Mercy on Jacob
1 For the Lord awill have mercy on Jacob, and bwill still choose Israel, and settle them in their own land. cThe strangers will be joined with them, and they will cling to the house of Jacob.
2 Then people will take them aand bring them to their place, and the house of Israel will possess them for servants and maids in the land of the Lord; they will take them captive whose captives they were, band rule over their oppressors.
Fall of the King of Babylon
3 It shall come to pass in the day the Lord gives you rest from your sorrow, and from your fear and the hard bondage in which you were made to serve,
4 that you awill take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say:
“How the oppressor has ceased,
The bgolden city ceased!
“How the oppressor has ceased,
The bgolden city ceased!
6 He who struck the people in wrath with a continual stroke,
He who ruled the nations in anger,
Is persecuted and no one hinders.
He who ruled the nations in anger,
Is persecuted and no one hinders.
8 aIndeed the cypress trees rejoice over you,
And the cedars of Lebanon,
Saying, ‘Since you1 were cut down,
No woodsman has come up against us.’
And the cedars of Lebanon,
Saying, ‘Since you1 were cut down,
No woodsman has come up against us.’
9 “Hell1a from beneath is excited about you,
To meet you at your coming;
It stirs up the dead for you,
All the chief ones of the earth;
It has raised up from their thrones
All the kings of the nations.
To meet you at your coming;
It stirs up the dead for you,
All the chief ones of the earth;
It has raised up from their thrones
All the kings of the nations.
10 They all shall aspeak and say to you:
‘Have you also become as weak as we?
Have you become like us?
‘Have you also become as weak as we?
Have you become like us?
11 Your pomp is brought down to Sheol,
And the sound of your stringed instruments;
The maggot is spread under you,
And worms cover you.’
And the sound of your stringed instruments;
The maggot is spread under you,
And worms cover you.’
The Fall of Lucifer
12 “Ho1wa you are fallen from heaven,
O Lucifer, son of the morning!
How you are cut down to the ground,
You who weakened the nations!
O Lucifer, son of the morning!
How you are cut down to the ground,
You who weakened the nations!
13 For you have said in your heart:
a‘I will ascend into heaven,
bI will exalt my throne above the stars of God;
I will also sit on the cmount of the congregation
dOn the farthest sides of the north;
a‘I will ascend into heaven,
bI will exalt my throne above the stars of God;
I will also sit on the cmount of the congregation
dOn the farthest sides of the north;
16 “Those who see you will gaze at you,
And consider you, saying:
‘Is this the man who made the earth tremble,
Who shook kingdoms,
And consider you, saying:
‘Is this the man who made the earth tremble,
Who shook kingdoms,
17 Who1 made the world as a wilderness
And destroyed its cities,
Who did not open the house of his prisoners?’
And destroyed its cities,
Who did not open the house of his prisoners?’
19 But you are cast out of your grave
Like an1 abominable branch,
Like the garment of those who are slain,
1Thrust through with a sword,
Who go down to the stones of the pit,
Like a corpse trodden underfoot.
Like an1 abominable branch,
Like the garment of those who are slain,
1Thrust through with a sword,
Who go down to the stones of the pit,
Like a corpse trodden underfoot.
20 You will not be joined with them in burial,
Because you have destroyed your land
And slain your people.
aThe brood of evildoers shall never be named.
Because you have destroyed your land
And slain your people.
aThe brood of evildoers shall never be named.
21 Prepare slaughter for his children
aBecause of the iniquity of their fathers,
Lest they rise up and possess the land,
And fill the face of the world with cities.”
aBecause of the iniquity of their fathers,
Lest they rise up and possess the land,
And fill the face of the world with cities.”
Babylon Destroyed
22 “For I will rise up against them,” says the Lord of hosts,
“And cut off from Babylon athe name and bremnant,
cAnd offspring and posterity,” says the Lord.
“And cut off from Babylon athe name and bremnant,
cAnd offspring and posterity,” says the Lord.
23 “I will also make it a possession for the aporcupine,
And marshes of muddy water;
I will sweep it with the broom of destruction,” says the Lord of hosts.
And marshes of muddy water;
I will sweep it with the broom of destruction,” says the Lord of hosts.
Assyria Destroyed
24 The Lord of hosts has sworn, saying,
“Surely, as I have thought, so it shall come to pass,
And as I have purposed, so it shall astand:
“Surely, as I have thought, so it shall come to pass,
And as I have purposed, so it shall astand:
25 That I will break the aAssyrian in My land,
And on My mountains tread him underfoot.
Then bhis yoke shall be removed from them,
And his burden removed from their shoulders.
And on My mountains tread him underfoot.
Then bhis yoke shall be removed from them,
And his burden removed from their shoulders.
26 This is the apurpose that is purposed against the whole earth,
And this is the hand that is stretched out over all the nations.
And this is the hand that is stretched out over all the nations.
27 For the Lord of hosts has apurposed,
And who will annul it?
His hand is stretched out,
And who will turn it back?”
And who will annul it?
His hand is stretched out,
And who will turn it back?”
Philistia Destroyed
28 This is the1 burden which came in the year that aKing Ahaz died.
29 “Do not rejoice, all you of Philistia,
aBecause the rod that struck you is broken;
For out of the serpent’s roots will come forth a viper,
bAnd its offspring will be a fiery flying serpent.
aBecause the rod that struck you is broken;
For out of the serpent’s roots will come forth a viper,
bAnd its offspring will be a fiery flying serpent.
30 The firstborn of the poor will feed,
And the needy will lie down in safety;
I will kill your roots with famine,
And it will slay your remnant.
And the needy will lie down in safety;
I will kill your roots with famine,
And it will slay your remnant.
31 Wail, O gate! Cry, O city!
All you of Philistia are dissolved;
For smoke will come from the north,
And no one will be alone in his1 appointed times.”
All you of Philistia are dissolved;
For smoke will come from the north,
And no one will be alone in his1 appointed times.”
32 What will they answer the messengers of the nation?
That athe Lord has founded Zion,
And bthe poor of His people shall take refuge in it.
That athe Lord has founded Zion,
And bthe poor of His people shall take refuge in it.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
Commentaries:
No entry exists in Adam Clarke for Isaiah 14:1.
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