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.

PORQUE Jehová tendrá piedad de Jacob, y todavía escogerá á Israel, y les hará reposar en su tierra: y á ellos se unirán extranjeros, y allegaránse á la familia de 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

Y los tomarán los pueblos, y traeránlos á su lugar: y la casa de Israel los poseerá por siervos y criadas en la tierra de Jehová: y cautivarán á los que los cautivaron, y señorearán á los que los oprimieron.

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

Y será en el día que Jehová te diera reposo de tu trabajo, y de tu temor, y de la dura servidumbre en que te hicieron servir,

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!

Que levantarás esta parábola sobre el rey de Babilonia, y dirás: ­Cómo paró el exactor, cómo cesó la ciudad codiciosa del oro!

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

Quebrantó Jehová el bastón de los impíos, el cetro de los señores;

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.

Al que con ira hería los pueblos de llaga permanente, el cual se enseñoreaba de las gentes con furor, y las perseguía con crueldad.

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

Descansó, sosegó toda la tierra: cantaron alabanza.

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.’

Aun las hayas se holgaron de ti, y los cedros del Líbano, diciendo: Desde que tú pereciste, no ha subido cortador contra nosotros.

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.

El infierno abajo se espantó de ti; te despertó muertos que en tu venida saliesen á recibirte, hizo levantar de sus sillas á todos los príncipes de la tierra, á todos los reyes de las naciones.

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

Todos ellos darán voces, y te dirán: ¿Tú también enfermaste como nosotros, y como nosotros fuiste?

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.’

Descendió al sepulcro tu soberbia, y el sonido de tus vihuelas: gusanos serán tu cama, y gusanos te cubrirán.

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!

Cómo caiste del cielo, oh Lucero, hijo de la mañana! Cortado fuiste por tierra, tú que debilitabas las gentes.

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.

Tú que decías en tu corazón: Subiré al cielo, en lo alto junto á las estrellas de Dios ensalzaré mi solio, y en el monte del testimonio me sentaré, á los lados del aquilón;

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

Sobre las alturas de las nubes subiré, y seré semejante al Altísimo.

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

Mas tú derribado eres en el sepulcro, á los lados de la huesa.

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?

Inclinarse han hacia ti los que te vieren, te considerarán diciendo: ¿Es este aquel varón que hacía temblar la tierra, que trastornaba los reinos;

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?’

Que puso el mundo como un desierto, que asoló sus ciudades; que á sus presos nunca abrió la cárcel?

18 “ All the kings of the nations lie in greatness, each in his own grave.

Todos los reyes de las gentes, todos ellos yacen con honra cada uno en su casa.

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.

Mas tú echado eres de tu sepulcro como tronco abominable, como vestido de muertos pasados á cuchillo, que descendieron al fondo de la sepultura; como cuerpo muerto hollado.

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!

No serás contado con ellos en la sepultura: porque tú destruiste tu tierra, mataste tu pueblo. No será nombrada para siempre la simiente de los malignos.

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

Aparejad sus hijos para el matadero por la maldad de sus padres: no se levanten, ni posean la tierra, é hinchan la haz del mundo de ciudades.

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.

Porque yo me levantaré sobre ellos, dice Jehová de los ejércitos, y raeré de Babilonia el nombre y las reliquias, hijo y nieto, dice Jehová.

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

Y convertiréla en posesión de erizos, y en lagunas de agua; y la barreré con escobas de destrucción, dice Jehová de los ejércitos.

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.

Jehová de los ejércitos juró, diciendo: Ciertamente se hará de la manera que lo he pensado, y será confirmado como lo he determinado:

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.”

Que quebrantaré al Asirio en mi tierra, y en mis montes lo hollaré; y su yugo será apartado de ellos, y su carga será quitada de su hombro.

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

Este es el consejo que está acordado sobre toda la tierra; y ésta, la mano extendida sobre todas las gentes.

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

Porque Jehová de los ejércitos ha determinado: ¿y quién invalidará? Y su mano extendida, ¿quién la hará tornar?

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

En el año que murió el rey Achâz fué esta carga:

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.

No te alegres tú, Filistea toda, por haberse quebrado la vara del que te hería; porque de la raíz de la culebra saldrá basilisco, y su fruto, ceraste volador.

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.

Y los primogénitos de los pobres serán apacentados, y los menesterosos se acostarán seguramente: mas yo haré morir de hambre tu raíz, y mataré tus reliquias.

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.

Aulla, oh puerta; clama, oh ciudad; disuelta estás toda tú, Filistea: porque humo vendrá de aquilón, no quedará uno solo en sus asambleas.

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.”

¿Y qué se responderá á los mensajeros de la gentilidad? Que Jehová fundó á Sión, y que á ella se acogerán los afligidos de su pueblo.