1 GLT For Yahweh will have compassion on Jacob, and he will again choose Israel and restore them into their land. And foreigners will join with them and attach themselves 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 GLT And the nations will take them and bring them to their place, and the house of Israel will take them in the land of Yahweh as male and female servants, and they will be taking captive their captors, and they will rule over their oppressors. 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.
3 GLT And it will happen on the day{ when} Yahweh gives you rest from your suffering and anguish and from the hard slavery under which you were enslaved, 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 GLT and you shall lift up this theme against the king of Babylon, and you will say,“How the oppressor has ceased, the fury 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 GLT Yahweh has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers, BSB BSB: The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers.
6 GLT striking the peoples in wrath, blows without end! Ruling the nations in nose, an attack without restraint! BSB BSB: It struck the peoples in anger with unceasing blows; it subdued the nations in rage with relentless persecution.
7 GLT The whole earth is resting, quiet; they break out singing. BSB BSB: All the earth is at peace and at rest; they break out in song.
8 GLT Even the cypress trees rejoice over you{ with} the cedars of Lebanon:‘Since you are laid low, no{ one} comes 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 GLT Sheol below trembles for you, to meet your coming, It arouses the dead for you, all the kings of the earth, raising{ them} 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 GLT They all will speak and say to you,‘You, also, have become as weak as us. You have become like us. BSB BSB: They will all respond to you, saying, “You too have become weak, as we are; you have become like us!”
11 GLT It has been brought down{ to} Sheol— your arrogance, the sound of your lyres. Maggots are spread under you, and worms cover you.’ 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 GLT How you are fallen from heaven, daystar, son of the morning! You are cut down to the ground, conqueror over nations! 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 GLT And you had said in your heart,‘I shall ascend into heaven, I shall exalt my throne above the stars of God, and I shall sit on the mount of assembly, in the far reaches of 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 GLT I shall ascend over the tops of the clouds; I shall match the Most High.’ BSB BSB: I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.”
15 GLT Yet you are brought down to Sheol, to the depths of the pit. BSB BSB: But you will be brought down to Sheol, to the lowest depths of the Pit.
16 GLT Those who see you will gaze at you, they will stare to you.‘{ Is} this the man who made the earth tremble, who shook kingdoms, 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 GLT who made the world like a wilderness, and overthrew its cities, did not release his prisoners homewards?’ BSB BSB: who turned the world into a desert and destroyed its cities, who refused to let the captives return to their homes?”
18 GLT All the kings of the nations, all of them lie down in honor, a man in his home, BSB BSB: All the kings of the nations lie in state, each in his own tomb.
19 GLT but you are cast out from your grave like a hated branch, clothed with the slain pierced by the sword, who go down to the stones of the pit like a trampled corpse. 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 GLT You will not join them in burial, because you have destroyed your land, you have killed your people. May none ever mention the offspring of evildoers. 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 GLT Prepare slaughter for his sons, for the iniquity of their fathers, lest they rise up and possess the earth and fill the face of the earth with cities. 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 GLT “And I shall rise up against them”— the declaration of Yahweh of hosts.“And I shall cut off from Babylon name and remnant, and offspring and grandchildren,”— the declaration of Yahweh. 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 GLT “And I shall make her into a possession of owls, and pools of water, and I shall sweep her with the broom of destruction,”— the declaration of Yahweh of hosts. 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.
24 GLT Yahweh of hosts has sworn, saying,“Surely, as I have intended, so it shall be, and as I have purposed, it shall come about: 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 GLT To break Assyria in my land, and on my mountains trample him. And his yoke will be lifted from them and his burden lifted from their shoulder. 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 GLT This{ is} the plan intended for the whole earth, and this{ is} the hand raised over 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 GLT For Yahweh of hosts has planned, and who will stop{ him}? And his hand{ is} raised, and who will turn it back? BSB BSB: The LORD of Hosts has purposed, and who can thwart Him? His hand is outstretched, so who can turn it back?
28 GLT In the year of the death of king Ahaz, there was this oracle: BSB BSB: In the year that King Ahaz died, this burden was received:
29 GLT Do not rejoice, all you Philistines, that the rod that struck you is broken, for out of the root of the serpent will grow out an adder, and its fruit a fiery flying serpent. 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 GLT And the poor will graze in my pastures, and the needy will lie down in safety. And I shall kill your root with famine, and it will slay your survivors. 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 GLT Howl, gate; cry, city; all of you will melt away, Philistia, for from the north comes smoke, and none{ is} alone in his ranks. 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 GLT And what will he answer to the messengers of a nation? that Yahweh has founded Zion, and in her the afflicted of his people will find refuge.” 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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