Isaiah 14:1 - Forerunner Commentary

Isaiah 14:1

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!

5 The Lord has broken ^athe staff of the wicked,
The scepter of the rulers;

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.

7 The whole earth is at rest and quiet;
They break forth into singing.

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.’

9 “Hell¹^a 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.

10 They all shall ^aspeak and say to you:
‘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.’

The Fall of Lucifer

12 “Ho¹w^a you are fallen from heaven,
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;

14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds,
^aI will be like the Most High.’

15 Yet you ^ashall be brought down to Sheol,
To the¹ lowest depths of the Pit.

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,

17 Who¹ made the world as a wilderness
And destroyed its cities,
Who did not open the house of his prisoners?’

18 “All the kings of the nations,
All of them, sleep in glory,
Everyone in his own house;

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.

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.

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.”

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.

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.

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:

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.

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.

27 For the Lord of hosts has ^apurposed,
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.

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.

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.”

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.

Verse Comparison: Isaiah 14:1

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American Standard Version
For Jehovah will have compassion on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the sojourner shall join himself with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.

Amplified® Bible
FOR THE Lord will have mercy on Jacob [the captive Jews in Babylon] and will again choose Israel and set them in their own land; and foreigners [who are proselytes] will join them and will cleave to the house of Jacob (Israel).

Contemporary English Version
The LORD will have mercy on Israel and will let them be his chosen people once again. He will bring them back to their own land, and foreigners will join them as part of Israel.

Darby English Version
For Jehovah will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in rest in their own land; and the stranger shall be united to them, and they shall be joined to the house of Jacob.

Good News Bible
The LORD will once again be merciful to his people Israel and choose them as his own. He will let them live in their own land again, and foreigners will come and live there with them.

King James Version
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.

New American Standard Bible
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.

New International Version
The LORD will have compassion on Jacob;
once again he will choose Israel
and will settle them in their own land.
Aliens will join them
and unite with the house of Jacob.

New King James Version
For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will still choose Israel, and settle them in their own land. The strangers will be joined with them, and they will cling to the house of Jacob.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
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.

Revised Standard Version
The LORD will have compassion on Jacob and will again choose Israel, and will set them in their own land, and aliens will join them and will cleave to the house of Jacob.

Young's Literal Translation
Because Jehovah loveth Jacob, And hath fixed again on Israel, And given them rest on their own land, And joined hath been the sojourner to them, And they have been admitted to the house of Jacob.

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