C1)covenant with death will be ^(F1)(C2)canceled, And your pact with Sheol will not stand; When the ^(F2)(C1)gushing flood passes through, Then you will become its ^(C3)trampling ground.

-"As ^(C1)often as it passes through, it will ^(F1)seize you; For ^(C2)morning after morning it will pass through, anytime during the day or night, And it will be ^(F2)sheer ^(C3)terror to understand ^(F3)what it means."

The bed is too short on which to stretch out, And the ^(C1)blanket is too ^(F1)small to wrap oneself in.

For the LORD will rise up as at Mount ^(C1)Perazim, He will be stirred up as in the Valley of ^(C2)Gibeon, To do His ^(C3)task, His ^(F1)(C4)unusual task, And to work His work, His ^(F2)extraordinary work.

And now do not carry on as ^(C1)scoffers, Or your shackles will be made stronger; For I have heard from the Lord ^(F1)GOD of armies Of decisive ^(C2)destruction on all the earth.

Listen and hear my voice, Pay attention and hear my words.

Does the ^(F1)farmer plow ^(F2)continually to plant seed? Does he continually ^(F3)turn and break up his ground?

Does he not level its surface And sow dill and scatter ^(C1)cumin And ^(F1)plant ^(C2)wheat in rows, Barley in its place and rye within its ^(F2)area?

For his God instructs and teaches him properly.

For dill is not threshed with a ^(C1)threshing sledge, Nor is the cartwheel ^(F1)driven over cumin; But dill is beaten out with a rod, and cumin with a club.

Grain for bread is crushed, Indeed, he does not continue to thresh it forever. Because the wheel of his cart and his horses eventually ^(F1)damage it, He does not thresh it longer.

This also comes from the LORD of armies, Who has made His counsel ^(C1)wonderful and His wisdom ^(C2)great.