<vn='1'><sn="3588">For</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> will have <sn="7355">mercy</s> on <sn="*853"></s><sn="3290">Jacob</s>, and will <sn="5750">yet</s><sn="977">choose</s><sn="3478">Israel</s>, and <sn="5117">set</s> them <sn="5921">in</s> their own <sn="127">land</s>: and the <sn="1616">strangers</s> shall be <sn="3867">joined</s><sn="5921">with</s> them, and they shall <sn="5596">cleave</s><sn="5921">to</s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3290">Jacob</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>And the <sn="5971">people</s> shall <sn="3947">take</s> them, and <sn="935">bring</s> them <sn="413">to</s> their <sn="4725">place</s>: and the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> shall <sn="5157">possess</s> them <sn="5921">in</s> the <sn="127">land</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> for <sn="5650">servants</s> and <sn="8198">handmaids</s>: and they shall <sn="1961">take</s> them <sn="7617">captives</s>, whose <sn="7617">captives</s> they were; and they shall rule <sn="7287">over</s> their <sn="5065">oppressors</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>And it shall come to <sn="1961">pass</s> in the <sn="3117">day</s> that the <sn="3068">LORD</s> shall give thee <sn="5117">rest</s> from thy <sn="4480 6090">sorrow</s>, and from thy <sn="4480 7267">fear</s>, and <sn="4480">from</s> the <sn="7186">hard</s><sn="5656">bondage</s><sn="834">wherein</s> thou wast made to <sn="5647">serve</s>, </v>
<vn='4'>That thou shalt take <sn="5375">up</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="4912">proverb</s><sn="5921">against</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s>, and <sn="559">say</s>, <sn="349">How</s> hath the <sn="5065">oppressor</s><sn="7673">ceased</s>! the golden <sn="4062">city</s><sn="7673">ceased</s>! </v>
<vn='5'>The <sn="3068">LORD</s> hath <sn="7665">broken</s> the <sn="4294">staff</s> of the <sn="7563">wicked</s>, and the <sn="7626">scepter</s> of the <sn="4910">rulers</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>He who <sn="5221">smote</s> the <sn="5971">people</s> in <sn="5678">wrath</s> with a continual <sn="1115 5627 4347">stroke</s>, he that <sn="7287">ruled</s> the <sn="1471">nations</s> in <sn="639">anger</s>, is <sn="4783">persecuted</s>, and <sn="1097">none</s><sn="2820">hindereth</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>The <sn="3605">whole</s><sn="776">earth</s> is at <sn="5117">rest</s>, and is <sn="8252">quiet</s>: they break <sn="6476">forth</s> into <sn="7440">singing</s>. </v>
<vn='8'><sn="1571">Yea</s>, the fir <sn="1265">trees</s><sn="8055">rejoice</s> at thee, and the <sn="730">cedars</s> of <sn="3844">Lebanon</s>, saying, <sn="4480 227">Since</s> thou art laid <sn="7901">down</s>, <sn="3808">no</s><sn="3772">feller</s> is come <sn="5927">up</s><sn="5921">against</s> us. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="7585">Hell</s> from <sn="4480 8478">beneath</s> is <sn="7264">moved</s> for thee to <sn="7122">meet</s> thee at thy <sn="935">coming</s>: it stirreth <sn="5782">up</s> the <sn="7496">dead</s> for thee, even <sn="3605">all</s> the chief <sn="6260">ones</s> of the <sn="776">earth</s>; it hath raised <sn="6965">up</s> from their <sn="4480 3678">thrones</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="4428">kings</s> of the <sn="1471">nations</s>. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="3605">All</s> they shall <sn="6030">speak</s> and <sn="559">say</s> unto thee, Art <sn="859">thou</s><sn="1571">also</s> become <sn="2470">weak</s> as we? art thou become <sn="4911">like</s><sn="413">unto</s> us? </v>
<vn='11'>Thy <sn="1347">pomp</s> is brought <sn="3381">down</s> to the <sn="7585">grave</s>, and the <sn="1998">noise</s> of thy <sn="5035">viols</s>: the <sn="7415">worm</s> is <sn="3331">spread</s><sn="8478">under</s> thee, and the <sn="8438">worms</s><sn="4374">cover</s> thee. </v>
<vn='12'><sn="349">How</s> art thou <sn="5307">fallen</s> from <sn="4480 8064">heaven</s>, O <sn="1966">Lucifer</s>, <sn="1121">son</s> of the <sn="7837">morning</s>! how art thou cut <sn="1438">down</s> to the <sn="776">ground</s>, which didst <sn="2522 5921">weaken</s> the <sn="1471">nations</s>! </v>
<vn='13'>For <sn="859">thou</s> hast <sn="559">said</s> in thine <sn="3824">heart</s>, I will <sn="5927">ascend</s> into <sn="8064">heaven</s>, I will <sn="7311">exalt</s> my <sn="3678">throne</s><sn="4480 4605">above</s> the <sn="3556">stars</s> of <sn="410">God</s>: I will <sn="3427">sit</s> also upon the <sn="2022">mount</s> of the <sn="4150">congregation</s>, in the <sn="3411">sides</s> of the <sn="6828">north</s>: </v>
<vn='14'>I will <sn="5927">ascend</s><sn="5921">above</s> the <sn="1116">heights</s> of the <sn="5645">clouds</s>; I will be <sn="1819">like</s> the most <sn="5945">High</s>. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="389">Yet</s> thou shalt be brought <sn="3381">down</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="7585">hell</s>, <sn="413">to</s> the <sn="3411">sides</s> of the <sn="953">pit</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>They that <sn="7200">see</s> thee shall narrowly <sn="7688">look</s><sn="413">upon</s> thee, and <sn="995">consider</s> thee, saying, Is <sn="2088">this</s> the <sn="376">man</s> that made the <sn="776">earth</s> to <sn="7264">tremble</s>, that did <sn="7493">shake</s><sn="4467">kingdoms</s>; </v>
<vn='17'> That <sn="7760">made</s> the <sn="8398">world</s> as a <sn="4057">wilderness</s>, and <sn="2040">destroyed</s> the <sn="5892">cities</s> thereof; that <sn="6605">opened</s><sn="3808">not</s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of his <sn="615">prisoners</s>? </v>
<vn='18'><sn="3605">All</s> the <sn="4428">kings</s> of the <sn="1471">nations</s>, even <sn="3605">all</s> of them, <sn="7901">lie</s> in <sn="3519">glory</s>, every <sn="376">one</s> in his own <sn="1004">house</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>But <sn="859">thou</s> art <sn="7993">cast</s> out of thy <sn="4480 6913">grave</s> like an <sn="8581">abominable</s><sn="5342">branch</s>, and as the <sn="3830">raiment</s> of those that are <sn="2026">slain</s>, thrust <sn="2944">through</s> with a <sn="2719">sword</s>, that go <sn="3381">down</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="68">stones</s> of the <sn="953">pit</s>; as a <sn="6297">carcass</s> trodden under <sn="947">feet</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>Thou shalt <sn="3808">not</s> be <sn="3161">joined</s><sn="854">with</s> them in <sn="6900">burial</s>, <sn="3588">because</s> thou hast <sn="7843">destroyed</s> thy <sn="776">land</s>, and <sn="2026">slain</s> thy <sn="5971">people</s>: the <sn="2233">seed</s> of <sn="7489">evildoers</s> shall <sn="3808 5769">never</s> be <sn="7121">renowned</s>. </v>
<vn='21'><sn="3559">Prepare</s><sn="4293">slaughter</s> for his <sn="1121">children</s> for the <sn="5771">iniquity</s> of their <sn="1">fathers</s>; that they do <sn="1077">not</s><sn="6965">rise</s>, nor <sn="3423">possess</s> the <sn="776">land</s>, nor <sn="4390">fill</s> the <sn="6440">face</s> of the <sn="8398">world</s> with <sn="5892">cities</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>For I will rise <sn="6965">up</s><sn="5921">against</s> them, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>, and cut <sn="3772">off</s> from <sn="894">Babylon</s> the <sn="8034">name</s>, and <sn="7605">remnant</s>, and <sn="5209">son</s>, and <sn="5220">nephew</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>I will also <sn="7760">make</s> it a <sn="4180">possession</s> for the <sn="7090">bittern</s>, and <sn="98">pools</s> of <sn="4325">water</s>: and I will <sn="2894">sweep</s> it with the <sn="4292">broom</s> of <sn="8045">destruction</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>. </v>
<vn='24'>The <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s> hath <sn="7650">sworn</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="518 3808">Surely</s><sn="834">as</s> I have <sn="1819">thought</s>, <sn="3651">so</s> shall it come to <sn="1961">pass</s>; and <sn="834">as</s> I have <sn="3289">purposed</s>, so shall <sn="1931">it</s><sn="6965">stand</s>: </v>
<vn='25'>That I will <sn="7665">break</s> the <sn="804">Assyrian</s> in my <sn="776">land</s>, and <sn="5921">upon</s> my <sn="2022">mountains</s> tread him under <sn="947">foot</s>: then shall his <sn="5923">yoke</s><sn="5493">depart</s> from <sn="4480 5921">off</s> them, and his <sn="5448">burden</s><sn="5493">depart</s> from <sn="4480 5921">off</s> their <sn="7926">shoulders</s>. </v>
<vn='26'><sn="2063">This</s> is the <sn="6098">purpose</s> that is <sn="3289">purposed</s><sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="3605">whole</s><sn="776">earth</s>: and <sn="2063">this</s> is the <sn="3027">hand</s> that is stretched <sn="5186">out</s><sn="5921">upon</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="1471">nations</s>. </v>
<vn='27'><sn="3588">For</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s> hath <sn="3289">purposed</s>, and <sn="4310">who</s> shall <sn="6565">disannul</s> it? and his <sn="3027">hand</s> is stretched <sn="5186">out</s>, and <sn="4310">who</s> shall turn it <sn="7725">back</s>? </v>
<vn='28'>In the <sn="8141">year</s> that <sn="4428">king</s><sn="271">Ahaz</s><sn="4194">died</s><sn="1961">was</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="4853">burden</s>. </v>
<vn='29'><sn="8055">Rejoice</s><sn="408">not</s> thou, <sn="3605">whole</s><sn="6429">Philistia</s>, <sn="3588">because</s> the <sn="7626">rod</s> of him <sn="3588">that</s><sn="5221">smote</s> thee is <sn="7665">broken</s>: for out of the serpent's <sn="4480 8328 5175">root</s> shall come <sn="3318">forth</s> a <sn="6848">cockatrice</s>, and his <sn="6529">fruit</s> shall be a fiery flying <sn="8314 5774">serpent</s>. </v>
<vn='30'>And the <sn="1060">firstborn</s> of the <sn="1800">poor</s> shall <sn="7462">feed</s>, and the <sn="34">needy</s> shall lie <sn="7257">down</s> in <sn="983">safety</s>: and I will <sn="4191">kill</s> thy <sn="8328">root</s> with <sn="7458">famine</s>, and he shall <sn="2026">slay</s> thy <sn="7611">remnant</s>. </v>
<vn='31'><sn="3213">Howl</s>, O <sn="8179">gate</s>; <sn="2199">cry</s>, O <sn="5892">city</s>; thou, <sn="3605">whole</s><sn="6429">Philistia</s>, art <sn="4127">dissolved</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> there shall <sn="935">come</s> from the <sn="4480 6828">north</s> a <sn="6227">smoke</s>, and <sn="369">none</s> shall be <sn="909">alone</s> in his appointed <sn="4151">times</s>. </v>
<vn='32'><sn="4100">What</s> shall one then <sn="6030">answer</s> the <sn="4397">messengers</s> of the <sn="1471">nation</s>? <sn="3588">That</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> hath <sn="3245">founded</s><sn="6726">Zion</s>, and the <sn="6041">poor</s> of his <sn="5971">people</s> shall <sn="2620">trust</s> in it. </v>