271 In that day the Lord will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent , With His fierce and great and mighty sword , Even Leviathan the twisted serpent ; And He will kill the dragon who lives in the sea . 2 In that day , "A vineyard of wine , sing of it! 3 "I, the Lord , am its keeper ; I water it every moment . So that no one will damage it, I guard it night and day . 4 "I have no wrath . Should someone give Me briars and thorns in battle , Then I would step on them, I would burn them completely . 5 "Or let him rely on My protection , Let him make peace with Me, Let him make peace with Me." 6 In the days to come Jacob will take root , Israel will blossom and sprout , And they will fill the whole world with fruit .
7 Like the striking of Him who has struck them, has He struck them? Or like the slaughter of His slain , have they been slain ? 8 You contended with them by banishing them, by driving them away . With His fierce wind He has expelled them on the day of the east wind . 9 Therefore through this Jacob's iniquity will be forgiven ; And this will be the full price of the pardoning of his sin : When he makes all the altar stones like pulverized chalk stones ; When Asherim and incense altars will not stand . 10 For the fortified city is isolated , A homestead forlorn and forsaken like the desert ; There the calf will graze , And there it will lie down and feed on its branches . 11 When its limbs are dry , they are broken off; Women come and make a fire with them, For they are not a people of discernment , Therefore e their Maker will not have compassion on them. And their Creator will not be gracious to them. 12 In that day the Lord will start His threshing from the flowing stream of the Euphrates to the brook of Egypt , and you will be gathered up one by one , O sons of Israel . 13 It will come about also in that day that a great trumpet will be blown , and those who were perishing in the land of Assyria and who were scattered in the land of Egypt will come and worship the Lord in the holy mountain at Jerusalem .
31 For behold , the Lord GOD of hosts is going to remove from Jerusalem and Judah Both supply and support , the whole supply of bread And the whole supply of water ; 2 The mighty man and the warrior , The judge and the prophet , The diviner and the elder , 3 The captain of fifty and the honorable e man, The counselor and the expert artisan , And the skillful enchanter . 4 And I will make mere lads their princes , And capricious children will rule over them, 5 And the people will be oppressed , Each one by another , and each one by his neighbor ; The youth will storm against the elder And the inferior against the honorable . 6 When a man lays hold of his brother in his father's house , saying, "You have a cloak , you shall be our ruler , And these ruins will be under your charge ," 7 He will protest on that day , saying , "I will not be your healer , For in my house there is neither bread nor cloak ; You should not appoint me ruler of the people ." 8 For Jerusalem has stumbled and Judah has fallen , Because their speech and their actions are against the Lord , To rebel against His glorious presence .
9 The expression of their faces bears witness against them, And they display their sin like Sodom ; They do not even conceal it. Woe to them! For they have brought evil on themselves. 10 Say to the righteous that it will go well with them, For they will eat the fruit of their actions . 11 Woe to the wicked ! It will go badly with him, For what e he deserves e will be done to him. 12 O My people ! Their oppressors are children , And women rule over them. O My people ! Those who guide you lead you astray And confuse the direction of your paths . 13 The Lord arises to contend , And stands to judge the people . 14 The Lord enters into judgment with the elders and princes of His people , "It is you who have devoured the vineyard ; The plunder of the poor is in your houses . 15 "What do you mean by crushing My people And grinding the face of the poor ?" Declares the Lord GOD of hosts .
16 Moreover, the Lord said , "Because e the daughters of Zion are proud And walk with heads held high and seductive eyes , And go along with mincing steps And tinkle the bangles on their feet , 17 Therefore the Lord will afflict the scalp of the daughters of Zion with scabs , And the Lord will make their foreheads bare ." 18 In that day the Lord will take away the beauty of their anklets , headbands , crescent ornaments , 19 dangling earrings , bracelets , veils , 20 headdresses , ankle chains , sashes , perfume e boxes , amulets , 21 finger rings , nose rings , 22 festal robes , outer tunics , cloaks , money purses , 23 hand mirrors , undergarments , turbans and veils . 24 Now it will come about that instead of sweet perfume there will be putrefaction ; Instead of a belt , a rope ; Instead of well-set hair , a plucked-out scalp ; Instead of fine clothes , a donning of sackcloth ; And branding instead of beauty . 25 Your men will fall by the sword And your mighty ones in battle . 26 And her gates will lament and mourn , And deserted she will sit on the ground .
