de Biblica1Naquele dia, o SENHOR, com sua espada severa, longa e forte, castigará o Leviatã[1], serpente veloz, o Leviatã, serpente tortuosa; matará no mar a serpente aquática.
O Livramento de Israel
2Naquele dia se dirá: “Cantem sobre a vinha frutífera!3Eu, o SENHOR, sou o seu vigia, rego-a constantemente e a protejo dia e noite para impedir que lhe façam dano.4Não estou irado. Se espinheiros e roseiras bravas me enfrentarem, eu marcharei contra eles e os destruirei a fogo.5A menos que venham buscar refúgio em mim; que façam as pazes comigo. Sim, que façam as pazes comigo”.6Nos dias vindouros Jacó lançará raízes, Israel terá botões e flores e encherá o mundo de frutos.7Acaso o SENHOR o feriu como àqueles que o feriram? Acaso ele foi morto como foram mortos os que o feriram?8Pelo desterro e pelo exílio o julga, com seu sopro violento ele o expulsa, como num dia de rajadas do vento oriental.9Assim será perdoada a maldade de Jacó, e será este o fruto da remoção do seu pecado: quando ele fizer com que as pedras do altar sejam esmigalhadas e fiquem como pó de giz, os postes sagrados e os altares de incenso não permanecerão em pé.10A cidade fortificada está abandonada, desabitada e esquecida como o deserto; ali os bezerros pastam e se deitam e desfolham os seus ramos.11Quando os seus ramos estão secos e se quebram, as mulheres fazem fogo com eles, pois esse é um povo sem entendimento. Por isso aquele que o fez não tem compaixão dele, aquele que o formou não lhe mostra misericórdia.12Naquele dia, o SENHOR debulhará as suas espigas desde as margens do Eufrates[2] até o ribeiro do Egito, e vocês, israelitas, serão ajuntados um a um.13E, naquele dia, soará uma grande trombeta. Os que estavam perecendo na Assíria e os que estavam exilados no Egito virão e adorarão o SENHOR no monte santo, em Jerusalém.
1In that day the Lord with his hard and great and strong sword will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent, Leviathan the twisting serpent, and he will slay the dragon that is in the sea. (Sl 74:14; Is 51:9; Jr 47:6; Ez 29:3)2In that day, “A pleasant vineyard,[1] sing of it! (Is 5:7; Is 26:1)3I, the Lord, am its keeper; every moment I water it. Lest anyone punish it, I keep it night and day;4I have no wrath. Would that I had thorns and briers to battle! I would march against them, I would burn them up together. (Is 10:17)5Or let them lay hold of my protection, let them make peace with me, let them make peace with me.”6In days to come[2] Jacob shall take root, Israel shall blossom and put forth shoots and fill the whole world with fruit. (Is 37:31; Os 14:5)7Has he struck them as he struck those who struck them? Or have they been slain as their slayers were slain? (Is 37:18; Is 37:36; Os 6:1)8Measure by measure,[3] by exile you contended with them; he removed them with his fierce breath[4] in the day of the east wind. (Jr 10:24; Jr 18:17)9Therefore by this the guilt of Jacob will be atoned for, and this will be the full fruit of the removal of his sin:[5] when he makes all the stones of the altars like chalkstones crushed to pieces, no Asherim or incense altars will remain standing. (Dt 16:21; 2 Rs 18:4; Is 22:14)10For the fortified city is solitary, a habitation deserted and forsaken, like the wilderness; there the calf grazes; there it lies down and strips its branches. (Is 17:9; Is 32:14; Is 32:19; Os 8:14; Mq 5:11)11When its boughs are dry, they are broken; women come and make a fire of them. For this is a people without discernment; therefore he who made them will not have compassion on them; he who formed them will show them no favor. (Dt 32:28; Is 30:16)12In that day from the river Euphrates[6] to the Brook of Egypt the Lord will thresh out the grain, and you will be gleaned one by one, O people of Israel. (Gn 15:18)13And in that day a great trumpet will be blown, and those who were lost in the land of Assyria and those who were driven out to the land of Egypt will come and worship the Lord on the holy mountain at Jerusalem. (Lv 25:9; Is 2:2; Is 11:11; Is 11:16; Mq 7:12; Mt 24:31; Ap 11:15)