the Lord will punish with his sword^(B)—
    his fierce, great and powerful sword—
Leviathan^(C) the gliding serpent,^(D)
    Leviathan the coiling serpent;
he will slay the monster^(E) of the sea.

“Sing^(G) about a fruitful vineyard:^(H)
3     I, the Lord, watch over it;
    I water^(I) it continually.
I guard^(J) it day and night
    so that no one may harm^(K) it.
⁴     I am not angry.
If only there were briers and thorns confronting me!
    I would march against them in battle;
    I would set them all on fire.^(L)
5 Or else let them come to me for refuge;^(M)
    let them make peace^(N) with me,
    yes, let them make peace with me.”

⁶ In days to come Jacob will take root,^(O)
    Israel will bud and blossom^(P)
    and fill all the world with fruit.^(Q)

⁷ Has the Lord struck her
    as he struck^(R) down those who struck her?
Has she been killed
    as those were killed who killed her?
⁸ By warfare^[a] and exile^(S) you contend with her—
    with his fierce blast he drives her out,
    as on a day the east wind^(T) blows.
⁹ By this, then, will Jacob’s guilt be atoned^(U) for,
    and this will be the full fruit of the removal of his sin:^(V)
When he makes all the altar stones^(W)
    to be like limestone crushed to pieces,
no Asherah poles^[b](X) or incense altars^(Y)
    will be left standing.
¹⁰ The fortified city stands desolate,^(Z)
    an abandoned settlement, forsaken^(AA) like the wilderness;
there the calves graze,^(AB)
    there they lie down;^(AC)
    they strip its branches bare.
¹¹ When its twigs are dry, they are broken off^(AD)
    and women come and make fires^(AE) with them.
For this is a people without understanding;^(AF)
    so their Maker has no compassion on them,
    and their Creator^(AG) shows them no favor.^(AH)

² Lord, be gracious^(D) to us;
    we long for you.
Be our strength^(E) every morning,
    our salvation^(F) in time of distress.^(G)
3 At the uproar of your army,^(H) the peoples flee;^(I)
    when you rise up,^(J) the nations scatter.
⁴ Your plunder,^(K) O nations, is harvested^(L) as by young locusts;^(M)
    like a swarm of locusts people pounce on it.

⁵ The Lord is exalted,^(N) for he dwells on high;^(O)
    he will fill Zion with his justice^(P) and righteousness.^(Q)
6 He will be the sure foundation for your times,
    a rich store of salvation^(R) and wisdom and knowledge;
    the fear^(S) of the Lord is the key to this treasure.^[a](T)

⁷ Look, their brave men^(U) cry aloud in the streets;
    the envoys^(V) of peace weep bitterly.
⁸ The highways are deserted,
    no travelers^(W) are on the roads.^(X)
The treaty is broken,^(Y)
    its witnesses^[b] are despised,
    no one is respected.
⁹ The land dries up^(Z) and wastes away,
    Lebanon^(AA) is ashamed and withers;^(AB)
Sharon^(AC) is like the Arabah,
    and Bashan^(AD) and Carmel^(AE) drop their leaves.

¹⁰ “Now will I arise,^(AF)” says the Lord.
    “Now will I be exalted;^(AG)
    now will I be lifted up.
¹¹ You conceive^(AH) chaff,
    you give birth^(AI) to straw;
    your breath is a fire^(AJ) that consumes you.
¹² The peoples will be burned to ashes;^(AK)
    like cut thornbushes^(AL) they will be set ablaze.^(AM)”

¹³ You who are far away,^(AN) hear^(AO) what I have done;
    you who are near, acknowledge my power!
¹⁴ The sinners^(AP) in Zion are terrified;
    trembling^(AQ) grips the godless:
“Who of us can dwell with the consuming fire?^(AR)
    Who of us can dwell with everlasting burning?”
¹⁵ Those who walk righteously^(AS)
    and speak what is right,^(AT)
who reject gain from extortion^(AU)
    and keep their hands from accepting bribes,^(AV)
who stop their ears against plots of murder
    and shut their eyes^(AW) against contemplating evil—
¹⁶ they are the ones who will dwell on the heights,^(AX)
    whose refuge^(AY) will be the mountain fortress.^(AZ)
Their bread will be supplied,
    and water will not fail^(BA) them.

¹⁷ Your eyes will see the king^(BB) in his beauty^(BC)
    and view a land that stretches afar.^(BD)
18 In your thoughts you will ponder the former terror:^(BE)
    “Where is that chief officer?
Where is the one who took the revenue?
    Where is the officer in charge of the towers?^(BF)”
¹⁹ You will see those arrogant people^(BG) no more,
    people whose speech is obscure,
    whose language is strange and incomprehensible.^(BH)

²⁰ Look on Zion,^(BI) the city of our festivals;
    your eyes will see Jerusalem,
    a peaceful abode,^(BJ) a tent^(BK) that will not be moved;^(BL)
its stakes will never be pulled up,
    nor any of its ropes broken.
²¹ There the Lord will be our Mighty^(BM) One.
    It will be like a place of broad rivers and streams.^(BN)
No galley with oars will ride them,
    no mighty ship^(BO) will sail them.
²² For the Lord is our judge,^(BP)
    the Lord is our lawgiver,^(BQ)
the Lord is our king;^(BR)
    it is he who will save^(BS) us.

²³ Your rigging hangs loose:
    The mast is not held secure,
    the sail is not spread.
Then an abundance of spoils will be divided
    and even the lame^(BT) will carry off plunder.^(BU)
24 No one living in Zion will say, “I am ill”;^(BV)
    and the sins of those who dwell there will be forgiven.^(BW)