\v 1 On that day Yahweh with his hard, great and fierce sword
\q1 will punish Leviathan the slithering serpent, Leviathan the squirming serpent,
\q1 and he will kill the monster that is in the sea.
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\v 2 In that day: A vineyard of wine, sing of it.
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\v 3 "I, Yahweh, am its protector; I water it every moment;
\q1 so that no one hurts it, I guard it night and day.
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\v 4 I am not angry, Oh, that there were briers and thorns!
\q1 In battle I would march against them; I would burn them all together;
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\v 5 unless they grasp my protection and make peace with me; let them make peace with me.
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\v 6 In the coming day, Jacob will take root; Israel will blossom and bud;
\q1 and they will fill the surface of the ground with fruit."
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\v 7 Has Yahweh attacked Jacob and Israel as he attacked those nations who attacked them? Have Jacob and Israel been killed as in the slaughter of those nations that were killed by them?
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\v 8 In exact measure you have contended, sending Jacob and Israel away; he drove them away with his severe wind, on the day of the east wind.
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\v 9 So in this way, the iniquity of Jacob will be atoned for, for this will be the full fruit of turning away from his sin: