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He will settle them in their own land, and foreigners will join them, affiliating themselves with the house of Jacob. <a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/14-2.htm">2</a>Many<a href="#ftn" title="14:2 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX lack Many">a</a> nations will take them and bring them to their land and<a href="#ftn" title="14:2 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read and to">b</a> their own place. The house of Israel will put those nations<a href="#ftn" title="14:2 Lit. put them">c</a> to conscripted labor<a href="#ftn" title="14:2 Lit. to male and female slavery">d</a> in the LORD’s land. They will take captive those who were their captors, and will rule continually<a href="#ftn" title="14:2 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsac LXX MT read rule">e</a> over those who oppressed them. <a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/14-3.htm">3</a>At the time,<a href="#ftn" title="14:3 Lit. day">f</a> when the LORD gives you rest from your suffering, turmoil, and the cruel bondage which they forced you to serve,<a href="#ftn" title="14:3 So 1QIsaa 4QIsae; MT LXX read which you were forced to serve ">g</a> <a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/14-4.htm">4</a>you will lift up this song of mockery against<a href="#ftn" title="14:4 So 1QIsaa MT LXX; 4QIsae reads to">h</a> the king of Babylon: “How the oppressor has come to an end! How the attacker<a href="#ftn" title="14:4 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads. the golden city">i</a> has ceased! <a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/14-5.htm">5</a>The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of rulers, <a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/14-6.htm">6</a>that struck down peoples in anger with unceasing blows, that oppressed nations in fury with relentless persecution. <a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/14-7.htm">7</a>The entire earth is at rest and peace; its inhabitants<a href="#ftn" title="14:7 Lit. they">j</a> break into song. <a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/14-8.htm">8</a>Even the cypresses rejoice over you, as do<a href="#ftn" title="14:8 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX lack as do">k</a> the cedars of Lebanon, saying, ‘Now that you’ve been laid low, no woodcutter comes up against us.’<a href="#ftn" title="14:8 So 1QIsaa MT LXX; 4QIsae reads against them">l</a> <a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/14-9.htm">9</a>“The afterlife<a href="#ftn" title="14:9 Lit. Sheol, i.e. the realm of the dead">m</a> below is all astir to meet you when you arrive;<a href="#ftn" title="14:9 Lit. at your coming">n</a> it rouses up the spirits of the dead to greet you— everyone who used to be world leaders. It has raised up from their thrones all who used to be kings of the nations. <a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/14-10.htm">10</a>In answer, all of them<a href="#ftn" title="14:10 So 1QIsaa MT LXX; 4QIsae lacks of them">o</a> will tell you, ‘You’ve also become as weak as we are! You have become just like us!’ <a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/14-11.htm">11</a>Your<a href="#ftn" title="14:11 1QIsaa reads The; MT LXX lack Your">p</a> pomp has been brought down to Sheol,<a href="#ftn" title="14:11 i.e. the realm of the dead">q</a> along with the noise of your harps. Maggots are spread out beneath you, and worms are your covering.”<a href="#ftn" title="14:11 So LXX; MT reads and a worm covers you">r</a> The Fall of the Day Star<a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/14-12.htm">12</a>“How you have fallen from heaven, Day Star, son of the Dawn!<a href="#ftn" title="14:12 i.e. Lucifer">s</a> How you have been thrown down to earth, you who laid low the nation!<a href="#ftn" title="14:12 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsae MT read the nations; LXX reads all the nations">t</a> <a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/14-13.htm">13</a>You said in your heart, ‘I’ll ascend to heaven, above the stars of God. I’ll erect my throne; I’ll sit<a href="#ftn" title="14:13 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads and I will sit">u</a> on the Mount of Assembly in the far reaches of the north;<a href="#ftn" title="14:13 Lit. Zaphon; or the Sacred Mountain">v</a> <a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/14-14.htm">14</a>I’ll ascend above the tops of the clouds; I’ll make myself like the Most High.’ <a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/14-15.htm">15</a>But you are brought down to join the dead,<a href="#ftn" title="14:15 Lit. to Sheol, i.e. the realm of the dead">w</a> to the far reaches of the Pit.<a href="#ftn" title="14:15 i.e. the realm of punishment in the afterlife">x</a> <a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/14-16.htm">16</a>“Those who see you will stare at you. They will wonder about you: ‘Is this the man who<a href="#ftn" title="14:16 So 1QIsaa LXX; the Heb. lacks who">y</a> made the earth tremble, who made kingdoms quake, <a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/14-17.htm">17</a>who made the world like a desert, who<a href="#ftn" title="14:17 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read and who">z</a> destroyed its cities, who would not open the jails for his prisoners?’ <a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/14-18.htm">18</a>All the kings of the nations lie<a href="#ftn" title="14:18 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads nations, every one of them lies">aa</a> in state, each in his own tomb. <a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/14-19.htm">19</a>But you are cast away from your grave, like a repulsive branch, your clothing is the slain, those pierced by the sword; those who go down to the Pit.<a href="#ftn" title="14:19 So 1QIsaa; i.e. to the realm of punishment in the afterlife; LXX reads to Hades; 1QIsaa corrector MT read to the stones of the Pit">bb</a> Like a dead body trampled underfoot, <a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/14-20.htm">20</a>you will not be united<a href="#ftn" title="14:20 So 1QIsaa; Lit. under; MT reads joined">cc</a> with them<a href="#ftn" title="14:20 i.e. with the dead">dd</a> in burial, for you have destroyed your land, you have slain your people. People will never mention the descendants of those who practice evil again!<a href="#ftn" title="14:20 So 1QIsaa; MT reads May the descendants of those who practice of evil never be mentioned again!; LXX reads May you not remain forever, you evil seed!">ee</a> <a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/14-21.htm">21</a>Prepare a massacre for his sons because of the guilt of their forefathers! They are not to rise and inherit the earth, and cover<a href="#ftn" title="14:21 Lit. fill">ff</a> the surface of the world with cities.” Babylon’s Desolation<a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/14-22.htm">22</a>“I will rise up against them,” declares the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, “and I will eliminate from Babylon her name and survivors, her offspring and descendants,”<a href="#ftn" title="14:22 So 1QIsaa; MT reads and her offspring and descendants; LXX lacks and descendants">gg</a> declares the LORD. <a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/14-23.htm">23</a>“And<a href="#ftn" title="14:23 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX lack And">hh</a> I’m going to make it a possession of the hedgehog—pools<a href="#ftn" title="14:23 So 1QIsaa; MT reads and pools">ii</a> of water—and I’ll sweep<a href="#ftn" title="14:23 So 1QIsaa; MT reads sweep it">jj</a> with the broom of destruction,” declares the LORD of the Heavenly Armies. <a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/14-24.htm">24</a>The LORD of the Heavenly Armies has sworn: “Surely as I have planned, that’s what she<a href="#ftn" title="14:24 i.e. Babylon">kk</a> will become;<a href="#ftn" title="14:24 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads so has she been">ll</a> and just as I have determined, so will it remain— <a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/14-25.htm">25</a>to crush the Assyrian in my land, and on my mountains I will trample him down. His yoke<a href="#ftn" title="14:25 i.e. Assyria’s oppressive domination">mm</a> will turn away from you,<a href="#ftn" title="14:25 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read from them">nn</a> and his burden from your<a href="#ftn" title="14:25 So 1QIsaa; MT reads their">oo</a> shoulders.” <a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/14-26.htm">26</a>“This is what I’ve planned for the whole earth, and this is the hand that is stretched out over all the nations. <a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/14-27.htm">27</a>For the LORD of the Heavenly Armies has planned, and who can thwart him? His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back?” A Pronouncement against Philistia<a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/14-28.htm">28</a>In the year that King Ahaz died this message<a href="#ftn" title="14:28 Lit. oracle">pp</a> came: <a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/14-29.htm">29</a>“Don’t rejoice, all of you Philistines, that the rod that struck you is broken, because from the snake’s root a viper will spring up, and its offspring<a href="#ftn" title="14:29 Lit. fruit">qq</a> will be a darting, poisonous serpent. <a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/14-30.htm">30</a>The firstborn of the poor will find pasture, and the needy will lie down in safety; but I’ll kill your root<a href="#ftn" title="14:30 i.e. the source of their strengths">rr</a> by famine, and I’ll<a href="#ftn" title="14:30 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read he">ss</a> execute your survivors. <a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/14-31.htm">31</a>Wail, you gate! Cry out, you city! Melt away,<a href="#ftn" title="14:31 Or melt in fear">tt</a> all you Philistines! For smoke comes from the north, and there’s no one to take measure<a href="#ftn" title="14:31 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsao MT read no straggler">uu</a> in its festivals.<a href="#ftn" title="14:31 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsao reads ranks">vv</a> <a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/14-32.htm">32</a>How will they<a href="#ftn" title="14:32 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads one">ww</a> answer the messengers of the nation? “The LORD has founded Zion, and in it<a href="#ftn" title="14:32 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads her">xx</a> the afflicted among his people will find refuge.”<hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><A name="ftn"></a>Footnotes: a 14:2 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX lack Many b 14:2 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read and to c 14:2 Lit. put them d 14:2 Lit. to male and female slavery e 14:2 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsac LXX MT read rule f 14:3 Lit. day g 14:3 So 1QIsaa 4QIsae; MT LXX read which you were forced to serve h 14:4 So 1QIsaa MT LXX; 4QIsae reads to i 14:4 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads. the golden city j 14:7 Lit. they k 14:8 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX lack as do l 14:8 So 1QIsaa MT LXX; 4QIsae reads against them m 14:9 Lit. Sheol, i.e. the realm of the dead n 14:9 Lit. at your coming o 14:10 So 1QIsaa MT LXX; 4QIsae lacks of them p 14:111QIsaa reads The; MT LXX lack Your q 14:11 i.e. the realm of the dead r 14:11 So LXX; MT reads and a worm covers you s 14:12 i.e. Lucifer t 14:12 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsae MT read the nations; LXX reads all the nations u 14:13 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads and I will sit v 14:13 Lit. Zaphon; or the Sacred Mountain w 14:15 Lit. to Sheol, i.e. the realm of the dead x 14:15 i.e. the realm of punishment in the afterlife y 14:16 So 1QIsaa LXX; the Heb. lacks who z 14:17 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read and who aa 14:18 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads nations, every one of them lies bb 14:19 So 1QIsaa; i.e. to the realm of punishment in the afterlife; LXX reads to Hades; 1QIsaa corrector MT read to the stones of the Pit cc 14:20 So 1QIsaa; Lit. under; MT reads joined dd 14:20 i.e. with the dead ee 14:20 So 1QIsaa; MT reads May the descendants of those who practice of evil never be mentioned again!; LXX reads May you not remain forever, you evil seed! ff 14:21 Lit. fill gg 14:22 So 1QIsaa; MT reads and her offspring and descendants; LXX lacks and descendants hh 14:23 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX lack And ii 14:23 So 1QIsaa; MT reads and pools jj 14:23 So 1QIsaa; MT reads sweep it kk 14:24 i.e. Babylon ll 14:24 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads so has she been mm 14:25 i.e. Assyria’s oppressive domination nn 14:25 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read from them oo 14:25 So 1QIsaa; MT reads their pp 14:28 Lit. oracle qq 14:29 Lit. fruit rr 14:30 i.e. the source of their strengths ss 14:30 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read he tt 14:31 Or melt in fear uu 14:31 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsao MT read no straggler vv 14:31 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsao reads ranks ww 14:32 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads one xx 14:32 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads her <hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1 Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY. <a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../isaiah/13.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 13"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 13" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../isaiah/15.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 15"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 15" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/isaiah/14-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"> <div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table> <table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table></div> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"> </div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>