1	For the LORD will have mercy# on Jacob, and will yet choose# Israel, and set# them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined# with them, and they shall cleave# to the house of Jacob.
			2	And 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# . [whose...: Heb. that had taken them captives]
			3	And 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 wherein thou wast made to serve# ,
			4	That thou shalt take up# this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say# , How hath the oppressor# ceased# ! the golden city ceased# ! [proverb: or, taunting speech] [golden...: or, exactress of gold]
			5	The LORD hath broken# the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers# .
			6	He who smote# the people in wrath with a continual# stroke, he that ruled# the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth# . [a continual...: Heb. a stroke without removing]
			7	The whole earth is at rest# , and is quiet# : they break forth# into singing.
			8	Yea, the fir trees rejoice# at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying , Since thou art laid down# , no feller# is come up# against us.
			9	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. [Hell: or, The grave] [chief...: Heb. leaders, or, great goats]
			10	All they shall speak# and say# unto thee, Art thou also become weak# as we? art thou become like# unto us?
			11	Thy pomp is brought down# to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread# under thee, and the worms cover thee.
			12	How art thou fallen# from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning# # # ! how art thou cut down# to the ground, which didst weaken# the nations! [O Lucifer: or, O day star]
			13	For 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:
			14	I will ascend# above the heights of the clouds; I will be like# the most High.
			15	Yet thou shalt be brought down# to hell, to the sides of the pit.
			16	They that see# thee shall narrowly look# upon thee, and consider# thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble# , that did shake# kingdoms;
			17	That made# the world as a wilderness, and destroyed# the cities thereof; that opened# not the house of his prisoners? [opened...: or, did not let his prisoners loose homeward?]
			18	All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie# in glory, every one in his own house.
			19	But thou art cast out# of thy 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 carcase trodden under feet# .
			20	Thou 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# .
			21	Prepare# 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# # .
			22	For 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.
			23	I will also make# it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep# it with the besom of destruction# , saith# the LORD of hosts.
			24	The 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# :
			25	That 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.
			26	This is the purpose that is purposed# upon the whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched out# upon all the nations.
			27	For the LORD of hosts hath purposed# , and who shall disannul# it ? and his hand is stretched out# , and who shall turn it back# ?
			28	In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden.
			29	Rejoice# not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote# thee is broken# : for out of the serpent's root shall come forth# a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery# flying# serpent. [cockatrice: or, adder]
			30	And the firstborn 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.
			31	Howl# , O gate; cry# , O city; thou, whole Palestina, art dissolved# : for there shall come# from the north a smoke, and none shall be alone# in his appointed times. [none...: or, he shall not be alone] [appointed...: or, assemblies]
			32	What 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. [trust...: or, betake themselves unto it]