XXVII. aIn that day the Lord with his sore and great and strong sword

Shall bpunish cdleviathan the * piercing serpent,

Even cdleviathan that ecrooked serpent;

And he shall slay dthe dragon that is in the sea.

2  aIn that day fsing ye unto her,

gA vineyard of red wine.

3  hI the Lord do ikeep it;

I will water it jevery moment:

Lest any bhurt it, hI will ikeep it night and day.

4  kFury is not in me:

Who would lmset the briers and thorns against me in battle?

I would * go through them, I would mburn them together.

5  Or let him take hold of nmy strength,

oThat he may make peace with me;

And he shall make peace with me.

6  He shall cause them that come of Jacob pto take root:

Israel shall qblossom and qbud,

And fill the face of the world with fruit.

7  Hath he smitten him, * ras he smote those that smote him?

Or is he slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him?

8  rsIn measure, * when it shooteth forth, thou wilt tdebate with it:

* He stayeth his rough wind in the day of vthe east wind.

9  wBy this therefore shall xthe iniquity of Jacob be purged;

And this is all the fruit yto take away his sin;

When he maketh all the stones of the altar as zchalkstones that are beaten in sunder,

aThe groves and * aimages shall not stand up.

10  Yet bthe defenced city shall be desolate,

And bcthe habitation dforsaken, and left blike a wilderness:

eThere shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down,

And consume fthe branches thereof.

11  When gthe boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off:

The women come, and hset them on fire:

For iit is a people of no understanding:

Therefore khe that made them will not have mercy on them,

And klhe that formed them will shew them no favour.

12  And it shall come to pass min that day,

That the Lord shall nubeat off from othe channel of pthe river qunto the stream of Egypt,

And ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel.

13  And it shall come to pass min that day,

That rthe great trumpet shall be blown,

And they shall come which were sready to perish in the land of Assyria,

And tthe outcasts in the land of Egypt,

And ushall worship the Lord in the holy mount at Jerusalem.