1 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 biltiy#
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
serpents 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.