1 T he Lord will have loving-pity on Jacob and will again choose Israel. He will have them return to live in their own land. Then people from other countries will come and be with them, and will join themselves to the family of Jacob.

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 N ations will take them and bring them to their place. The family of Israel will own them in the Lord’s land as men and women servants. They will take those who had taken them away and they will rule over those who had made it hard for them. Babylon’s King in the World of the Dead

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 W hen the Lord gives you rest from your pain and trouble and the hard work which you were made to do,

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 y ou will speak against the king of Babylon, and say, “How the one who made it hard for us has been stopped! How his anger has been stopped!

That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!

5 T he Lord has broken the walking stick of the sinful, the power of rulers,

The Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers.

6 w hich used to beat the people in anger without stopping. The nations were ruled in anger. It was very hard for the people and there was no pity shown to them.

He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth.

7 “ Now the whole earth is at rest and quiet. They sing out with joy.

The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing.

8 E ven the cypress trees and the cedars of Lebanon are glad over you, and say, ‘Since you were cut down no one comes to cut us down.’

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 T he world of the dead below wants to meet you when you come. It wakes up the spirits of the dead for you, all the leaders of the earth. It raises all the kings of the nations from their thrones.

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 A ll of them will speak and say to you, ‘Even you have become as weak as we. You have become like us.

All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us?

11 Y our honor and power along with the music of your harps have been brought down to the place of the dead. Worms are spread out as your bed under you and worms cover you.’

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 you have fallen from heaven, O shining one, son of the morning! You have been cut down to the earth, you who have made the nations weak!

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 Y ou said in your heart, ‘I will go up to heaven. I will raise my throne above the stars of God. And I will sit on the mount of meeting in the far north.

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 go much higher than the clouds. I will make myself like the Most High.’

I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.

15 B ut you will be brought down to the place of the dead, to the bottom of the grave.

Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.

16 T hose who see you will look hard at you and think about you, and say, ‘Is this the man who made the earth shake with fear, who shook nations?

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 I s this the man who made the world like a desert and destroyed its cities, who did not let those whom he had put in prison go home?’

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 lie in greatness, each in his own grave.

All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house.

19 B ut you have been thrown out of your grave like a hated part of the family. You are clothed with the dead who were killed with a sword, who go down to the stones of the grave, like a dead body crushed under foot.

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 Y ou will not be joined with them when you are buried, because you have destroyed your country. You have killed your people. May the children of sinners never be spoken about again!

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 M ake a place ready for his sons to be killed because of the sin of their fathers. They must not come into power and take the earth, and fill the world with cities.” God Will Destroy Babylon

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 “ I will come against them,” says the Lord of All. “And I will cut off from Babylon its name and people, its children and their children,” says the Lord.

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 turn it into a place for hedgehogs, full of pools of water. And I will go over it and destroy it,” says the Lord of All. God Will Destroy the Assyrians

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 T he Lord of All has promised, “It will happen just as I have planned it. As I have planned, so will it be.

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 I will break Assyria in My land. I will crush him under foot on My mountains. Then his load will be taken from My people. His load will be taken from their shoulder.”

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 T his is the plan made against the whole earth and this is the hand that is put out against all the nations.

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 F or the Lord of All has planned, and who can keep it from happening? Who can turn His hand back? God Will Destroy the Philistines

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 I n the year that King Ahaz died this special word came:

In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden.

29 “ Do not be glad, O Philistia, all of you, because the special stick that made it hard for you is broken. One snake dies and a worse one comes, a snake that can fly.

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 T he poor will eat. Those in need will lie down and be safe. I will destroy all of you with hunger and it will kill those who are left.

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 C ry out, O gate. Cry, O city. All you Philistines are weak in heart. For smoke comes from the north, and everyone keeps his place in his army.

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 W hat answer will be given to the men sent by the nation? That the Lord is the builder of Zion, and it will be a safe place for His people who are poor and troubled.”

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.