Isaiah 14
King James Bible: Purple Letter EditionERP 
1For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land; and the sojourners shall be joined with them, and they shall cling {cleave} to the house of Jacob. 2And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place; and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD for servants and handmaids. And they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors. 3And 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 in which {wherein} thou wast made to serve,

4That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! The golden city ceased! 5The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the scepter of the rulers. 6He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he who ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth. 7The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet; they break forth into singing. 8Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid down, no hewer {feller} is come up against us. 9Sheol {hell} from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming; it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations. 10All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? Art thou become like unto us? 11Thy pomp is brought down to sheol {the grave}, and the noise of thy lutes {viols}; the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee. 12How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How art thou cut down to the ground, who didst weaken the nations! 13For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north, 14I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High. 15Yet thou shalt be brought down to sheol {hell}, to the sides of the pit. 16They who see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man who made the earth to tremble, who did shake kingdoms, 17Who made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed its {the} cities {thereof}; who opened not the house of his prisoners? 18All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house. 19But thou art cast out of thy sepulcher {grave} like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcass trampled {trodden} under feet. 20Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people; the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned. 21Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers, that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities. 22For I will rise up against them, saith the LORD of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith the LORD. 23I will also make it a possession for the porcupine {bittern}, and pools of water; and I will sweep it with the broom {besom} of destruction, saith the LORD of hosts.

24The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand: 25That I will break the Assyrian in My land, and upon My mountains tread him under foot; then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders. 26This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth, and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations. 27For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? And His hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?

28In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden. 29Rejoice not thou, O {whole} Philistia, because the rod of him who smote thee is broken; for out of the serpent's root shall come forth an adder {a cockatrice}, and his fruit shall be a fiery, flying serpent. 30And the first-born of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety; and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay thy remnant. 31Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, O {whole} Philistia, art dissolved; for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall be alone in his appointed times. 32What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD hath founded Zion, and the poor of His people shall trust in it.

King James Bible: Purple Letter Edition
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