1 In that day Jehovah with his hard and great and strong sword will punish leviathan the swift serpent, and leviathan the crooked serpent; and he will slay the monster that is in the sea.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- In that day H3117 (יוֹם) — a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated ter…
- Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
- with his sore H7186 (קָשֶׁה) — severe (in various applications)
- and great H1419 (גָּדוֹל) — great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
- and strong H2389 (חָזָק) — strong (usu. in a bad sense, hard, bold, violent)
- sword H2719 (חֶרֶב) — drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
- shall punish H6485 (פָּקַד) — to visit (with friendly or hostile intent); by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc.
- leviathan H3882 (לִוְיָתָן) — a wreathed animal, i.e. a serpent (especially the crocodile or some other large sea-monster); figuratively, the constellation of the dragon; also as a symbol of…
- the piercing H1281 (בָּרִיחַ) — a fugitive, i.e. the serpent (as fleeing), and the constellation by that name
- serpent H5175 (נָחָשׁ) — a snake (from its hiss)
- even leviathan H3882 (לִוְיָתָן) — a wreathed animal, i.e. a serpent (especially the crocodile or some other large sea-monster); figuratively, the constellation of the dragon; also as a symbol of…
- that crooked H6129 (עֲקַלָּתוֹן) — tortuous
- and he shall slay H2026 (הָרַג) — to smite with deadly intent
- the dragon H8577 (תַּנִּין) — a marine or land monster, i.e. sea-serpent or jackal
- in the sea H3220 (יָם) — a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin…
2 In that day: A vineyard of wine, sing ye unto it.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- In that day H3117 (יוֹם) — a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated ter…
- sing H6031 (עָנָה) — to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications, as follows)
- ye unto her, A vineyard H3754 (כֶּרֶם) — a garden or vineyard
- of red wine H2531 (חֶמֶד) — delight
- of red wine H2561 (חֶמֶר) — wine (as fermenting)
3 I Jehovah am its keeper; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- I Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
- do keep H5341 (נָצַר) — to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.)
- it; I will water H8248 (שָׁקָה) — to quaff, i.e. (causatively) to irrigate or furnish a potion to
- it every moment H7281 (רֶגַע) — a wink (of the eyes), i.e. a very short space of time
- hurt H6485 (פָּקַד) — to visit (with friendly or hostile intent); by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc.
- it, I will keep H5341 (נָצַר) — to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.)
- it night H3915 (לַיִל) — properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
- and day H3117 (יוֹם) — a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated ter…
4 Wrath is not in me: would that the briers and thorns were against me in battle! I would march upon them, I would burn them together.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Fury H2534 (חֵמָה) — heat; figuratively, anger, poison (from its fever)
- not in me: who would set H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
- the briers H8068 (שָׁמִיר) — a thorn; also (from its keenness for scratching) a gem, probably the diamond
- thorns H7898 (שַׁיִת) — scrub or trash, i.e. wild growth of weeds or briers (as if put on the field)
- against me in battle H4421 (מִלְחָמָה) — a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. war-fare)
- I would go H6585 (פָּשַׂע) — to stride (from spreading the legs), i.e. rush upon
- through them, I would burn H6702 (צוּת) — to blaze
- them together H3162 (יַחַד) — properly, a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedly
5 Or else let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; yea, let him make peace with me.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Or let him take hold H2388 (חָזַק) — to fasten upon; hence, to seize, be strong (figuratively, courageous, causatively strengthen, cure, help, repair, fortify), obstinate; to bind, restrain, conque…
- of my strength H4581 (מָעוֹז) — a fortified place; figuratively, a defence
- he may make H6213 (עָשָׂה) — to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
- peace H7965 (שָׁלוֹם) — safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace
- he shall make H6213 (עָשָׂה) — to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
6 In days to come shall Jacob take root; Israel shall blossom and bud; and they shall fill the face of the world with fruit.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- He shall cause them that come H935 (בּוֹא) — to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
- of Jacob H3290 (יַעֲקֹב) — Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
- to take root H8327 (שָׁרַשׁ) — to root, i.e. strike into the soil, or (by implication) to pluck from it
- Israel H3478 (יִשְׂרָאֵל) — he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
- shall blossom H6692 (צוּץ) — to twinkle, i.e. glance; by analogy, to blossom (figuratively, flourish)
- and bud H6524 (פָּרַח) — to break forth as a bud, i.e. bloom; generally, to spread; specifically, to fly (as extending the wings); figuratively, to flourish
- and fill H4390 (מָלֵא) — to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)
- the face H6440 (פָּנִים) — the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (befo…
- of the world H8398 (תֵּבֵל) — the earth (as moist and therefore inhabited); by extension, the globe; by implication, its inhabitants; specifically, a particular land, as Babylonia, Palestine
- with fruit H8570 (תְּנוּבָה) — produce
7 Hath he smitten them as he smote those that smote them? or are they slain according to the slaughter of them that were slain by them?Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Hath he smitten H5221 (נָכָה) — to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
- him, as he smote H4347 (מַכָּה) — a blow (in 2 Chronicles 2:10, of the flail); by implication, a wound; figuratively, carnage, also pestilence
- those that smote H5221 (נָכָה) — to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
- is he slain H2026 (הָרַג) — to smite with deadly intent
- according to the slaughter H2027 (הֶרֶג) — slaughter
- of them that are slain H2026 (הָרַג) — to smite with deadly intent
8 In measure, when thou sendest them away, thou dost contend with them; he hath removed them with his rough blast in the day of the east wind.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- In measure H5432 (סַאסְּאָה) — measurement, i.e. moderation
- when it shooteth forth H7971 (שָׁלַח) — to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
- thou wilt debate H7378 (רִיב) — properly, to toss, i.e. grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e. hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend
- with it: he stayeth H1898 (הָגָה) — to remove
- his rough H7186 (קָשֶׁה) — severe (in various applications)
- wind H7307 (רוּחַ) — wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by re…
- in the day H3117 (יוֹם) — a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated ter…
- of the east wind H6921 (קָדִים) — the fore or front part; hence (by orientation) the East (often adverbially, eastward, for brevity the east wind)
9 Therefore by this shall the iniquity of Jacob be forgiven, and this is all the fruit of taking away his sin: that he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, so that the Asherim and the sun-images shall rise no more.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- By this H2063 (זֹאת) — this (often used adverb)
- therefore shall the iniquity H5771 (עָוֺן) — perversity, i.e. (moral) evil
- of Jacob H3290 (יַעֲקֹב) — Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
- be purged H3722 (כָּפַר) — to cover (specifically with bitumen); figuratively, to expiate or condone, to placate or cancel
- all the fruit H6529 (פְּרִי) — fruit (literally or figuratively)
- to take away H5493 (סוּר) — to turn off (literally or figuratively)
- his sin H2403 (חַטָּאָה) — an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
- when he maketh H7760 (שׂוּם) — to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
- all the stones H68 (אֶבֶן) — a stone
- of the altar H4196 (מִזְבֵּחַ) — an altar
- as chalkstones H1615 (גִּר) — lime (from being burned in a kiln)
- that are beaten in sunder H5310 (נָפַץ) — to dash to pieces, or scatter
- the groves H842 (אֲשֵׁרָה) — Asherah (or Astarte) a Phoenician goddess; also an image of the same
- and images H2553 (חַמָּן) — a sun-pillar
- shall not stand up H6965 (קוּם) — to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
10 For the fortified city is solitary, a habitation deserted and forsaken, like the wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Yet the defenced H1219 (בָּצַר) — to gather grapes; also to be isolated (i.e. inaccessible by height or fortification)
- city H5892 (עִיר) — a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
- desolate H910 (בָּדָד) — separate; adverb, separately
- the habitation H5116 (נָוֶה) — (adjectively) at home; hence (by implication of satisfaction) lovely; also (noun) a home, of God (temple), men (residence), flocks (pasture), or wild animals (d…
- forsaken H7971 (שָׁלַח) — to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
- and left H5800 (עָזַב) — to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etc.
- like a wilderness H4057 (מִדְבָּר) — a pasture (i.e. open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs)
- there shall the calf H5695 (עֵגֶל) — a (male) calf (as frisking round), especially one nearly grown (i.e. a steer)
- feed H7462 (רָעָה) — to tend a flock; i.e. pasture it; intransitively, to graze (literally or figuratively); generally to rule; by extension, to associate with (as a friend)
- and there shall he lie down H7257 (רָבַץ) — to crouch (on all four legs folded, like a recumbent animal); by implication, to recline, repose, brood, lurk, imbed
- and consume H3615 (כָּלָה) — to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitive (to complete, prepare, consume)
- the branches H5585 (סָעִיף) — a fissure (of rocks); also a bough (as subdivided)
11 When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off; the women shall come, and set them on fire; for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have compassion upon them, and he that formed them will show them no favor.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- When the boughs H7105 (קָצִיר) — severed, i.e. harvest (as reaped), the crop, the time, the reaper, or figuratively; also a limb (of a tree, or simply foliage)
- thereof are withered H3001 (יָבֵשׁ) — to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage)
- they shall be broken off H7665 (שָׁבַר) — to burst (literally or figuratively)
- the women H802 (אִשָּׁה) — a woman
- come H935 (בּוֹא) — to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
- set them on fire H215 (אוֹר) — to be (causative, make) luminous (literally and metaphorically)
- a people H5971 (עַם) — a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
- of no understanding H998 (בִּינָה) — understanding
- therefore he that made H6213 (עָשָׂה) — to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
- them will not have mercy H7355 (רָחַם) — to fondle; by implication, to love, especially to compassionate
- on them, and he that formed H3335 (יָצַר) — to mould into a form; especially as a potter; figuratively, to determine (i.e. form a resolution)
- them will shew them no favour H2603 (חָנַן) — properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore (i.e. move to favor by petition)
12 And it shall come to pass in that day, that Jehovah will beat off his fruit from the flood of the River unto the brook of Egypt; and ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- And it shall come to pass in that day H3117 (יוֹם) — a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated ter…
- Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
- shall beat off H2251 (חָבַט) — to knock out or off
- from the channel H7641 (שִׁבֹּל) — a stream (as flowing); also an ear of grain (as growing out); by analogy, a branch
- of the river H5104 (נָהָר) — a stream (including the sea; expectation the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperity
- unto the stream H5158 (נַחַל) — a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
- of Egypt H4714 (מִצְרַיִם) — Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
- and ye shall be gathered H3950 (לָקַט) — properly, to pick up, i.e. (generally) to gather; specifically, to glean
- one H259 (אֶחָד) — properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
- by one H259 (אֶחָד) — properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
- O ye children H1121 (בֵּן) — a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition,…
- of Israel H3478 (יִשְׂרָאֵל) — he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great trumpet shall be blown; and they shall come that were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and they that were outcasts in the land of Egypt; and they shall worship Jehovah in the holy mountain at Jerusalem.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- And it shall come to pass in that day H3117 (יוֹם) — a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated ter…
- the great H1419 (גָּדוֹל) — great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
- trumpet H7782 (שׁוֹפָר) — a cornet (as giving a clear sound) or curved horn
- shall be blown H8628 (תָּקַע) — to clatter, i.e. slap (the hands together), clang (an instrument); by analogy, to drive (a nail or tent-pin, a dart, etc.); by implication, to become bondsman b…
- and they shall come H935 (בּוֹא) — to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
- which were ready to perish H6 (אָבַד) — properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
- in the land H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
- of Assyria H804 (אַשּׁוּר) — Ashshur, the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e. Assyria), its region and its empire
- and the outcasts H5080 (נָדַח) — to push off; used in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively (to expel, mislead, strike, inflict, etc.)
- of Egypt H4714 (מִצְרַיִם) — Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
- and shall worship H7812 (שָׁחָה) — to depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God)
- Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
- in the holy H6944 (קֹדֶשׁ) — a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity
- mount H2022 (הַר) — a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
- at Jerusalem H3389 (יְרוּשָׁלִַ͏ם) — Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine