Isaiah 14

Isaiah

14 ¹For the LORD will have compassion on Jacob
and will again choose Israel

and give them rest in their land;

and the stranger will be joined with them,
and they will attach themselves to the house of Jacob.

²And the people will take them and bring them to their place;
[yea, from far unto the ends of the earth; and they will return to their lands of promise.][1]

And the house of Israel will possess them
[and the land of the LORD will be][2] for servants and handmaids;

and they will take them captives [unto whom][3] they were captives;  
and they will rule over their oppressors.

³And it will come to pass in [that][4] day, the LORD will give you[5] rest
from your pain,
and from your turmoil,
and from the difficult labor you were made to serve.

Isaiah

⁴[And it will come to pass in that day][6] that you will take up this proverb against the king of Babylon and say,

Unnamed individual

“How has the oppressor ceased,
the onslaught[7] ceased!”

Isaiah

⁵The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked,
the [scepters][8] of rulers.

⁶He who smote peoples in wrath with unceasing blows,
he that ruled nations in anger with relentless persecution.

⁷The whole earth is at rest, quiet;
they break forth into singing.

⁸Indeed, the cypresses rejoice at you
and also, the cedars of Lebanon:

Trees

“Since you were laid down, no woodsman comes up against us.”

Isaiah

⁹Sheol from beneath trembles to meet you at your coming;
it stirs up the dead spirits for you,

even all the rulers of the earth;
it has raised up all the kings of the nations from their thrones.

¹⁰All of them will answer and say unto you,

Dead spirits

“You also have become weak like us?
You have become like us?”

Isaiah

¹¹Your pomp is brought down to Sheol;
the sound of your harps [is not heard][9].

Maggots are spread under you,
and worms[10] are your covers.

Isaiah

¹²How you are fallen from heaven, O shining one[11], son of the morning!
You are cut down to the ground, you who did weaken the nations!

¹³You have said in your heart,

Lucifer

“I will ascend into heaven;
I will exalt my throne above the stars of God;
I will sit upon the mountain of the divine council in the far reaches of the north;

¹⁴I will ascend above the heights of the clouds;
I will make myself like the Most High.”

Isaiah

¹⁵But to Sheol you will be brought down,
to the depths of the pit.

¹⁶Those who see you will stare at you
and consider you [and will say:][12]

People

“Is this the man who made the earth tremble,
who shook kingdoms,

¹⁷[and][13] who made the world as a wilderness,
and destroyed its cities, [and] who did not allow his prisoners to go home?”

Isaiah

¹⁸All the kings of the nations—all of them—
lie in glory, each in his own house.

¹⁹But you, you are cast out of your grave like an abominable, aborted fetus,[14]
and the [remnant][15] of those that are slain, those pierced by a sword,

who go down to the stones of the pit, like a trampled corpse.
²⁰You will not be united with them in burial!

Because you have destroyed your land,
and you have slain your people,

the offspring of evildoers will never be named.

²¹Prepare slaughter for his children, for their fathers’ [iniquities][16], lest they possess the earth and fill the face of the world with cities.

The Lord

²²“For I will rise up against them,”

Isaiah

declares the LORD of Hosts,

The Lord

“and I will cut off from Babylon the name,
and remnant, offspring and posterity,”

Isaiah

declares the LORD.

The Lord

²³“I will make it [Babylon] a possession of the hedgehog, and pools of water;
and I will sweep it with the broom of destruction,”

Isaiah

declares the LORD of Hosts.

Isaiah

²⁴The LORD of Hosts has sworn, saying,

The Lord

“Surely as I have thought, so has it come to pass;
and as I have decided, so will it stand.

²⁵[I will bring][17] the Assyrian in My land,
and on My mountains, I will trample him;

then his yoke will be removed from them,
and his burden will be removed from their shoulders.

Isaiah

²⁶This is the plan that was planned for the whole earth;
and this is the hand outstretched upon all nations.

²⁷For the LORD of Hosts has decided, and who will make it invalid?
And His hand is outstretched, and who will turn it back?

Isaiah

²⁸This prophecy {against Philistina} came in the year of King Ahaz’s death.

The Lord

²⁹Do not rejoice, Philistina, all of you, because the rod that smote you is broken;

for out of the serpent’s root will come forth an adder,
and its fruit {its offspring} a fiery flying serpent.

³⁰And the firstborn of poor people will find pasture,
and the needy will lie down in safety;

but I will kill your root with famine,
and your remnant it[18] will slay.

³¹Wail, O gate;
cry, O city;

be melted, Philistina, all of you, for smoke comes from the north, and there is not a straggler in its ranks.

³²What will one say to the envoys of the nations?

“That the LORD has founded Zion,
and in her {Zion} the afflicted of His people will take refuge.”