{"book":"Isaiah","slug":"isaiah","ch":14,"genre":"poetry","sub":"Isaiah","prev":"isaiah/13","next":"isaiah/15","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"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.","f":[],"h":"Restoration for Israel","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"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.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"","t":"The nations will escort [Israel] and bring it to its homeland."},{"style":"reg","t":"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."}],"style":"reg"},{"v":3,"t":"On the day that the LORD gives you rest from your pain and torment, and from the hard labor into which you were forced,","f":[],"h":"The Fall of the King of Babylon","style":"reg"},{"v":4,"t":"you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased, and how his fury has ended!","f":["DSS, LXX, and Syriac; MT the golden city"],"lines":[{"style":"","t":"you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon:"},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"How the oppressor has ceased,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and how his fury has ended!"}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":5,"t":"The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the scepter of the rulers."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":6,"t":"It struck the peoples in anger with unceasing blows; it subdued the nations in rage with relentless persecution.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"It struck the peoples in anger"},{"style":"indent2","t":"with unceasing blows;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"it subdued the nations in rage"},{"style":"indent2","t":"with relentless persecution."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":7,"t":"All the earth is at peace and at rest; they break out in song.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"All the earth is at peace and at rest;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"they break out in song."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":8,"t":"Even the cypresses and cedars of Lebanon exult over you:“ Since you have been laid low, no woodcutter comes against us.”","f":["Or pines or junipers or firs"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Even the cypresses and cedars of Lebanon"},{"style":"indent2","t":"exult over you:"},{"style":"indent1","t":"“ Since you have been laid low,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"no woodcutter comes against us.”"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":9,"t":"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.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Sheol beneath is eager"},{"style":"indent2","t":"to meet you upon your arrival."},{"style":"indent1","t":"It stirs the spirits of the dead to greet you —"},{"style":"indent2","t":"all the rulers of the earth."},{"style":"indent1","t":"It makes all the kings of the nations"},{"style":"indent2","t":"rise from their thrones."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":10,"t":"They will all respond to you, saying,“ You too have become weak, as we are; you have become like us!”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"They will all respond to you, saying,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"“ You too have become weak, as we are;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"you have become like us!”"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":11,"t":"Your pomp has been brought down to Sheol, along with the music of your harps. Maggots are your bed and worms your blanket.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Your pomp has been brought down to Sheol,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"along with the music of your harps."},{"style":"indent1","t":"Maggots are your bed"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and worms your blanket."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":12,"t":"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.","f":["Or morning star or shining one or Lucifer"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"How you have fallen from heaven,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"O day star, son of the dawn!"},{"style":"indent1","t":"You have been cut down to the ground,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"O destroyer of nations."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":13,"t":"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.","f":["Or in the remote parts of Zaphon or on the heights of Zaphon"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"You said in your heart:"},{"style":"indent2","t":"“ I will ascend to the heavens;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"I will raise my throne"},{"style":"indent2","t":"above the stars of God."},{"style":"indent1","t":"I will sit on the mount of assembly,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"in the far reaches of the north."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":14,"t":"I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I will ascend above the tops of the clouds;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I will make myself like the Most High.”"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":15,"t":"But you will be brought down to Sheol, to the lowest depths of the Pit.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"But you will be brought down to Sheol,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"to the lowest depths of the Pit."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":16,"t":"Those who see you will stare; they will ponder your fate:“ Is this the man who shook the earth [and] made the kingdoms tremble,","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Those who see you will stare;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"they will ponder your fate:"},{"style":"indent1","t":"“ Is this the man who shook the earth"},{"style":"indent2","t":"[and] made the kingdoms tremble,"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":17,"t":"who turned the world into a desert and destroyed its cities, who refused to let the captives return to their homes?”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"who turned the world into a desert"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and destroyed its cities,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"who refused to let the captives"},{"style":"indent2","t":"return to their homes?”"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":18,"t":"All the kings of the nations lie in state, each in his own tomb.","f":["Hebrew house"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"All the kings of the nations lie in state,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"each in his own tomb."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":19,"t":"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.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"But you are cast out of your grave like a rejected branch,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"covered by those slain with the sword,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"and dumped into a rocky pit"},{"style":"indent2","t":"like a carcass trampled underfoot."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":20,"t":"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.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"You will not join them in burial,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"since you have destroyed your land"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and slaughtered your own people."},{"style":"indent1","t":"The offspring of the wicked"},{"style":"indent2","t":"will never again be mentioned."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":21,"t":"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.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Prepare a place to slaughter his sons"},{"style":"indent2","t":"for the iniquities of their forefathers."},{"style":"indent1","t":"They will never rise up to possess a land"},{"style":"indent2","t":"or cover the earth with their cities."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":22,"t":"“ 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.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"“ I will rise up against them,”"},{"style":"indent2","t":"declares the LORD of Hosts."},{"style":"indent1","t":"“ I will cut off from Babylon"},{"style":"indent2","t":"her name and her remnant,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"her offspring and her posterity,”"},{"style":"selah","t":"declares the LORD."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":23,"t":"“ 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.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"“ I will make her a place"},{"style":"indent2","t":"for owls and for swamplands;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"I will sweep her away"},{"style":"indent2","t":"with the broom of destruction,”"},{"style":"indent2","t":"declares the LORD of Hosts."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":24,"t":"The LORD of Hosts has sworn:“ Surely, as I have planned, so will it be; as I have purposed, [so] will it stand.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"reg","t":"The LORD of Hosts has sworn:"},{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ Surely, as I have planned, so will it be;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"as I have purposed, [so] will it stand."}],"h":"God’s Purpose against Assyria","style":"reg"},{"v":25,"t":"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.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I will break Assyria in My land;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I will trample him on My mountain."},{"style":"indent1","t":"His yoke will be taken off [My people],"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and his burden removed from their shoulders.”"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":26,"t":"This is the plan devised for the whole earth, and this is the hand stretched out over all the nations.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"This is the plan devised for the whole earth,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and this is the hand stretched out over all the nations."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":27,"t":"The LORD of Hosts has purposed, and who can thwart Him? His hand is outstretched, so who can turn it back?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The LORD of Hosts has purposed,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and who can thwart Him?"},{"style":"indent1","t":"His hand is outstretched,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"so who can turn it back?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":28,"t":"In the year that King Ahaz died, this burden was received:","f":[],"h":"Philistia Will Be Destroyed","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":29,"t":"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.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Do not rejoice, all you Philistines,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"that the rod that struck you is broken."},{"style":"indent1","t":"For a viper will spring from the root of the snake,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and a flying serpent from its egg."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":30,"t":"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.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Then the firstborn of the poor will find pasture,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and the needy will lie down in safety,"},{"style":"indent1","t":"but I will kill your root by famine,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and your remnant will be slain."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":31,"t":"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.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Wail, O gate! Cry out, O city!"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Melt away, all you Philistines!"},{"style":"indent1","t":"For a cloud of smoke comes from the north,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and there are no stragglers in its ranks."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":32,"t":"What answer will be given to the envoys of that nation?“ The LORD has founded Zion, where His afflicted people will find refuge.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"What answer will be given"},{"style":"indent2","t":"to the envoys of that nation?"},{"style":"indent1","t":"“ The LORD has founded Zion,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"where His afflicted people will find refuge.”"}],"style":"indent1"}]}