Isaiah 14
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1For the Lord wil haue compassion of Iaakob, and wil yet chuse Israel, and cause them to rest in their owne lande: and the stranger shall ioyne him selfe vnto them, and they shall cleaue to the house of Iaakob. 2And the people shall receiue them and bring them to their owne place, and the house of Israel shall possesse them in the land of the Lord, for seruants and handmaids: and they shall take them prisoners, whose captiues they were, and haue rule ouer their oppressours. 3And in that day when the Lord shall giue thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy feare, and from the sore bodage, wherein thou didest serue, 4Then shalt thou take vp this prouerbe against the King of Babel, and say, Howe hath the oppressor ceased? and the gold thirsty Babel rested? 5The Lord hath broken the rodde of the wicked, and the scepter of the rulers: 6Which smote the people in anger with a continuall plague, and ruled the nations in wrath: if any were persecuted, he did not let. 7The whole worlde is at rest and is quiet: they sing for ioye. 8Also the firre trees reioyced of thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid downe, no hewer came vp against vs. 9Hel beneath is mooued for thee to meete thee at thy comming, raising vp the deade for thee, euen all the princes of the earth, and hath raised from their thrones all the Kinges of the nations. 10All they shall crie, and saie vnto thee, Art thou become weake also as we? art thou become like vnto vs? 11Thy pompe is brought downe to ye graue, and the sounde of thy violes: the worme is spred vnder thee, and the wormes couer thee. 12How art thou fallen from heauen, O Lucifer, sonne of the morning? and cutte downe to the grounde, which didest cast lottes vpon the nations? 13Yet thou saidest in thine heart, I will ascende into heauen, and exalt my throne aboue beside the starres of God: I will sitte also vpon the mount of the Congregation in the sides of the North. 14I wil ascend aboue ye height of the cloudes, and I will be like the most high. 15But thou shalt bee brought downe to the graue, to the sides of the pit. 16They that see thee, shall looke vpon thee and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, and that did shake the kingdomes? 17He made the worlde as a wildernesse, and destroied the cities thereof, and opened not the house of his prisoners. 18All the Kings of the nations, euen they all sleepe in glorie, euery one in his owne house. 19But thou art cast out of thy graue like an abominable branch: like the raiment of those that are slaine, and thrust thorowe with a sword, which goe downe to the stones of the pit, as a carkeise troden vnder feete. 20Thou shalt not be ioyned with them in the graue, because thou hast destroied thine owne lande, and slaine thy people: the seede of the wicked shall not be renoumed for euer. 21Prepare a slaughter for his children, for the iniquitie of their fathers: let them not rise vp nor possesse the land, nor fil the face of the world with enemies. 22For I wil rise vp against them (sayth the Lord of hostes) and will cut off from Babel the name and the remnant and the sonne, and the nephew, sayth the Lord: 23And I wil make it a possession to ye hedgehogge, and pooles of water, and I will sweepe it with the besome of destruction, sayeth the Lord of hostes. 24The Lord of hostes hath sworne, saying, Surely like as I haue purposed, so shall it come to passe, and as I haue consulted, it shall stand: 25That I will breake to pieces Asshur in my land, and vpon my mountaines will I treade him vnder foote: so that his yoke shall depart from them, and his burden shall be taken from off their shoulder. 26This is the counsell that is consulted vpon the whole worlde, and this is the hande stretched out ouer all the nations, 27Because the Lord of hostes hath determined it, and who shall disanull it? and his hande is stretched out, and who shall turne it away? 28In the yeere that King Ahaz died, was this burden. 29Reioyce not, (thou whole Palestina) because the rod of him that did beat thee, is broken for out of the serpents roote shall come forth a cockatrise, and the fruit therof shalbe a firy flying serpent. 30For the first borne of the poore shall be fed, and the needie shall lie downe in safetie: and I will kill thy roote with famine, and it shall slay thy remnant. 31Howle, O gate, crie, O citie: thou whole lande of Palestina art dissolued, for there shall come from the North a smoke, and none shalbe alone, at his time appointed. 32What shall then one answere the messengers of the Gentiles? That the Lord hath stablished Zion, and the poore of his people shall trust in it.
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Yeshayah (Isaiah) 14
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1Because יהוה has compassion on Ya‛aqoḇ, and shall again choose Yisra’ĕl,#See Isa. 45:17; Jer. 30:11; Jer. 46:28; Dan. 2:44; Amos 9:8; Zech. 1:16, 17; Zec. 2:10-12; Joel 3:16 and give them rest in their own land. And the strangers shall join them, and they shall cling to the house of Ya‛aqoḇ.#See Isa. 56:6-8; Isa. 60:3; Amos 9:12; Zech. 2:11; Zech. 8:23; Rom. 11:17-24; Rev. 21:24
2And peoples shall take them and bring them to their own place. And the house of Yisra’ĕl shall possess them for servants and female servants in the land of יהוה. And they shall make captives of their captors, and rule over their oppressors.
3And it shall be, in the day יהוה gives you rest from your sorrow, and from your trouble and the hard service in which you were made to serve,
4that you shall take up this proverb against the sovereign of Baḇel, and say, “How the oppressor has ceased, the gold-gatherer ceased!
5“יהוה has broken the staff of the wrong, the sceptre of the rulers,
6he who struck the people in wrath with ceaseless blows, he who ruled the nations in displeasure, is persecuted and no one restrains.
7“All the earth is at rest and at peace, they shall break forth into singing.
8“Even the cypress trees rejoice over you, and the cedars of Leḇanon, saying, ‘Since you were cut down, no woodcutter has come up against us.’
9“She’ol from beneath is excited about you, to meet you at your coming; it stirs up the dead for you, all the chief ones of the earth; it has raised up from their thrones all the sovereigns of the nations.
10“All of them respond and say to you, ‘Have you also become as weak as we? Have you become like us?
11Your arrogance has been brought down to She’ol, and the sound of your stringed instruments; the maggot is spread under you, and worms cover you.’
12“How you have fallen from the heavens, O Hĕlĕl,#The Shining One. son of the morning! You have been cut down to the ground, you who laid low the nations!
13“For you have said in your heart, ‘Let me go up to the heavens, let me raise my throne above the stars of Ěl, and let me sit in the mount of appointment on the sides of the north;
14let me go up above the heights of the clouds, let me be like the Most High.’
15“But you are brought down to She’ol, to the sides of the pit.
16“Those who see you stare at you, and ponder over you, saying, ‘Is this the man who made the earth tremble, who shook reigns,
17who made the world as a wilderness and destroyed its cities, who would not open the house of his prisoners?’
18“All the sovereigns of the nations, all of them, were laid in esteem, everyone in his own house;
19but you have been thrown from your burial-site like an abominable branch, like the garment of those who are killed, thrust through with a sword, who go down to the stones of the pit, like a trampled corpse.
20“You are not joined with them in the burial-place, for you have destroyed your land and killed your people. Let the seed of evil-doers never be mentioned.
21“Prepare his children for slaughter, because of the crookedness of their fathers, lest they rise up and possess the land, and fill the face of the world with cities.”
22“And I shall rise up against them,” declares יהוה of hosts, “and shall cut off from Baḇel the name and remnant, and offspring and descendant,” declares יהוה.
23“And I shall make it a possession for the porcupine, and marshes of muddy water; and shall sweep it with the broom of destruction,” declares יהוה of hosts.
24יהוה of hosts has sworn, saying, “Truly, as I have planned, so shall it be; and as I have purposed, so it stands:
25“To break Ashshur in My land, and tread him down on My mountains. And his yoke shall be removed from them, and his burden removed from their shoulders.
26“This is the counsel that is counselled for all the earth, and this is the hand that is stretched out over all the nations.
27“For יהוה of hosts has counselled, and who annuls it? And His hand that is stretched out, who turns it back?”
28This is the message which came in the year that Sovereign Aḥaz died:
29“Do not rejoice, all you of Philistia, that the rod that struck you is broken; for out of the serpent’s roots comes forth an adder, and its offspring is a fiery flying serpent.
30“And the first-born of the poor shall feed, and the needy lie down in safety. And I shall kill your roots with scarcity of food, and it shall kill your remnant.
31“Howl, O gate! Cry, O city! Melt away, all you of Philistia! For smoke shall come from the north, and there is no stranger in his ranks.”
32And what does one answer the messengers of a nation? “That יהוה has founded Tsiyon, and the poor of His people take refuge in it.”
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