Isaiah 14 — AAB

Restoration for Israel

14Verse 1For 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.^{Verse 2}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.

The Fall of the King of Babylon

^{Verse 3}On the day that the LORD gives you rest from your pain and torment, and from the hard labor into which you were forced,^{Verse 4}you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon:
How the oppressor has ceased,and how his fury⁺has ended!^{Verse 5}The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked,the scepter of the rulers.^{Verse 6}It struck the peoples in angerwith unceasing blows;it subdued the nations in ragewith relentless persecution.^{Verse 7}All the earth is at peace and at rest;they break out in song.^{Verse 8}Even the cypresses⁺and cedars of Lebanonexult over you:“Since you have been laid low,no woodcutter comes against us.”^{Verse 9}Sheol beneath is eagerto meet you upon your arrival.It stirs the Rephaim to greet you—all the rulers of the earth.It makes all the kings of the nationsrise from their thrones.^{Verse 10}They will all respond to you, saying,“You too have become weak, as we are;
you have become like us!”^{Verse 11}Your pomp has been brought down to Sheol,along with the music of your harps.Maggots are your bedand worms your blanket.^{Verse 12}How you have fallen from heaven,O morning star, son of the dawn!⁺You have been cut down to the ground,O destroyer of nations.^{Verse 13}You said in your heart:“I will ascend to the heavens;I will raise my throneabove the stars of God.I will sit on the mount of assembly,in the far reaches of the north.^{+Verse 14}I will ascend above the tops of the clouds;I will make myself like the Most High.”^{Verse 15}But you will be brought down to Sheol,to the lowest depths of the Pit.^{Verse 16}Those who see you will stare;they will ponder your fate:“Is this the man who shook the earthand made the kingdoms tremble,^{Verse 17}who turned the world into a desertand destroyed its cities,who refused to let the captivesreturn to their homes?”^{Verse 18}All the kings of the nations lie in state,each in his own tomb.^{+Verse 19}But you are cast out of your grave like a rejected branch,covered by those slain with the sword,and dumped into a rocky pitlike a carcass trampled underfoot.^{Verse 20}You will not join them in burial,since you have destroyed your land
and slaughtered your own people.The offspring of the wickedwill never again be mentioned.^{Verse 21}Prepare a place to slaughter his sonsfor the iniquities of their forefathers.They will never rise up to possess a landor cover the earth with their cities.^{Verse 22}“I will rise up against them,”declares the LORD of Hosts.“I will cut off from Babylonher name and her remnant,
her offspring and her posterity,”declares the LORD.^{Verse 23}“I will make her a placefor owls and for swamplands;I will sweep her awaywith the broom of destruction,”
declares the LORD of Hosts.

God’s Purpose against Assyria

^{Verse 24}The LORD of Hosts has sworn:
“Surely, as I have planned, so will it be;as I have purposed, so will it stand.^{Verse 25}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.”^{Verse 26}This is the plan devised for the whole earth,and this is the hand stretched out over all the nations.^{Verse 27}The LORD of Hosts has purposed,and who can thwart Him?His hand is outstretched,so who can turn it back?

Philistia Will Be Destroyed

^{Verse 28}In the year that King Ahaz died, this burden was received:^{Verse 29}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.^{Verse 30}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.^{Verse 31}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.^{Verse 32}What answer will be givento the envoys of that nation?“The LORD has founded Zion,where His afflicted people will find refuge.”