Dual Panel1When<3588> the LORD<3068> will have<7355> compassion<7355> on Jacob<3290> and again<5750> choose<977> Israel<3478>, and settle<5117> them in their own land<127>, then strangers<1616> will join<3867> them and attach<5596> themselves to the house<1004> of Jacob<3290>.
2The peoples<5971> will take<3947> them along and bring<935> them to their place<4725>, and the house<1004> of Israel<3478> will possess<5157> them as an inheritance<5157> in the land<127> of the LORD<3068> as male<5650> servants<5650> and female<8198> servants<5650><8198>; and they will take<1961> their captors<7617> captive<7617> and will rule<7287> over their oppressors<5065>.
3And it will be in the day<3117> when the LORD<3068> gives<5117> you rest<5117> from your pain<6090> and turmoil<7267> and harsh<7186> service<5656> in which<834> you have been enslaved<5647>,
4that you will take<5375> up this<2088> taunt<4912> against<5921> the king<4428> of Babylon<894>, and say<559>, "How<349> the oppressor<5065> has ceased<7673>, And how fury<4787> has ceased<7673>!
5"The LORD<3068> has broken<7665> the staff<4294> of the wicked<7563>, The scepter<7626> of rulers<4910>
6Which used to strike<5221> the peoples<5971> in fury<5678> with unceasing<1115><5627> strokes<4347>, Which subdued<7287> the nations<1471> in anger<639> with unrestrained<2820><1097> persecution<4783>.
7"The whole<3605> earth<776> is at rest<5117> and is quiet<8252>; They break<6476> forth<6476> into shouts<7440> of joy<7440>.
8"Even<1571> the cypress<1265> trees<1265> rejoice<8055> over you, and the cedars<730> of Lebanon<3844>, saying, 'Since<3975> you were laid<7901> low<7901>, no<3808> tree cutter<3772> comes<5927> up against<5921> us.'
9"Sheol<7585> from beneath<4480><8478> is excited<7264> over you to meet<7122> you when you come<935>; It arouses<5782> for you the spirits<7496> of the dead<7496>, all<3605> the leaders<6260> of the earth<776>; It raises<6965> all<3605> the kings<4428> of the nations<1471> from their thrones<3678>.
10"They will all<3605> respond<6030> and say<559> to you, 'Even<1571> you have been made<2470> weak<2470> as we, You have become<4911> like<4911> us.
11'Your pomp<1347> and the music<1998> of your harps<5035> Have been brought<3381> down<3381> to Sheol<7585>; Maggots<7415> are spread<3331> out as your bed beneath<8478> you And worms<8439> are your covering<4374>.'
12"How<349> you have fallen<5307> from heaven<4605>, O star<1966> of the morning<1966>, son<1121> of the dawn<7837>! You have been cut<1438> down<1438> to the earth<776>, You who have weakened<2522> the nations<1471>!
13"But you said<559> in your heart<3824>, 'I will ascend<5927> to heaven<4605>; I will raise<7311> my throne<3678> above<4605> the stars<3556> of God<410>, And I will sit<3427> on the mount<2022> of assembly<4150> In the recesses<3411> of the north<6828>.
14'I will ascend<5927> above<5921> the heights<1116> of the clouds<5645>; I will make<1819> myself like<1819> the Most<5945> High<5945>.'
15"Nevertheless<389> you will be thrust<3381> down<3381> to Sheol<7585>, To the recesses<3411> of the pit<953>.
16"Those who see<7200> you will gaze<7688> at you, They will ponder<995> over<413> you, saying, 'Is this<2088> the man<376> who made the earth<776> tremble<7264>, Who shook<7493> kingdoms<4467>,
17Who made<7760> the world<8398> like a wilderness<4057> And overthrew<2040> its cities<5892>, Who did not allow<6605> his prisoners<615> to go home<1004>?'
18"All<3605> the kings<4428> of the nations<1471> lie<7901> in glory<3519>, Each<376> in his own tomb<1004>.
19"But you have been cast<7993> out of your tomb<6913> Like a rejected<8581> branch<5342>, Clothed<3830> with the slain<2026> who are pierced<2944> with a sword<2719>, Who go<3381> down<3381> to the stones<68> of the pit<953> Like a trampled<947> corpse<6297>.
20"You will not be united<3161> with them in burial<6900>, Because<3588> you have ruined<7843> your country<776>, You have slain<2026> your people<5971>. May the offspring<2233> of evildoers<7489> not be mentioned<7121> forever<5769>.
21"Prepare<3559> for his sons<1121> a place<4293> of slaughter<4293> Because of the iniquity<5771> of their fathers<1>. They must not arise<6965> and take<3423> possession<3423> of the earth<776> And fill<4390> the face<6440> of the world<8398> with cities<5892>."
22"I will rise<6965> up against<5921> them," declares<5002> the LORD<3068> of hosts<6635>, "and will cut<3772> off<3772> from Babylon<894> name<8034> and survivors<7605>, offspring<5209> and posterity<5220>," declares<5002> the LORD<3068>.
23"I will also make<7760> it a possession<4180> for the hedgehog<7090> and swamps<98> of water<4325>, and I will sweep<2894> it with the broom<4292> of destruction<8045>," declares<5002> the LORD<3068> of hosts<6635>.
24The LORD<3068> of hosts<6635> has sworn<7650> saying<559>, "Surely<518><3808>, just<3512> as I have intended<1819> so<3651> it has happened<1961>, and just<3512> as I have planned<3289> so it will stand<6965>,
25to break<7665> Assyria<804> in My land<776>, and I will trample<947> him on My mountains<2022>. Then his yoke<5923> will be removed<5493> from them and his burden<5448> removed<5493> from their shoulder<7926>.
26"This<384> is the plan<6098> devised<3289> against<5921> the whole<3605> earth<776>; and this<384> is the hand<3027> that is stretched<5186> out against<5921> all<3605> the nations<1471>.
27"For the LORD<3068> of hosts<6635> has planned<3289>, and who<4310> can frustrate<6565> it? And as for His stretched-out<5186> hand<3027>, who<4310> can turn<7725> it back<7725>?"
28In the year<8141> that King<4428> Ahaz<271> died<4194> this<2088> oracle<4853> came<1961>:
29"Do not rejoice<8055>, O Philistia<6429>, all<3605> of you, Because<3588> the rod<7626> that struck<5221> you is broken<7665>; For from the serpent's<5175> root<8328> a viper<6848> will come<3318> out, And its fruit<6529> will be a flying<5774> serpent<8314>.
30"Those who are most<1060> helpless<1800> will eat<7462>, And the needy<34> will lie<7257> down<7257> in security<983>; I will destroy<4191> your root<8328> with famine<7458>, And it will kill<2026> off your survivors<7611>.
31"Wail<3213>, O gate<8179>; cry<2199>, O city<5892>; Melt<4127> away, O Philistia<6429>, all<3605> of you; For smoke<6227> comes<935> from the north<6828>, And there<369> is no<369> straggler<909> in his ranks<4151>.
32"How<4100> then will one answer<6030> the messengers<4397> of the nation<1471>? That the LORD<3068> has founded<3245> Zion<6726>, And the afflicted<6041> of His people<5971> will seek<2620> refuge<2620> in it."