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1 For YHWH loves Jacob, || And has fixed again on Israel, || And given them rest on their own land, || And the sojourner has been joined to them, || And they have been admitted to the house of Jacob. 2 And peoples have taken them, || And have brought them to their place, || And the house of Israel has inherited them, || On the land of YHWH, || For menservants and for maidservants, || And they have been captors of their captors, || And have ruled over their exactors. 3 And it has come to pass, || In the day of YHWH’s giving rest to you, || From your grief, and from your trouble, || And from the sharp bondage, || That has been served on you, 4 That you have taken up this allegory || Concerning the king of Babylon, and said, “How the exactor has ceased, 5 The golden one has ceased. YHWH has broken the staff of the wicked, || The scepter of rulers. 6 He who is striking peoples in wrath, || A striking without intermission, || He who is ruling nations in anger, || Pursuing without restraint! 7 At rest—all the earth has been quiet, || They have broken forth [into] singing. Isaiah 14:1-7, Literal Standard Version. Copyright © 2020 Covenant Press.
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