14:1 And Yehovah will have mercy on Jacob,
and will yet choose Israel, and they shall rest on their land: and the
stranger shall be added to them, yea, shall be added to the house of Jacob.
14:2 And the Gentiles shall take them, and bring them into their place: and
they shall inherit them, and they shall be multiplied upon the land for
servants and handmaidens: and they that took them captives shall become
captives [to them]; and they that had lordship over them shall be under
[their] rule.
14:3 And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] Yehovah shall give thee
rest from thy sorrow and vexation, [and from] thy hard servitude wherein
thou didst serve them.
14:4 And thou shalt take up this lamentation against the king of Babylon,
How has the extortioner ceased, and the taskmaster ceased!
14:5 Yehovah has broken the yoke of sinners, the yoke of princes.
14:6 Having smitten a nation in wrath, with an incurable plague, smiting a
nation with a wrathful plague, which spared [them] not, he rested in quiet.
14:7 All the earth cries aloud with joy:
14:8 the trees also of Libanus rejoice against thee, and the cedar of
Libanus, [saying], From the time that thou hast been laid low, no one has
come up to cut us down.
14:9 Sheol from beneath is provoked to meet thee: all the great ones that
have ruled over the earth have risen up together against thee, they that
have raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
14:10 All shall answer and say to thee, Thou also hast been taken, even as
we; and thou art numbered amongst us.
14:11 Thy glory has come down to Sheol, and thy great mirth: under thee they
shall spread corruption, and the worm shall be thy covering.
14:12 How has Lucifer, that rose in the morning, fallen from heaven! He that
sent [orders] to all the nations is crushed to the earth.
14:13 But thou saidst in thine heart, I will go up to heaven, I will set my
throne above the stars of heaven: I will sit on a lofty mount, on the lofty
mountains toward the north:
14:14 I will go up above the clouds: I will be like the Most High.
14:15 But now thou shalt go down to hell, even to the foundations of the
earth.
14:16 They that see thee shall wonder at thee, and say, This is the man that
troubled the earth, that made kings to shake;
14:17 that made the whole world desolate, and destroyed its cities; he
loosed not those who were in captivity.
14:18 All the kings of the nations lie in honour, [every] man in his house.
14:19 But thou shalt be cast forth on the mountains, as a loathed carcase,
with many dead who have been pierced with swords, going down to the grave.
14:20 As a garment defiled with blood shall not be pure, so neither shalt
thou be pure; because thou hast destroyed my land, and hast slain my people:
thou shalt not endure for ever,-- [thou] an evil seed.
14:21 Prepare thy children to be slain for the sins of their father; that
they arise not, and inherit the earth, nor fill the earth with wars.
14:22 And I will rise up against them, saith Yehovah of hosts, and I will
destroy their name, and remnant, and seed: thus saith Yehovah.
14:23 And I will make the region of Babylon desert, so that hedgehogs shall
dwell [there], and it shall come to nothing: and I will make it a pit of
clay for destruction.
14:24 Thus saith Yehovah of hosts, As I have said, so it shall be: and as I
have purposed, so [the matter] shall remain:
14:25 [even] to destroy the Assyrians upon my land, and upon my mountains:
and they shall be for trampling; and their yoke shall be taken away from
them, and their glory shall be taken away from their shoulders.
14:26 This is the purpose which Yehovah has purposed upon the whole earth:
and this the hand that is uplifted against all the nations.
14:27 For what the Holy Elohim has purposed, who shall frustrate? and who shall
turn back his uplifted hand?
14:28 In the year in which king Achaz died this word came.
14:29 Rejoice not, all ye Philistines, because the yoke of him that smote
you is broken: for out of the seed of the serpent shall come forth the young
asps, and their young shall come forth flying serpents,
14:30 And the poor shall be fed by him, and poor men shall rest in peace:
but he shall destroy thy seed with hunger, and shall destroy thy remnant.
14:31 Howl, ye gates of cities; let the cities be troubled and cry, [even]
all the Philistines: for smoke is coming from the north, and there is no
[possibility] of living.
14:32 And what shall the kings of the nations answer? That Yehovah has
founded Zion, and by him the poor of the people shall be saved. |
14:1 For Yehovah 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.
14:2 And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the
house of Israel shall possess them in the land of Yehovah for servants and
handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and
they shall rule over their oppressors.
14:3 And it shall come to pass in the day that Yehovah shall give thee rest
from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou
wast made to serve,
14:4 That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and
say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!
14:5 Yehovah hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the
rulers.
14:6 He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled
the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth.
14:7 The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into
singing.
14:8 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.
14:9 Sheol 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.
14:10 All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as
we? art thou become like unto us?
14:11 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.
14:12 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!
14:13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will
exalt my throne above the stars of Elohim: I will sit also upon the mount of
the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14:14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most
High.
14:15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
14:16 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;
14:17 That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof;
that opened not the house of his prisoners?
14:18 All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every
one in his own house.
14:19 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.
14:20 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.
14:21 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.
14:22 For I will rise up against them, saith Yehovah of hosts, and cut off
from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith Yehovah.
14:23 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 Yehovah of hosts.
14:24 Yehovah 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:
14:25 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.
14:26 This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this is
the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations.
14:27 For Yehovah of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and
his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
14:28 In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden.
14:29 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.
14:30 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.
14:31 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.
14:32 What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That Yehovah
hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it. |