Forthe LORDwill have mercyon Jacob, and will yetchooseIsrael, and setthem intheir own land: and the strangersshall be joinedwiththem, and they shall cleavetothe houseof Jacob. And the peopleshall takethem, and bringthem totheir place: and the houseof Israelshall possessthem inthe landof the LORDfor servantsand handmaids: and they shall takethem captives, whose captivesthey were; and they shall rule overtheir oppressors. And it shall come to passin the daythat the LORDshall give thee restfrom thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and fromthe hardbondagewhereinthou wast made to serve, That thou shalt take upthisproverbagainstthe kingof Babylon, and say, Howhath the oppressorceased! the golden cityceased! The LORDhath brokenthe staffof the wicked, and the scepterof the rulers. He who smotethe peoplein wrathwith a continual stroke, he that ruledthe nationsin anger, is persecuted, and nonehindereth. The wholeearthis at rest, and is quiet: they break forthinto singing. Yea, the fir treesrejoiceat thee, and the cedarsof Lebanon, saying , Sincethou art laid down, nofelleris come upagainstus. Hellfrom beneathis movedfor thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth upthe deadfor thee, even allthe chief onesof the earth; it hath raised upfrom their thronesallthe kingsof the nations. Allthey shall speakand sayunto thee, Art thoualsobecome weakas we? art thou become likeuntous? Thy pompis brought downto the grave, and the noiseof thy viols: the wormis spreadunderthee, and the wormscoverthee. Howart thou fallenfrom heaven, O Lucifer, sonof the morning! how art thou cut downto the ground, which didst weakenthe nations! For thouhast saidin thine heart, I will ascendinto heaven, I will exaltmy throneabovethe starsof God: I will sitalso upon the mountof the congregation, in the sidesof the north: I will ascendabovethe heightsof the clouds; I will be likethe most High. Yetthou shalt be brought downtohell, tothe sidesof the pit. They that seethee shall narrowly lookuponthee, and considerthee, saying, Is thisthe manthat made the earthto tremble, that did shakekingdoms; That madethe worldas a wilderness, and destroyedthe citiesthereof; that openednotthe houseof his prisoners? Allthe kingsof the nations, even allof them, liein glory, every onein his own house. But thouart castout of thy gravelike an abominablebranch, and as the raimentof those that are slain, thrust throughwith a sword, that go downtothe stonesof the pit; as a carcasstrodden under feet. Thou shalt notbe joinedwiththem in burial, becausethou hast destroyedthy land, and slainthy people: the seedof evildoersshall neverbe renowned. Prepareslaughterfor his childrenfor the iniquityof their fathers; that they do notrise, nor possessthe land, nor fillthe faceof the worldwith cities. For I will rise upagainstthem, saiththe LORDof hosts, and cut offfrom Babylonthe name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saiththe LORD. I will also makeit a possessionfor the bittern, and poolsof water: and I will sweepit with the broomof destruction, saiththe LORDof hosts. The LORDof hostshath sworn, saying, SurelyasI have thought, soshall it come to pass; and asI have purposed, so shall itstand: That I will breakthe Assyrianin my land, and uponmy mountainstread him under foot: then shall his yokedepartfrom offthem, and his burdendepartfrom offtheir shoulders. This is the purposethat is purposeduponthe wholeearth: and this is the handthat is stretched outuponallthe nations. Forthe LORDof hostshath purposed, and whoshall disannul it ? and his hand is stretched out, and whoshall turn it back? In the yearthat kingAhazdiedwasthisburden. Rejoicenotthou, wholePhilistia, becausethe rodof him thatsmotethee is broken: for out of the serpent's rootshall come fortha cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent. And the firstbornof the poorshall feed, and the needyshall lie downin safety: and I will killthy rootwith famine, and he shall slaythy remnant. Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, wholePhilistia, art dissolved: forthere shall comefrom the northa smoke, and none shall be alonein his appointed times. Whatshall one then answerthe messengersof the nation? Thatthe LORDhath foundedZion, and the poorof his peopleshall trustin it.