Restoration for Israel 1 Brenton And the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and they shall rest on their land: and the stranger shall be added to them, yea, shall be added to the house of Jacob. BSB BSB: For the LORD will have compassion on Jacob; once again He will choose Israel and settle them in their own land. The foreigner will join them and unite with the house of Jacob.
2 Brenton And the Gentiles shall take them, and bring them into their place: and they shall inherit them, and they shall be multiplied upon the land for servants and handmaidens: and they that took them captives shall become captives to them ; and they that had lordship over them shall be under their rule. BSB BSB: The nations will escort Israel and bring it to its homeland. Then the house of Israel will possess the nations as menservants and maidservants in the LORD’s land. They will make captives of their captors and rule over their oppressors.
The Fall of the King of Babylon 3 Brenton And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall give thee rest from thy sorrow and vexation, and from thy hard servitude wherein thou didst serve them. BSB BSB: On the day that the LORD gives you rest from your pain and torment, and from the hard labor into which you were forced,
4 Brenton And thou shalt take up this lamentation against the king of Babylon, How has the extortioner ceased, and the taskmaster ceased! BSB BSB: you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased, and how his fury has ended!
5 Brenton The Lord has broken the yoke of sinners, the yoke of princes. BSB BSB: The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers.
6 Brenton Having smitten a nation in wrath, with an incurable plague, smiting a nation with a wrathful plague, which spared them not, he rested in quiet. BSB BSB: It struck the peoples in anger with unceasing blows; it subdued the nations in rage with relentless persecution.
7 Brenton All the earth cries aloud with joy: BSB BSB: All the earth is at peace and at rest; they break out in song.
8 Brenton the trees also of Libanus rejoice against thee, and the cedar of Libanus, saying , From the time that thou hast been laid low, no one has come up to cut us down. BSB BSB: Even the cypresses and cedars of Lebanon exult over you: “Since you have been laid low, no woodcutter comes against us.”
9 Brenton Hell from beneath is provoked to meet thee: all the great ones that have ruled over the earth have risen up together against thee, they that have raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations. BSB BSB: Sheol beneath is eager to meet you upon your arrival. It stirs the spirits of the dead to greet you—all the rulers of the earth. It makes all the kings of the nations rise from their thrones.
10 Brenton All shall answer and say to thee, Thou also hast been taken, even as we; and thou art numbered amongst us. BSB BSB: They will all respond to you, saying, “You too have become weak, as we are; you have become like us!”
11 Brenton Thy glory has come down to Hades, and thy great mirth: under thee they shall spread corruption, and the worm shall be thy covering. BSB BSB: Your pomp has been brought down to Sheol, along with the music of your harps. Maggots are your bed and worms your blanket.
12 Brenton How has Lucifer, that rose in the morning, fallen from heaven! He that sent orders to all the nations is crushed to the earth. BSB BSB: How you have fallen from heaven, O day star, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, O destroyer of nations.
13 Brenton But thou saidst in thine heart, I will go up to heaven, I will set my throne above the stars of heaven: I will sit on a lofty mount, on the lofty mountains toward the north: BSB BSB: You said in your heart: “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God. I will sit on the mount of assembly, in the far reaches of the north.
14 Brenton I will go up above the clouds; I will be like the Most High. BSB BSB: I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.”
15 Brenton But now thou shalt go down to hell, even to the foundations of the earth. BSB BSB: But you will be brought down to Sheol, to the lowest depths of the Pit.
16 Brenton They that see thee shall wonder at thee, and say, This is the man that troubled the earth, that made kings to shake; BSB BSB: Those who see you will stare; they will ponder your fate: “Is this the man who shook the earth and made the kingdoms tremble,
17 Brenton that made the whole world desolate, and destroyed its cities; he loosed not those who were in captivity. BSB BSB: who turned the world into a desert and destroyed its cities, who refused to let the captives return to their homes?”
18 Brenton All the kings of the nations lie in honour, every man in his house. BSB BSB: All the kings of the nations lie in state, each in his own tomb.
19 Brenton But thou shalt be cast forth on the mountains, as a loathed carcase, with many dead who have been pierced with swords, going down to the grave. BSB BSB: But you are cast out of your grave like a rejected branch, covered by those slain with the sword, and dumped into a rocky pit like a carcass trampled underfoot.
20 Brenton As a garment defiled with blood shall not be pure, so neither shalt thou be pure; because thou hast destroyed my land, and hast slain my people: thou shalt not endure for ever,—thou an evil seed. BSB BSB: You will not join them in burial, since you have destroyed your land and slaughtered your own people. The offspring of the wicked will never again be mentioned.
21 Brenton Prepare thy children to be slain for the sins of their father; that they arise not, and inherit the earth, nor fill the earth with wars. BSB BSB: Prepare a place to slaughter his sons for the iniquities of their forefathers. They will never rise up to possess a land or cover the earth with their cities.
22 Brenton And I will rise up against them, saith the Lord of hosts, and I will destroy their name, and remnant, and seed: thus saith the Lord. BSB BSB: “I will rise up against them,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will cut off from Babylon her name and her remnant, her offspring and her posterity,” declares the LORD.
23 Brenton And I will make the region of Babylon desert, so that hedgehogs shall dwell there , and it shall come to nothing: and I will make it a pit of clay for destruction. BSB BSB: “I will make her a place for owls and for swamplands; I will sweep her away with the broom of destruction,” declares the LORD of Hosts.
God’s Purpose against Assyria 24 Brenton Thus saith the Lord of hosts, As I have said, so it shall be: and as I have purposed, so the matter shall remain: BSB BSB: The LORD of Hosts has sworn: “Surely, as I have planned, so will it be; as I have purposed, so will it stand.
25 Brenton even to destroy the Assyrians upon my land, and upon my mountains: and they shall be for trampling; and their yoke shall be taken away from them, and their glory shall be taken away from their shoulders.BSB BSB: I will break Assyria in My land; I will trample him on My mountain. His yoke will be taken off My people, and his burden removed from their shoulders.”
26 Brenton This is the purpose which the Lord has purposed upon the whole earth: and this the hand that is uplifted against all the nations. BSB BSB: This is the plan devised for the whole earth, and this is the hand stretched out over all the nations.
27 Brenton For what the Holy God has purposed, who shall frustrate? and who shall turn back his uplifted hand? BSB BSB: The LORD of Hosts has purposed, and who can thwart Him? His hand is outstretched, so who can turn it back?
Philistia Will Be Destroyed 28 Brenton In the year in which king Achaz died this word came. BSB BSB: In the year that King Ahaz died, this burden was received:
29 Brenton Rejoice not, all ye Philistines, because the yoke of him that smote you is broken: for out of the seed of the serpent shall come forth the young of asps, and their young shall come forth flying serpents. BSB BSB: Do not rejoice, all you Philistines, that the rod that struck you is broken. For a viper will spring from the root of the snake, and a flying serpent from its egg.
30 Brenton And the poor shall be fed by him, and poor men shall rest in peace: but he shall destroy thy seed with hunger, and shall destroy thy remnant. BSB BSB: Then the firstborn of the poor will find pasture, and the needy will lie down in safety, but I will kill your root by famine, and your remnant will be slain.
31 Brenton Howl, ye gates of cities; let the cities be troubled and cry, even all the Philistines: for smoke is coming from the north, and there is no possibility of living. BSB BSB: Wail, O gate! Cry out, O city! Melt away, all you Philistines! For a cloud of smoke comes from the north, and there are no stragglers in its ranks.
32 Brenton And what shall the kings of the nations answer? That the Lord has founded Sion, and by him the poor of the people shall be saved. BSB BSB: What answer will be given to the envoys of that nation? “The LORD has founded Zion, where His afflicted people will find refuge.”
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