Isa 14 | NASB1995 | STEP | 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 .

‏ Isaiah 14

Israel’s Taunt

1 When the Lord will ^ahave compassion on Jacob and again ^bchoose Israel, and settle them in their own land, then ^cstrangers will join them and attach themselves to the house of Jacob. 2 The peoples will take them along and bring them to their place, and the ^dhouse of Israel will possess them as an inheritance in the land of the Lord ^eas male servants and female servants; and ^{▼▼ Lit the captors will become their captives}they will take their captors captive and will rule over their oppressors.

3 And it will be in the day when the Lord gives you ^grest from your pain and turmoil and harsh service in which you have been enslaved, 4 that you will ^htake up this ^{▼▼ Or proverb}taunt against the king of Babylon, and say, “How ^jthe oppressor has ceased,
And how ^{▼▼ Amended from the meaningless medhebah to marhebah}fury has ceased!
5 “The Lord has broken the staff of the wicked,
The scepter of rulers
6 ^lWhich used to strike the peoples in fury with unceasing strokes,
Which ^{▼▼ Or ruled}subdued the nations in anger with unrestrained persecution.
7 “The whole earth is at rest and is quiet;
They ⁿbreak forth into shouts of joy.
8 “Even the ^ocypress trees rejoice over you, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying,
‘Since you were laid low, no tree cutter comes up against us.’
9 ^p“Sheol from beneath is excited over you to meet you when you come;
It arouses for you the ^{▼▼ Or shades (Heb Repha’im)}spirits of the dead, all the ^{▼▼ Lit male goats}leaders of the earth;
It raises all the kings of the nations from their thrones.
10 ^s“They will all respond and say to you,
‘Even you have been made weak as we,
You have become like us.
11 ‘Your ^tpomp and the music of your harps
Have been brought down to Sheol;
Maggots are spread out as your bed beneath you
And worms are your covering.’
12 “How you have ^ufallen from heaven,
O ^{▼▼ Heb Helel; i.e. shining one
,} ^wstar of the morning, son of the dawn!
You have been cut down to the earth,
You who have weakened the nations!
13 “But you said in your heart,
‘I will ^xascend to heaven;
I will ^yraise my throne above the stars of God,
And I will sit on the mount of assembly
In the recesses of the north.
14 ‘I will ascend above the heights of the clouds;
^zI will make myself like the Most High.’
15 “Nevertheless you ^aawill be thrust down to Sheol,
To the recesses of the pit.
16 “Those who see you will gaze at you,
They will ^{▼▼ Lit show themselves attentive to}ponder over you, saying,
‘Is this the man who made the earth tremble,
Who shook kingdoms,
17 Who made the world like a ^acwilderness
And overthrew its cities,
Who ^addid not ^{▼▼ Lit open}allow his prisoners to go home?’
18 “All the kings of the nations lie in glory,
Each in his own ^{▼▼ Lit house}tomb.
19 “But you have been ^agcast out of your tomb
Like ^{▼▼ Lit an abhorred branch}a rejected branch,
^{▼▼ Or As the clothing of those who are slain}Clothed with the slain who are pierced with a sword,
Who go down to the stones of the ^ajpit
Like a ^aktrampled corpse.
20 “You will not be united with them in burial,
Because you have ruined your country,
You have slain your people.
May the ^aloffspring of evildoers not be mentioned forever.
21 “Prepare for his sons a place of slaughter
Because of the ^aminiquity of their fathers.
They must not arise and take possession of the earth
And fill the face of the world with cities.”

22 “I will rise up against them,” declares the Lord of hosts, “and will cut off from Babylon ^anname and survivors, ^aooffspring and posterity,” declares the Lord. 23 “I will also make it a possession for the ^aphedgehog and swamps of water, and I will sweep it with the broom of ^aqdestruction,” declares the Lord of hosts.

Judgment on Assyria

24 The Lord of hosts has sworn saying, “Surely, ^arjust as I have intended so it has happened, and just as I have planned so it will stand, 25 to ^asbreak Assyria in My land, and I will trample him on My mountains. Then his ^atyoke will be removed from them and his burden removed from their shoulder. 26 “This is the ^auplan ^{▼▼ Lit planned}devised against the whole earth; and this is the ^awhand that is stretched out against all the nations. 27 “For ^axthe Lord of hosts has planned, and who can frustrate it? And as for His stretched-out hand, who can turn it back?”

28 In the ^ayyear that King Ahaz died this ^{▼▼ Or burden
,} ^baoracle came:

Judgment on Philistia

29 “Do not rejoice, O ^bbPhilistia, all of you,
Because the rod that ^bcstruck you is broken;
For from the serpent’s root a ^bdviper will come out,
And its fruit will be a ^beflying serpent.
30 ^{▼▼ Lit the firstborn of the helpless}“Those who are most ^bghelpless will eat,
And the needy will lie down in security;
I will ^{▼▼ Lit put to death}destroy your root with ^bifamine,
And it will kill off your survivors.
31 “Wail, O ^bjgate; cry, O city;
^{▼▼ Or Become demoralized}Melt away, O ^blPhilistia, all of you;
For smoke comes from the ^bmnorth,
And ^bnthere is no straggler in his ranks.
32 “How then will one answer the ^bomessengers of the nation?
That ^bpthe Lord has founded Zion,
And ^bqthe afflicted of His people will seek refuge in it.”