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Isaiah 14

32 aligned verses; 32 with wording or punctuation differences .

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For Yahweh will have compassion on Jacob , and will yet choose Israel , and set them in their own land : and the foreigner shall join himself with them , and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.
For the LORD will have compassion on Jacob ; once again He will choose Israel and settle them in their own land . The foreigner will join them and unite with the house of Jacob.
The peoples shall take them, and bring them to their place; and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of Yahweh for servants and for handmaids: and they shall take them captive whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.
The nations will escort Israel and bring it to its homeland. Then the house of Israel will possess the nations as menservants and maidservants in the LORD’s land . They will make captives of their captors and rule over their oppressors.
It shall happen in the day that Yahweh shall give you rest from your sorrow, and from your trouble , and from the hard service in which you were made to serve ,
On the day that the LORD gives you rest from your pain and torment , and from the hard labor into which you were forced ,
that you shall take up this parable against the king of Babylon , and say, How has the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!
you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon : How the oppressor has ceased , and how his fury has ended !
Yahweh has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers ;
The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers .
who struck the peoples in wrath with a continual stroke, who ruled the nations in anger, with a persecution that none restrained .
It struck the peoples in anger with unceasing blows; it subdued the nations in rage with relentless persecution.
The whole earth is at rest, [ and ] is quiet: they break forth into singing .
All the earth is at peace and at rest; they break out in song .
Yes, the fir trees rejoice at you, [ and ] the cedars of Lebanon , [saying], Since you are laid low, no lumberjack is come up against us.
Even the cypresses and cedars of Lebanon exult over you: Since you have been laid low, no woodcutter comes against us.
Sheol from beneath is moved for you to meet you at your coming; it stirs up the dead for you , even all the chief ones of the earth ; it has raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
Sheol beneath is eager to meet you upon your arrival. It stirs the spirits of the dead to greet you all the rulers of the earth . It makes all the kings of the nations rise from their thrones .
All they shall answer and tell you, Are you also become weak as we ? are you become like us ?
They will all respond to you, saying, You too have become weak , as we are ; you have become like us !”
Your pomp is brought down to Sheol, [and] the noise of your viols: the worm is spread under you, and worms cover you .
Your pomp has been brought down to Sheol, along with the music of your harps. Maggots are your bed and worms your blanket .
How you are fallen from heaven, day - star, son of the morning ! How you are cut down to the ground, who laid the nations low!
How you have fallen from heaven, O day star, son of the dawn ! You have been cut down to the ground, O destroyer of nations .
You said in your heart , I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God ; and I will sit on the mountain of congregation , in the uttermost parts 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 on the mount of assembly , in the far reaches of the north .
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.
Yet you shall be brought down to Sheol, to the uttermost parts of the pit.
But you will be brought down to Sheol, to the lowest depths of the Pit.
Those who see you shall gaze at you, they shall consider you, [saying], " Is this the man who made the earth to tremble, who shook kingdoms;
Those who see you will stare; they will ponder your fate: Is this the man who shook the earth and made the kingdoms tremble,
who made the world as a wilderness, and overthrew the cities of it; who didn't let loose his prisoners to their home ? "
who turned the world into a desert and destroyed its cities , who refused to let the captives return to their homes ?
All the kings of the nations , all of them, sleep in glory , everyone in his own house .
All the kings of the nations lie in state , each in his own tomb .
But you are cast forth away from your tomb like an abominable branch, clothed with the slain , who are thrust through with the sword, who go down to the stones of the pit ; as a dead body trodden under foot .
But you are cast out of your grave like a rejected branch, covered by those slain with the sword, and dumped into a rocky pit like a carcass trampled underfoot .
You shall not be joined with them in burial, because you have destroyed your land , you have killed your people ; the seed of evil-doers shall not be named forever .
You will not join them in burial, since you have destroyed your land and slaughtered your own people . The offspring of the wicked will never again be mentioned .
Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers, that they not rise up , and possess the earth , and fill the surface of the world with cities.
Prepare a place to slaughter his sons for the iniquities of their forefathers. They will never rise up to possess a land or cover the earth with their cities.
I will rise up against them, says Yahweh of Hosts , and cut off from Babylon name and remnant, and son and son's son , says Yahweh .
I will rise up against them, declares the LORD of Hosts . “I will cut off from Babylon her name and her remnant, her offspring and her posterity , declares the LORD .
I will also make it a possession for the porcupine, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the broom of destruction, says Yahweh of Hosts.
I will make her a place for owls and for swamplands; I will sweep her away with the broom of destruction, declares the LORD of Hosts.
Yahweh of Hosts has sworn , saying, Surely, as I have thought , so shall it happen ; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand :
The LORD of Hosts has sworn : Surely, as I have planned , so will it be ; as I have purposed, so will it stand .
that I will break the Assyrian in my land , and on my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them , and his burden depart from off their shoulder .
I will break Assyria in My land ; I will trample him on My mountain. His yoke will be taken off My people , and his burden removed from their shoulders .
This is the purpose that is purposed on the whole earth ; and this is the hand that is stretched out on all the nations.
This is the plan devised for the whole earth , and this is the hand stretched out over all the nations.
For Yahweh of Hosts has purposed, and who shall annul it ? and his hand is stretched out , and who shall turn it back?
The LORD of Hosts has purposed, and who can thwart Him ? His hand is outstretched , so who can turn it back?
In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden .
In the year that King Ahaz died , this burden was received:
Don't rejoice, O Philistia, all of you, because the rod that struck you is broken ; for out of the serpent's root shall come forth an adder , and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.
Do not rejoice, all you Philistines , that the rod that struck you is broken . For a viper will spring from the root of the snake , and a flying serpent from its egg .
The firstborn of the poor shall feed , and the needy shall lie down in safety ; and I will kill your root with famine, and your remnant shall be killed .
Then the firstborn of the poor will find pasture , and the needy will lie down in safety , but I will kill your root by famine, and your remnant will be slain .
Howl , gate ; cry, city ; you are melted away, Philistia, all of you ; for there comes a smoke out of the north, and there is no straggler in his ranks.
Wail , O gate ! Cry out , O city ! Melt away, all you Philistines! For a cloud of smoke comes from the north, and there are no stragglers in its ranks.
What then shall one answer the messengers of the nation? That Yahweh has founded Zion, and in her shall the afflicted of his people take refuge.
What answer will be given to the envoys of that nation? “The LORD has founded Zion, where His afflicted people will find refuge.

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