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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.
Israel’s Taunt
When the LORD will have compassion on Jacob and again choose Israel, and settle them in their own land, then strangers will join them and attach themselves to the house of Jacob.
When the LORD will have compassion on Jacob and again choose Israel, and settle them in their own land, then strangers 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 house of Israel will possess them as an inheritance in the land of the LORD as male servants and female servants; and they will take their captors captive and will 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,
And it will be in the day when the LORD gives you rest from your pain and turmoil and harsh service in which you have been enslaved,
that you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon, and say,
“How the oppressor has ceased,
And how fury has ceased!
“How the oppressor has ceased,
And how fury has ceased!
The Lord has broken the staff of the wicked,
the scepter of rulers,
the scepter of rulers,
“The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked,
The scepter of rulers
The scepter of 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.
Which used to strike the peoples in fury with unceasing strokes,
Which subdued the nations in anger with unrestrained persecution.
Which subdued the nations in anger with unrestrained persecution.
The whole earth is at rest and quiet;
they break forth into singing.
they break forth into singing.
“The whole earth is at rest and is quiet;
They break forth into shouts of joy.
They break forth into shouts of joy.
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 cypress trees rejoice over you, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying,
‘Since you were laid low, no tree cutter comes up against us.’
‘Since you were laid low, no tree cutter comes 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 excited over you to meet you when you come;
It arouses for you the spirits of the dead, all the leaders of the earth;
It raises all the kings of the nations from their thrones.
It arouses for you the spirits of the dead, all the leaders of the earth;
It raises all the kings of the nations from their thrones.
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!’
“They will all respond and say to you,
‘Even you have been made weak as we,
You have become like us.
‘Even you have been made weak as we,
You have become like 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.
‘Your pomp 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.’
Have been brought down to Sheol;
Maggots are spread out as your bed beneath you
And worms are your covering.’
“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 you have fallen from heaven,
O star of the morning, son of the dawn!
You have been cut down to the earth,
You who have weakened the nations!
O star 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 ascend to heaven;
I will raise 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 to heaven;
I will raise 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;
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 make myself like the Most High.’
I will make myself 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.
“Nevertheless you will be thrust down to Sheol,
To the recesses of the pit.
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,
“Those who see you will gaze at you,
They will ponder over you, saying,
‘Is this the man who made the earth tremble,
Who shook kingdoms,
They will ponder over you, saying,
‘Is this the man who made the earth tremble,
Who 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?’
Who made the world like a wilderness
And overthrew its cities,
Who did not allow his prisoners to go home?’
And overthrew its cities,
Who did not allow his prisoners to go home?’
“All the kings of the nations lie in glory,
Each in his own tomb.
Each in his own tomb.
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 you have been cast out of your tomb
Like a rejected branch,
Clothed with the slain who are pierced with a sword,
Who go down to the stones of the pit
Like a trampled corpse.
Like a rejected branch,
Clothed with the slain who are pierced with a sword,
Who go down to the stones of the pit
Like a trampled corpse.
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!
“You will not be united with them in burial,
Because you have ruined your country,
You have slain your people.
May the offspring of evildoers not be mentioned forever.
Because you have ruined your country,
You have slain your people.
May the offspring of evildoers not be mentioned forever.
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 for his sons a place of slaughter
Because of the iniquity of their fathers.
They must not arise and take possession of the earth
And fill the face of the world with cities.”
Because of the iniquity 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 name and remnant, descendants and posterity,” declares the Lord.
“I will rise up against them,” declares the LORD of hosts, “and will cut off from Babylon name and survivors, offspring and posterity,” declares the LORD.
“I will also make it a possession for the hedgehog and swamps of water, and I will sweep it with the broom of destruction,” declares the LORD 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,
Judgment on Assyria
The LORD of hosts has sworn saying, “Surely, just as I have intended so it has happened, and just as I have planned so it will 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 Assyria in My land, and I will trample him on My mountains. Then his yoke will be removed from them and his burden removed from their shoulder.
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 plan devised against the whole earth; and this is the hand that is stretched out against 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 the LORD of hosts has planned, and who can frustrate it? And as for His stretched-out hand, who can 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:
In the year that King Ahaz died this oracle came:
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.
Judgment on Philistia
“Do not rejoice, O Philistia, all of you,
Because the rod that struck you is broken;
For from the serpent’s root a viper will come out,
And its fruit will be a 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.
“Those who are most helpless will eat,
And the needy will lie down in security;
I will destroy your root with famine,
And it will kill off your survivors.
And the needy will lie down in security;
I will destroy your root with famine,
And it will kill off your survivors.
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.
“Wail, O gate; cry, O city;
Melt away, O Philistia, all of you;
For smoke comes from the north,
And there is no straggler in his ranks.
Melt away, O Philistia, all of you;
For smoke comes from the north,
And there is no straggler in his ranks.