“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 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 serpent’s 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.” (Isaiah 14:1-32 AV)