We are back to judgement. We need always to remember that the coming of the Lord involves judgement, we find this in all of Jesus' teaching and the New Testament teaching.
Leviathan is a monster drawn from Canaanite mythology, and it represents wicked nations such as Egypt.
Then there is a second vineyard song, reflecting the first one in chapter 5. Verse 4 has echoes of the words in the seventh letter in Revelation, "if only you were hot or cold ...". Judah was neither completely rebellious at this point, nor was she trusting properly in the Lord.
Next we get another prophecy of fruitfulness for all the world through Israel and Judah. Israel will bear the fruit she is meant to bear only when she trusts fully in the Lord. Until she does that everything else is hot air.
Until that time Israel will suffer much judgement from the Lord. This happened through Assyria and then Babylon, and she has continued to suffer throughout history. However, the end result will be Israel's restoration. All her sin will be atoned for, she will be cleansed of all idolatry.
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