14 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. 2 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. 3 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, 4 That
thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say,
How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased! 5 The
LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers. 6 He
who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the
nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth. 7 The
whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing. 8 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. 9 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. 10 All
they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art
thou become like unto us? 11 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. 12 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! 13 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: 14 I
will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. 15 Yet
thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit. 16 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;
17
That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that
opened not the house of his prisoners? 18 All
the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his
own house. 19 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. 20 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. 21 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. 22 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. 23 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. 24 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: 25 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. 26 This
is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this is the hand
that is stretched out upon all the nations. 27 For
the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand
is stretched out, and who shall turn it back? 28 In
the year that king Ahaz died was this burden. 29 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. 30 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. 31 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. 32 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.