1 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. 13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, 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 Jerusalem.

1 In die dag sal die HERE met sy harde en groot en sterk swaard besoeking doen oor die Levi tan, die vinnige slang, en oor die Levi tan, die kronkelende slang; en Hy sal die draak doodmaak wat in die groot water is.

2 In die dag sal daar wees 'n wingerd van skuimende wyn -- sing daarvan!

3 Ek, die HERE, bewaak dit: elke oomblik sal Ek hom bevogtig; Ek sal hom nag en dag bewaak, sodat niks hom kan tref nie.

4 Geen grimmigheid is by My nie. Kry Ek doring of distel, in oorlog sou Ek daarop aanval, dit alles saam verbrand.

5 Of hulle moet my beskutting aangryp, vrede met My maak, vrede met My maak.

6 In die dae wat kom, sal Jakob wortel skiet, Israel sal bloei en uitbot, sodat hulle die wêreld vol vrugte sal maak.

7 Het Hy hom geslaan met die slag wat sy teëstander getref het? Of is hy gedood met 'n slagting soos die wat deur Hom gedood is?

8 Met mate het U met hom afgereken toe U hom verstoot het; Hy het hom verdrywe met sy geweldige wind op die dag van die oostewind.

9 Daarom sal hiermee die skuld van Jakob versoen word, en dit is die volle vrug van die wegneming van sy sonde: as hy al die altaarklippe maak soos verbryselde kalkklippe, die heilige boomstamme en die sonpilare nie meer oprys nie.

10 Want die versterkte stad is eensaam, 'n woning wat ontvolk en verlate is soos die woestyn; daar wei kalwers en daar lê hulle, en hulle eet sy takke af.

11 As sy takke verdor het, word hulle afgebreek; vroue kom en steek dit aan die brand; want dit is 'n volk sonder verstand. Daarom sal hulle Maker Hom nie oor hulle ontferm nie en sal hulle Formeerder aan hulle geen genade bewys nie.

12 En in die dag sal die HERE vrugte afslaan, van die stroom van die Eufraat af tot by die spruit van Egipte, en julle sal ingesamel word, een vir een, o kinders van Israel!

13 En in die dag sal daar met 'n groot basuin geblaas word; dan sal kom die wat verlore is in die land Assur en die wat verdryf is in Egipteland, en hulle sal die HERE aanbid op die heilige berg in Jerusalem.