1 When the LORD will have compassion on Jacob and again choose Israel, and settle them in their own land, then strangers will join them and attach themselves to the house of Jacob. 2 The peoples will take them along and bring them to their place, and the house of Israel will possess them as an inheritance in the land of the LORD as male servants and female servants; anda Lit the captors will become their captivesthey will take their captors captive and will rule over their oppressors. | |
3 And it will be in the day when the LORD gives you rest from your pain and turmoil and harsh service in which you have been enslaved, 4 that you will take up thisb Or proverbtaunt against the king of Babylon, and say,“How the oppressor has ceased, And how c Amended from the meaningless medhebah to marhebahfury has ceased! | |
5 “The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked,
The scepter of rulers | |
6 Which used to strike the peoples in fury with unceasing strokes,
Whichd Or ruledsubdued the nations in anger with unrestrained persecution. | |
7 “The whole earth is at rest and is quiet;
They break forth into shouts of joy. | |
8 “Even the cypress trees rejoice over you, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying,
‘Since you were laid low, no tree cutter comes up against us.’ | |
9 “Sheol from beneath is excited over you to meet you when you come;
It arouses for you thee Or shades (Heb Repha’im)spirits of the dead, all thef Lit male goatsleaders of the earth;
It raises all the kings of the nations from their thrones. | |
10 “They will all respond and say to you,
‘Even you have been made weak as we,
You have become like us. | |
11 ‘Your pomp and the music of your harps
Have been brought down to Sheol;
Maggots are spread out as your bed beneath you
And worms are your covering.’ | |
12 “How you have fallen from heaven,
Og Heb Helel; i.e. shining onestar of the morning, son of the dawn!
You have been cut down to the earth,
You who have weakened the nations! | |
13 “But you said in your heart,
‘I will ascend to heaven;
I will raise my throne above the stars of God,
And I will sit on the mount of assembly
In the recesses of the north. | |
14 ‘I will ascend above the heights of the clouds;
I will make myself like the Most High.’ | |
15 “Nevertheless you will be thrust down to Sheol,
To the recesses of the pit. | |
16 “Those who see you will gaze at you,
They willh Lit show themselves attentive toponder over you, saying,
‘Is this the man who made the earth tremble,
Who shook kingdoms, | |
17 Who made the world like a wilderness
And overthrew its cities,
Who did noti Lit openallow his prisoners to go home?’ | |
18 “All the kings of the nations lie in glory,
Each in his ownj Lit housetomb. | |
19 “But you have been cast out of your tomb
Likek Lit an abhorred brancha rejected branch,
l Or As the clothing of those who are slainClothed with the slain who are pierced with a sword,
Who go down to the stones of the pit
Like a trampled corpse. | |
20 “You will not be united with them in burial,
Because you have ruined your country,
You have slain your people.
May the offspring of evildoers not be mentioned forever. | |
21 “Prepare for his sons a place of slaughter
Because of the iniquity of their fathers.
They must not arise and take possession of the earth
And fill the face of the world with cities.” | |
22 “I will rise up against them,” declares the LORD of hosts, “and will cut off from Babylon name and survivors, offspring and posterity,” declares the LORD. 23 “I will also make it a possession for the hedgehog and swamps of water, and I will sweep it with the broom of destruction,” declares the LORD of hosts. | |
