27:1 On that day the LORD with His harsh, great, and strong sword, will bring judgment on Leviathan, the fleeing serpent--Leviathan, the twisting serpent. He will slay the monster that is in the sea.
27:3 I, Yahweh, watch over it; I water it regularly. I guard it night and day so that no one disturbs it.
27:4 I am not angry, but if it produces thorns and briers for Me, I will fight against it, trample it, and burn it to the ground.
27:5 Or let it take hold of My strength; let it make peace with Me-- make peace with Me.
27:6 In days to come, Jacob will take root. Israel will blossom and bloom and fill the whole world with fruit.
27:7 Did the LORD strike Israel as He struck the one who struck Israel? Was he killed like those killed by Him?
27:8 You disputed with her by banishing and driving her away. He removed her with His severe storm on the day of the east wind.
27:9 Therefore Jacob's iniquity will be purged in this way, and the result of the removal of his sin will be this: when he makes all the altar stones like crushed bits of chalk, no Asherah poles or incense altars will remain standing.
27:10 For the fortified city will be deserted, pastures abandoned and forsaken like a wilderness. Calves will graze there, and there they will spread out and strip its branches.
27:11 When its branches dry out, they will be broken off. Women will come and make fires with them, for they are not a people with understanding. Therefore their Maker will not have compassion on them, and their Creator will not be gracious to them.
27:12 On that day the LORD will thresh grain from the Euphrates River as far as the Wadi of Egypt, and you Israelites will be gathered one by one.
27:13 On that day a great trumpet will be blown, and those lost in the land of Assyria will come, as well as those dispersed in the land of Egypt; and they will worship the LORD at Jerusalem on the holy mountain.
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