(KJV) Isaiah 14¹

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⥃Restoration for Israel

[1] For the Lord² will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose³ Israel, and set⁴ them in their own land: and the strangers⁵ shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob. [2] And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house⁶ of Israel shall possess them in the land of the Lord for servants and handmaids: and they⁷ shall take them captives, whose captives they were⁸; and they shall rule over their oppressors.

⥃The Fall of the King of Babylon

[3] And it shall come to pass in the day that the Lord shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve,⁹

[4] That thou shalt take up this proverb¹⁰ against the king of Babylon, and say, How¹¹ hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city¹² ceased! [5] The Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked, [and] the sceptre of the rulers.¹³ [6] He who smote¹⁴ the people in wrath with a continual stroke¹⁵, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted¹⁶, [and] none¹⁷ hindereth. [7] The whole earth is at rest, [and] is quiet: they¹⁸ break forth into singing. [8] Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, [and] the cedars of Lebanon, [saying], Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us.¹⁹ [9] Hell²⁰ from²¹ beneath is moved²² for thee to meet [thee] at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, [even] all the chief ones²³ of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations. [10] All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also²⁴ become weak as we? art thou become like unto us? [11] Thy pomp²⁵ is brought down to the grave, [and] the noise of thy viols: the worm²⁶ is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee. [12] How art thou fallen²⁷ from heaven, O Lucifer²⁸, son of the morning! [how] art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken²⁹ the nations! [13] For thou³⁰ hast said in thine heart, I will ascend³¹ into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount³² of the congregation, in the sides of the north: [14] I will ascend³³ above the heights of the clouds; I will be³⁴ like the most High. [15] Yet thou³⁵ shalt be brought down to hell, to the³⁶ sides of the pit. [16] They that see thee shall narrowly³⁷ look upon thee, [and] consider thee, [saying], [Is] this³⁸ the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms; [17] [That] made³⁹ the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; [that] opened not the house of his prisoners⁴⁰? [18] All the kings of the nations, [even] all of⁴¹ them, lie in glory, every one in his own house⁴². [19] But thou⁴³ art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, [and as] the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go⁴⁴ down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet. [20] Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, [and] slain thy people: the seed⁴⁵ of evildoers shall never be renowned. [21] Prepare slaughter⁴⁶ for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not⁴⁷ rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities. [22] For I will⁴⁸ rise up against them, saith the Lord of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name⁴⁹, and remnant⁵⁰, and son, and nephew, saith the Lord. [23] I will also make⁵¹ it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep⁵² it with the besom of destruction, saith the Lord of hosts.

⥃God’s Purpose against Assyria

[24] The Lord⁵³ of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely⁵⁴ as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, [so] shall it stand: [25] That I will⁵⁵ break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then⁵⁶ shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders. [26] This [is] the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this [is] the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations.⁵⁷ [27] For the Lord⁵⁸ of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul [it]? and his⁵⁹ hand [is] stretched out, and who shall turn it back?

⥃Philistia Will Be Destroyed

[28] In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden.⁶⁰

[29] [¶]Rejoice⁶¹ not thou, whole⁶² Palestina, because⁶³ the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for⁶⁴ out of the serpent’s root shall come forth a cockatrice⁶⁵, and his fruit [shall be] a fiery⁶⁶ flying serpent. [30] And the firstborn⁶⁷ of the poor⁶⁸ shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety: and I⁶⁹ will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay thy remnant. [31] Howl⁷⁰, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, [art] dissolved: for⁷¹ there shall come from the north a smoke, and none [shall be] alone⁷² in his appointed times⁷³. [32] What shall [one⁷⁴] then answer the messengers of the nation? That the Lord⁷⁵ hath founded Zion, and the⁷⁶ poor of his people shall trust in it⁷⁷.

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