Isaiah 14 Parallel Bible

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1	Her time is drawing near, and her days will not be prolonged. For the Lord will take pity on Jacob, and he will still choose from Israel, and he will cause them to rest upon their own soil. And the new arrival will be joined to them, and he will adhere to the house of Jacob.	For the LORD will have compassion on Jacob and will again choose Israel, and will set them in their own land, and sojourners will join them and will attach themselves to the house of Jacob.	The LORD will have compassion on Jacob; once again he will choose Israel and will settle them in their own land. Foreigners will join them and unite with the descendants of Jacob.
2	And the people will take them, and lead them to their place. And the house of Israel will possess them, in the land of the Lord, as men and women servants. And they will take captive those who had taken them captive. And they will subjugate their oppressors.	And the peoples will take them and bring them to their place, and the house of Israel will possess them in the LORD’s land as male and female slaves. They will take captive those who were their captors, and rule over those who oppressed them.	Nations will take them and bring them to their own place. And Israel will take possession of the nations and make them male and female servants in the LORD’s land. They will make captives of their captors and rule over their oppressors.
3	And this shall be in that day: when God will have given you rest from your labor, and from your oppression, and from the difficult servitude under which you served before,	When the LORD has given you rest from your pain and turmoil and the hard service with which you were made to serve,	On the day the LORD gives you relief from your suffering and turmoil and from the harsh labor forced on you,
4	you will accept this parable against the king of Babylon, and you will say: “How is it that the oppressor has ceased, along with his tribute?	you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon: “How the oppressor has ceased, the insolent fury ceased!	you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has come to an end! How his fury has ended!
5	The Lord has crushed the staff of the impious, the scepter of despots,	The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of rulers,	The LORD has broken the rod of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers,
6	which struck the people in wrath with an incurable wound, which subjugated the nations in fury, which persecuted with cruelty.	that struck the peoples in wrath with unceasing blows, that ruled the nations in anger with unrelenting persecution.	which in anger struck down peoples with unceasing blows, and in fury subdued nations with relentless aggression.
7	All the earth has become quiet and still; it has been gladdened and has rejoiced.	The whole earth is at rest and quiet; they break forth into singing.	All the lands are at rest and at peace; they break into singing.
8	The evergreens, too, have rejoiced over you, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying: ‘Since you have slept, no one has ascended who would cut us down.’	The cypresses rejoice at you, the cedars of Lebanon, saying, ‘Since you were laid low, no woodcutter comes up against us.’	Even the junipers and the cedars of Lebanon gloat over you and say, “Now that you have been laid low, no one comes to cut us down.”
9	Hell below was stirred up to meet you at your advent; it has awakened the giants for you. All the leaders of the earth have risen from their thrones, all the leaders among the nations.”	Sheol beneath is stirred up to meet you when you come; it rouses the shades to greet you, all who were leaders of the earth; it raises from their thrones all who were kings of the nations.	The realm of the dead below is all astir to meet you at your coming; it rouses the spirits of the departed to greet you— all those who were leaders in the world; it makes them rise from their thrones— all those who were kings over the nations.
10	Everyone will respond and will say to you: “Now you are wounded, just as we were; you have become like us.	All of them will answer and say to you: ‘You too have become as weak as we! You have become like us!’	They will all respond, they will say to you, “You also have become weak, as we are; you have become like us.”
11	Your arrogance has been dragged down to Hell. Your body has fallen dead. The moths will be strewn beneath you, and the worms will be your covering.	Your pomp is brought down to Sheol, the sound of your harps; maggots are laid as a bed beneath you, and worms are your covers.	All your pomp has been brought down to the grave, along with the noise of your harps; maggots are spread out beneath you and worms cover you.
12	How is it that you have fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, who used to rise like the sun? How is it that you have fallen to the earth, you who wounded the peoples?	“How you are fallen from heaven, O Day Star, son of Dawn! How you are cut down to the ground, you who laid the nations low!	How you have fallen from heaven, morning star, son of the dawn! You have been cast down to the earth, you who once laid low the nations!
13	And you said in your heart: ‘I will climb up to heaven. I will exalt my throne above the stars of God. I will be enthroned upon the mountain of the covenant, on the northern parts.	You said in your heart, ‘I will ascend to heaven; above the stars of God I will set my throne on high; I will sit on the mount of assembly in the far reaches of the north;	You said in your heart, “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God; I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly, on the utmost heights of Mount Zaphon.
14	I will ascend above the tops of the clouds. I will be like the Most High.’	I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.’	I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.”
15	Yet truly, you shall be dragged down to Hell, into the depths of the pit.	But you are brought down to Sheol, to the far reaches of the pit.	But you are brought down to the realm of the dead, to the depths of the pit.
16	Those who see you, will lean toward you, and will gaze upon you, saying: ‘Could this be the man who disturbed the earth, who shook kingdoms,	Those who see you will stare at you and ponder over you: ‘Is this the man who made the earth tremble, who shook kingdoms,	Those who see you stare at you, they ponder your fate: “Is this the man who shook the earth and made kingdoms tremble,
17	who made the world into a desert and destroyed its cities, who would not even open a prison for his prisoners?’ ”	who made the world like a desert and overthrew its cities, who did not let his prisoners go home?’	the man who made the world a wilderness, who overthrew its cities and would not let his captives go home?”
18	All the kings of the nations throughout the whole world have slept in glory, each man in his own house.	All the kings of the nations lie in glory, each in his own tomb;	All the kings of the nations lie in state, each in his own tomb.
19	But you have been rejected from your grave, like a useless polluted plant, and you have been bound up with those who were slain by the sword, and who descended to the bottom of the pit, like a rotting carcass.	but you are cast out, away from your grave, like a loathed branch, clothed with the slain, those pierced by the sword, who go down to the stones of the pit, like a dead body trampled underfoot.	But you are cast out of your tomb like a rejected branch; you are covered with the slain, with those pierced by the sword, those who descend to the stones of the pit. Like a corpse trampled underfoot,
20	You will not be associated with them, even in the grave. For you have destroyed your own land; you have slain your own people. The offspring of the wicked ones will not be called upon for eternity.	You will not be joined with them in burial, because you have destroyed your land, you have slain your people. “May the offspring of evildoers nevermore be named!	you will not join them in burial, for you have destroyed your land and killed your people. Let the offspring of the wicked never be mentioned again.
21	Prepare his sons for the slaughter, according to the iniquity of their fathers. They will not rise up, nor inherit the earth, nor fill the face of the world with cities.	Prepare slaughter for his sons because of the guilt of their fathers, lest they rise and possess the earth, and fill the face of the world with cities.”	Prepare a place to slaughter his children for the sins of their ancestors; they are not to rise to inherit the land and cover the earth with their cities.
22	But I will rise up against them, says the Lord of hosts. And I will perish the name of Babylon and its remnants: both the plant and its progeny, says the Lord.	“I will rise up against them,” declares the LORD of hosts, “and will cut off from Babylon name and remnant, descendants and posterity,” declares the LORD.	“I will rise up against them,” declares the LORD Almighty. “I will wipe out Babylon’s name and survivors, her offspring and descendants,” declares the LORD.
23	And I will appoint it as a possession for the hedgehog, with swamps of water. And I will sweep it out and wear it away with a brush, says the Lord of hosts.	“And I will make it a possession of the hedgehog, and pools of water, and I will sweep it with the broom of destruction,” declares the LORD of hosts.	“I will turn her into a place for owls and into swampland; I will sweep her with the broom of destruction,” declares the LORD Almighty.
24	The Lord of hosts has sworn, saying: Surely, just as I have considered it, so shall it be, and in the same manner as I have drawn it through my mind,	The LORD of hosts has sworn: “As I have planned, so shall it be, and as I have purposed, so shall it stand,	The LORD Almighty has sworn, “Surely, as I have planned, so it will be, and as I have purposed, so it will happen.
25	so shall it occur. So shall I crush the Assyrian in my land, and I will trample him upon my mountains, and his yoke will be taken away from them, and his burden will be removed from their shoulder.	that I will break the Assyrian in my land, and on my mountains trample him underfoot; and his yoke shall depart from them, and his burden from their shoulder.”	I will crush the Assyrian in my land; on my mountains I will trample him down. His yoke will be taken from my people, and his burden removed from their shoulders.”
26	This is the plan that I have decided, concerning the entire earth, and this is the hand which is extended over all the nations.	This is the purpose that is purposed concerning the whole earth, and this is the hand that is stretched out over all the nations.	This is the plan determined for the whole world; this is the hand stretched out over all nations.
27	For the Lord of hosts has decreed it, and who is able to weaken it? And his hand is extended, so who can avert it?	For the LORD of hosts has purposed, and who will annul it? His hand is stretched out, and who will turn it back?	For the LORD Almighty has purposed, and who can thwart him? His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back?
28	In the year in which king Ahaz died, this burden was given:	In the year that King Ahaz died came this oracle:	This prophecy came in the year King Ahaz died:
29	You should not rejoice, all you of Philistia, that the rod of him who struck you has been crushed. For from the root of the serpent will go forth a king snake, and his offspring will engulf that which flies.	Rejoice not, O Philistia, all of you, that the rod that struck you is broken, for from the serpent’s root will come forth an adder, and its fruit will be a flying fiery serpent.	Do not rejoice, all you Philistines, that the rod that struck you is broken; from the root of that snake will spring up a viper, its fruit will be a darting, venomous serpent.
30	And the firstborn of the poor will be pastured, and the poor will rest in faithfulness. And I will cause your root to pass away by famine, and I will put to death your remnant.	And the firstborn of the poor will graze, and the needy lie down in safety; but I will kill your root with famine, and your remnant it will slay.	The poorest of the poor will find pasture, and the needy will lie down in safety. But your root I will destroy by famine; it will slay your survivors.
31	Wail, O gate! Cry out, O city! All of Philistia has been prostrated. For a smoke will arrive from the north, and there is no one who will escape his army.	Wail, O gate; cry out, O city; melt in fear, O Philistia, all of you! For smoke comes out of the north, and there is no straggler in his ranks.	Wail, you gate! Howl, you city! Melt away, all you Philistines! A cloud of smoke comes from the north, and there is not a straggler in its ranks.
32	And what will be the response to this news among the nations? It will be that the Lord has established Zion, and that the poor of his people will hope in him.	What will one answer the messengers of the nation? “The LORD has founded Zion, and in her the afflicted of his people find refuge.”	What answer shall be given to the envoys of that nation? “The LORD has established Zion, and in her his afflicted people will find refuge.”
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