For the LORD will have mercy
on Jacob
, and will yet choose
Israel
, and set
them in their own land
: and the strangers
shall be joined
with them, and they shall cleave
to the house
of Jacob
.
And the people shall take
them, and bring
them to their place
: and the house
of Israel
shall possess
them in the land
of the LORD
for servants
and handmaids
: and they shall take them captives
, whose captives
they were; and they shall rule
over their oppressors
.
And it shall come to pass in the day that the LORD
shall give thee rest
from thy sorrow
, and from thy fear
, and from the hard
bondage
wherein thou wast made to serve
,
That thou shalt take up this proverb
against the king
of Babylon
, and say
, How hath the oppressor
ceased
! the golden city
ceased
!
The LORD hath broken
the staff
of the wicked
, and the sceptre
of the rulers
.
He who smote the people
in wrath
with a continual
stroke
, he that ruled
the nations
in anger
, is persecuted
, and none
hindereth
.
The whole earth is at rest
, and is quiet
: they break forth
into singing
.
Yea, the fir trees rejoice
at thee, and the cedars
of Lebanon
, saying , Since thou art laid down
, no feller
is come up
against us.
Hell from beneath is moved
for thee to meet
thee at thy coming
: it stirreth up
the dead
for thee, even all the chief ones
of the earth
; it hath raised up
from their thrones
all the kings
of the nations
.
All they shall speak and say
unto thee, Art thou also become weak
as we? art thou become like
unto us?
Thy pomp is brought down
to the grave
, and the noise
of thy viols
: the worm
is spread
under thee, and the worms
cover
thee.
How art thou fallen from heaven
, O Lucifer
, son
of the morning
! how art thou cut down
to the ground
, which didst weaken
the nations
!
For thou hast said in thine heart
, I will ascend
into heaven
, I will exalt
my throne
above
the stars
of God
: I will sit
also upon the mount
of the congregation
, in the sides
of the north
:
I will ascend above the heights
of the clouds
; I will be like
the most High
.
Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell
, to the sides
of the pit
.
They that see thee shall narrowly look
upon thee, and consider
thee, saying, Is this the man
that made the earth
to tremble
, that did shake
kingdoms
;
That made the world
as a wilderness
, and destroyed
the cities
thereof; that opened
not the house
of his prisoners
?
All the kings of the nations
, even all of them, lie
in glory
, every one
in his own house
.
But thou art cast out of thy grave
like an abominable
branch
, and as the raiment
of those that are slain
, thrust through
with a sword
, that go down
to the stones
of the pit
; as a carcase
trodden under feet
.
Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial
, because thou hast destroyed
thy land
, and slain
thy people
: the seed
of evildoers
shall never
be renowned
.
Prepare slaughter
for his children
for the iniquity
of their fathers
; that they do not
rise
, nor possess
the land
, nor fill
the face
of the world
with cities
.
For I will rise up against them, saith
the LORD
of hosts
, and cut off
from Babylon
the name
, and remnant
, and son
, and nephew
, saith
the LORD
.
I will also make it a possession
for the bittern
, and pools
of water
: and I will sweep
it with the besom
of destruction
, saith
the LORD
of hosts
.
The LORD of hosts
hath sworn
, saying
, Surely as I have thought
, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed
, so shall it stand
:
That I will break the Assyrian
in my land
, and upon my mountains
tread him under foot
: then shall his yoke
depart
from off them, and his burden
depart
from off their shoulders
.
This is the purpose that is purposed
upon the whole earth
: and this is the hand
that is stretched out
upon all the nations
.
For the LORD of hosts
hath purposed
, and who shall disannul
it ? and his hand
is stretched out
, and who shall turn it back
?
In the year that king
Ahaz
died
was this burden
.
Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina
, because the rod
of him that smote
thee is broken
: for out of the serpent's
root
shall come forth
a cockatrice
, and his fruit
shall be a fiery
flying
serpent
.
And the firstborn of the poor
shall feed
, and the needy
shall lie down
in safety
: and I will kill
thy root
with famine
, and he shall slay
thy remnant
.
Howl, O gate
; cry
, O city
; thou, whole Palestina
, art dissolved
: for there shall come
from the north
a smoke
, and none shall be alone
in his appointed times
.
What shall one then answer the messengers
of the nation
? That the LORD
hath founded
Zion
, and the poor
of his people
shall trust
in it.