1For the LORD3068 will have mercy7355 on Jacob3290, and will yet choose977 Israel3478, and set3240 them in their own land127: and the strangers1616 shall be joined3867 with them, and they shall cleave5596 to the house1004 of Jacob3290.
2And the people5971 shall take3947 them, and bring935 them to their place4725: and the house1004 of Israel3478 shall possess5157 them in the land127 of the LORD3068 for servants5650 and handmaids8198: and they shall take them captives7617, whose captives7617 they were; and they shall rule7287 over their oppressors5065.
3And it shall come to pass in the day3117 that the LORD3068 shall give thee rest5117 from thy sorrow6090, and from thy fear7267, and from the hard7186 bondage5656 wherein thou wast made to serve5647,
4That thou shalt take up5375 this proverb4912 against the king4428 of Babylon894, and say559, How hath the oppressor5065 ceased7673! the golden city4062 ceased7673!
5The LORD3068 hath broken7665 the staff4294 of the wicked7563, and the sceptre7626 of the rulers4910.
6He who smote5221 the people5971 in wrath5678 with a continual1115 5627 stroke4347, he that ruled7287 the nations1471 in anger639, is persecuted4783, and none1097 hindereth2820.
7The whole earth776 is at rest5117, and is quiet8252: they break forth6476 into singing7440.
8Yea, the fir trees1265 rejoice8055 at thee, and the cedars730 of Lebanon3844, saying, Since thou art laid down7901, no feller3772 is come up5927 against us.
9Hell7585 from beneath is moved7264 for thee to meet7125 thee at thy coming935: it stirreth up5782 the dead7496 for thee, even all the chief ones6260 of the earth776; it hath raised up6965 from their thrones3678 all the kings4428 of the nations1471.
10All they shall speak6030 and say559 unto thee, Art thou also become weak2470 as we? art thou become like4911 unto us?
11Thy pomp1347 is brought down3381 to the grave7585, and the noise1998 of thy viols5035: the worm7415 is spread3331 under thee, and the worms8438 cover4374 thee.
12How art thou fallen5307 from heaven8064, O Lucifer1966, son1121 of the morning7837 3213! how art thou cut down1438 to the ground776, which didst weaken2522 the nations1471!
13For thou hast said559 in thine heart3824, I will ascend5927 into heaven8064, I will exalt7311 my throne3678 above4605 the stars3556 of God410: I will sit3427 also upon the mount2022 of the congregation4150, in the sides3411 of the north6828:
14I will ascend5927 above the heights1116 of the clouds5645; I will be like1819 the most High5945.
15Yet thou shalt be brought down3381 to hell7585, to the sides3411 of the pit953.
16They that see7200 thee shall narrowly look7688 upon thee, and consider995 thee, saying, Is this the man376 that made the earth776 to tremble7264, that did shake7493 kingdoms4467;
17That made7760 the world8398 as a wilderness4057, and destroyed2040 the cities5892 thereof; that opened6605 not the house1004 of his prisoners615?
18All the kings4428 of the nations1471, even all of them, lie7901 in glory3519, every one376 in his own house1004.
19But thou art cast out7993 of thy grave6913 like an abominable8581 branch5342, and as the raiment3830 of those that are slain2026, thrust through2944 with a sword2719, that go down3381 to the stones68 of the pit953; as a carcase6297 trodden under feet947.
20Thou shalt not be joined3161 with them in burial6900, because thou hast destroyed7843 thy land776, and slain2026 thy people5971: the seed2233 of evildoers7489 shall never5769 be renowned7121.
21Prepare3559 slaughter4293 for his children1121 for the iniquity5771 of their fathers1; that they do not1077 rise6965, nor possess3423 the land776, nor fill4390 the face6440 of the world8398 with cities6145 5892.
22For I will rise up6965 against them, saith5002 the LORD3068 of hosts6635, and cut off3772 from Babylon894 the name8034, and remnant7605, and son5209, and nephew5220, saith5002 the LORD3068.
23I will also make7760 it a possession4180 for the bittern7090, and pools98 of water4325: and I will sweep2894 it with the besom4292 of destruction8045, saith5002 the LORD3068 of hosts6635.
24The LORD3068 of hosts6635 hath sworn7650, saying559, Surely as I have thought1819, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed3289, so shall it stand6965:
25That I will break7665 the Assyrian804 in my land776, and upon my mountains2022 tread him under foot947: then shall his yoke5923 depart5493 from off them, and his burden5448 depart5493 from off their shoulders7926.
26This is the purpose6098 that is purposed3289 upon the whole earth776: and this is the hand3027 that is stretched out5186 upon all the nations1471.
27For the LORD3068 of hosts6635 hath purposed3289, and who shall disannul6565 it? and his hand3027 is stretched out5186, and who shall turn it back7725?
28In the year8141 that king4428 Ahaz271 died4194 was this burden4853.
29Rejoice8055 not thou, whole Palestina6429, because the rod7626 of him that smote5221 thee is broken7665: for out of the serpent's5175 root8328 shall come forth3318 a cockatrice6848, and his fruit6529 shall be a fiery8314 flying5774 serpent8314.
30And the firstborn1060 of the poor1800 shall feed7462, and the needy34 shall lie down7257 in safety983: and I will kill4191 thy root8328 with famine7458, and he shall slay2026 thy remnant7611.
31Howl3213, O gate8179; cry2199, O city5892; thou, whole Palestina6429, art dissolved4127: for there shall come935 from the north6828 a smoke6227, and none shall be alone909 in his appointed times4151.
32What shall one then answer6030 the messengers4397 of the nation1471? That the LORD3068 hath founded3245 Zion6726, and the poor6041 of his people5971 shall trust2620 in it.