When the LORD
will ahave
compassion
on Jacob
and again
bchoose
Israel
, and settle
them in their own land
, then cstrangers
will join
them and attach
themselves to the house
of Jacob
.
The peoples will take
them along and bring
them to their place
, and the ahouse
of Israel
will possess
them as an inheritance
in the land
of the LORD
bas male
servants
and female
servants
; and 1they will take
their captors
captive
and will rule
over their oppressors
.
And it will be in the day when the LORD
gives
you arest
from your pain
and turmoil
and harsh
service
in which
you have been enslaved
,
that you will atake up this
1taunt
against
the king
of Babylon
, and say
, "How
bthe oppressor
has ceased
, And how 2fury
has ceased
!
"The LORD has broken
the staff
of the wicked
, The scepter
of rulers
aWhich used to strike the peoples
in fury
with unceasing
strokes
, Which 1subdued
the nations
in anger
with unrestrained
persecution
.
"The whole earth
is at rest
and is quiet
; They abreak
forth
into shouts
of joy
.
"Even the acypress
trees
rejoice
over you, and the cedars
of Lebanon
, saying, `Since
you were laid
low
, no
tree cutter
comes
up against
us.'
" aSheol from beneath
is excited
over you to meet
you when you come
; It arouses
for you the 1spirits
of the dead
, all
the 2leaders
of the earth
; It raises
all
the kings
of the nations
from their thrones
.
" aThey will all respond
and say
to you, `Even
you have been made
weak
as we, You have become
like
us.
`Your apomp and the music
of your harps
Have been brought
down
to Sheol
; Maggots
are spread
out as your bed beneath
you And worms
are your covering
.'
"How you have afallen
from heaven
, O 1 bstar
of the morning
, son
of the dawn
! You have been cut
down
to the earth
, You who have weakened
the nations
!
"But you said in your heart
, `I will aascend
to heaven
; I will braise
my throne
above
the stars
of God
, And I will sit
on the mount
of assembly
In the recesses
of the north
.
`I will ascend above
the heights
of the clouds
; aI will make
myself like
the Most
High
.'
"Nevertheless you awill be thrust
down
to Sheol
, To the recesses
of the pit
.
"Those who see you will gaze
at you, They will 1ponder
over
you, saying, `Is this
the man
who made the earth
tremble
, Who shook
kingdoms
,
Who made the world
like a awilderness
And overthrew
its cities
, Who bdid not 1allow
his prisoners
to go home
?'
"All the kings
of the nations
lie
in glory
, Each
in his own 1tomb
.
"But you have been acast out of your tomb
Like 1a rejected
branch
, 2Clothed
with the slain
who are pierced
with a sword
, Who go
down
to the stones
of the bpit
Like a ctrampled
corpse
.
"You will not be united with them in burial
, Because
you have ruined
your country
, You have slain
your people
. May the aoffspring
of evildoers
not be mentioned
forever
.
"Prepare for his sons
a place
of slaughter
Because of the ainiquity
of their fathers
. They must not arise
and take
possession
of the earth
And fill
the face
of the world
with cities
."
"I will rise up against
them," declares
the LORD
of hosts
, "and will cut
off
from Babylon
aname
and survivors
, boffspring
and posterity
," declares
the LORD
.
"I will also make it a possession
for the ahedgehog
and swamps
of water
, and I will sweep
it with the broom
of bdestruction
," declares
the LORD
of hosts
.
The LORD of hosts
has sworn
saying
, "Surely
, ajust
as I have intended
so
it has happened
, and just
as I have planned
so it will stand
,
to abreak Assyria
in My land
, and I will trample
him on My mountains
. Then his byoke
will be removed
from them and his burden
removed
from their shoulder
.
"This is the aplan
1devised
against
the whole
earth
; and this
is the bhand
that is stretched
out against
all
the nations
.
"For athe LORD of hosts
has planned
, and who
can frustrate
it? And as for His stretched-out
hand
, who
can turn
it back
?"
In the ayear that King
Ahaz
died
this
1 boracle
came
:
"Do not rejoice, O aPhilistia
, all
of you, Because
the rod
that bstruck
you is broken
; For from the serpent's
root
a cviper
will come
out, And its fruit
will be a dflying
serpent
.
" 1Those who are most ahelpless
will eat
, And the needy
will lie
down
in security
; I will 2destroy
your root
with bfamine
, And it will kill
off your survivors
.
"Wail, O agate
; cry
, O city
; 1Melt
away, O bPhilistia
, all
of you; For smoke
comes
from the cnorth
, And dthere
is no
straggler
in his ranks
.
"How then will one answer
the amessengers
of the nation
? That bthe LORD
has founded
Zion
, And cthe afflicted
of His people
will seek
refuge
in it."