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The Restoration of Jacob
For the Lord will have compassion on Jacob and will again choose Israel, and will set them in their own land, and sojourners will join them and will attach themselves to the house of Jacob.
For the Lord will have compassion on Jacob and will again choose Israel, and will set them in their own land, and sojourners will join them and will attach themselves to the house of Jacob.
God's Restoration of Israel
For Jehovah will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in rest in their own land; and the stranger shall be united to them, and they shall be joined to the house of Jacob.
For Jehovah will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in rest in their own land; and the stranger shall be united to them, and they shall be joined to the house of Jacob.
And the peoples shall take them and bring them to their place; and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of Jehovah for servants and handmaids; and they shall take them captive whose captives they were, and they shall rule over their oppressors.
Israel’s Remnant Taunts Babylon
When the Lord has given you rest from your pain and turmoil and the hard service with which you were made to serve,
When the Lord has given you rest from your pain and turmoil and the hard service with which you were made to serve,
Triumphant Exultation over Babel
And it shall come to pass in the day that Jehovah shall give thee rest from thy sorrow and from thy trouble and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve,
And it shall come to pass in the day that Jehovah shall give thee rest from thy sorrow and from thy trouble 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 exactress of gold ceased!
The Lord has broken the staff of the wicked,
the scepter of rulers,
the scepter of rulers,
Jehovah hath broken the staff of the wicked, the sceptre of the rulers.
that struck the peoples in wrath
with unceasing blows,
that ruled the nations in anger
with unrelenting persecution.
with unceasing blows,
that ruled the nations in anger
with unrelenting persecution.
He that smote the peoples in wrath with a relentless stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted unsparingly.
The whole earth is at rest and quiet;
they break forth into singing.
they break forth into singing.
The whole earth is at rest, is quiet: they break forth into singing.
The cypresses rejoice at you,
the cedars of Lebanon, saying,
‘Since you were laid low,
no woodcutter comes up against us.’
the cedars of Lebanon, saying,
‘Since you were laid low,
no woodcutter comes up against us.’
Even the cypresses rejoice at thee, the cedars of Lebanon, [saying,] Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us.
Sheol beneath is stirred up
to meet you when you come;
it rouses the shades to greet you,
all who were leaders of the earth;
it raises from their thrones
all who were kings of the nations.
to meet you when you come;
it rouses the shades to greet you,
all who were leaders of the earth;
it raises from their thrones
all who were kings of the nations.
Sheol from beneath is moved for thee to meet [thee] at thy coming, stirring up the dead for thee, all the he-goats of the earth; making to rise from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
All of them will answer
and say to you:
‘You too have become as weak as we!
You have become like us!’
and say to you:
‘You too have become as weak as we!
You have become like us!’
All of them shall answer and say unto thee, Art thou also become powerless as we; art thou become like unto us!
Your pomp is brought down to Sheol,
the sound of your harps;
maggots are laid as a bed beneath you,
and worms are your covers.
the sound of your harps;
maggots are laid as a bed beneath you,
and worms are your covers.
thy pomp is brought down to Sheol, the noise of thy lyres: the maggot is spread under thee, And worms cover thee.
“How you are fallen from heaven,
O Day Star, son of Dawn!
How you are cut down to the ground,
you who laid the nations low!
O Day Star, son of Dawn!
How you are cut down to the ground,
you who laid the nations low!
How art thou fallen from heaven, Lucifer, son of the morning! Thou art cut down to the ground, that didst prostrate the nations!
And thou that didst say in thy heart, I will ascend into the heavens, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God, and I will sit upon the mount of assembly, in the recesses of the north;
I will ascend above the heights of the clouds;
I will make myself like the Most High.’
I will make myself like the Most High.’
I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High:
But you are brought down to Sheol,
to the far reaches of the pit.
to the far reaches of the pit.
none the less art thou brought down to Sheol, to the recesses of the pit.
Those who see you will stare at you
and ponder over you:
‘Is this the man who made the earth tremble,
who shook kingdoms,
and ponder over you:
‘Is this the man who made the earth tremble,
who shook kingdoms,
They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee; they shall consider thee, [saying,] Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that shook kingdoms;
who made the world like a desert
and overthrew its cities,
who did not let his prisoners go home?’
and overthrew its cities,
who did not let his prisoners go home?’
[that] made the world as a wilderness, and overthrew the cities thereof; [that] dismissed not his prisoners homewards?
-- All the kings of the nations, all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house;
but you are cast out, away from your grave,
like a loathed branch,
clothed with the slain, those pierced by the sword,
who go down to the stones of the pit,
like a dead body trampled underfoot.
like a loathed branch,
clothed with the slain, those pierced by the sword,
who go down to the stones of the pit,
like a dead body trampled underfoot.
but thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, covered with the slain -- those thrust through with the sword, that go down to the stones of the pit: like a carcase trodden under foot.
You will not be joined with them in burial,
because you have destroyed your land,
you have slain your people.
“May the offspring of evildoers
nevermore be named!
because you have destroyed your land,
you have slain your people.
“May the offspring of evildoers
nevermore be named!
Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial; for thou hast destroyed thy land, hast slain thy people. Of the seed of evildoers no mention shall be made for ever.
Prepare slaughter for his sons
because of the guilt of their fathers,
lest they rise and possess the earth,
and fill the face of the world with cities.”
because of the guilt of their fathers,
lest they rise and possess the earth,
and fill the face of the world with cities.”
Prepare ye slaughter for his children, because of the iniquity of their fathers; that they may not rise up and possess the earth, nor 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 name and remnant, descendants and posterity,” declares the Lord.
For I will rise up against them, saith Jehovah of hosts, and cut off from Babylon name and remnant, and scion and descendant, saith Jehovah.
And I will make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water; and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith Jehovah of hosts.
An Oracle Concerning Assyria
The Lord of hosts has sworn:
“As I have planned,
so shall it be,
and as I have purposed,
so shall it stand,
The Lord of hosts has sworn:
“As I have planned,
so shall it be,
and as I have purposed,
so shall it stand,
God's Purpose against Assyria
Jehovah of hosts hath sworn saying, Assuredly as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, it shall stand:
Jehovah of hosts hath sworn saying, Assuredly as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, it shall stand:
that I will break the Assyrian in my land,
and on my mountains trample him underfoot;
and his yoke shall depart from them,
and his burden from their shoulder.”
and on my mountains trample him underfoot;
and his yoke shall depart from them,
and his burden from their shoulder.”
to break the Assyrian in my land; and upon my mountains will I tread him under foot; and his yoke shall depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders.
This is the purpose that is purposed
concerning the whole earth,
and this is the hand that is stretched out
over all the nations.
concerning the whole earth,
and this is the hand that is stretched out
over all the nations.
This is the counsel which is purposed concerning the whole earth; and this is the hand which is stretched out upon all the nations.
For the Lord of hosts has purposed,
and who will annul it?
His hand is stretched out,
and who will turn it back?
and who will annul it?
His hand is stretched out,
and who will turn it back?
For Jehovah of hosts hath purposed, and who shall frustrate [it]? And his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
An Oracle Concerning Philistia
In the year that King Ahaz died came this oracle:
In the year that King Ahaz died came this oracle:
Philistia will Be Destroyed
In the year of the death of king Ahaz was this burden:
In the year of the death of king Ahaz was this burden:
Rejoice not, O Philistia, all of you,
that the rod that struck you is broken,
for from the serpent’s root will come forth an adder,
and its fruit will be a flying fiery serpent.
that the rod that struck you is broken,
for from the serpent’s root will come forth an adder,
and its fruit will be a flying fiery serpent.
Rejoice not thou, Philistia, all of thee, because the rod that smote thee is broken; for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a viper, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.
And the firstborn of the poor will graze,
and the needy lie down in safety;
but I will kill your root with famine,
and your remnant it will slay.
and the needy lie down in safety;
but I will kill your root with famine,
and your remnant it will slay.
And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety; but I will kill thy root with famine, and thy remnant shall be slain.
Wail, O gate; cry out, O city;
melt in fear, O Philistia, all of you!
For smoke comes out of the north,
and there is no straggler in his ranks.
melt in fear, O Philistia, all of you!
For smoke comes out of the north,
and there is no straggler in his ranks.
Howl, O gate! cry, O city! thou, Philistia, art wholly dissolved; for there cometh from the north a smoke, and none remaineth apart in his gatherings [of troops].