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1. The Lord will show mercy to the people of Jacob, and he will again choose the people of Israel. He will settle them in their own land. Then non-Israelite people will join the Israelites and will become a part of the family of Jacob.
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1. For H3588 the LORD H3068 will have mercy H7355 on H853 Jacob H3290 , and will yet H5750 choose H977 Israel H3478 , and set H5117 them in H5921 their own land H127 : and the strangers H1616 shall be joined H3867 with H5921 them , and they shall cleave H5596 to H5921 the house H1004 of Jacob H3290 .
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2. Nations will take the Israelites back to their land. Then those men and women from the other nations will become slaves to Israel in the Lord's land. In the past the Israelites were their slaves, but now the Israelites will defeat those nations and rule over them.
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2. And the people H5971 shall take H3947 them , and bring H935 them to H413 their place H4725 : and the house H1004 of Israel H3478 shall possess H5157 them in H5921 the land H127 of the LORD H3068 for servants H5650 and handmaids H8198 : and they shall take H1961 them captives H7617 , whose captives H7617 they were ; and they shall rule over H7287 their oppressors H5065 .
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3. The Lord will take away the Israelites' hard work and will comfort them. They will no longer have to work hard as slaves.
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3. And it shall come to pass H1961 in the day H3117 that the LORD H3068 shall give thee rest H5117 from thy sorrow H4480 H6090 , and from thy fear H4480 H7267 , and from H4480 the hard H7186 bondage H5656 wherein H834 thou wast made to serve H5647 ,
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4. On that day Israel will sing this song about the king of Babylon: The cruel king who ruled us is finished; his angry rule is finished!
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4. That thou shalt take up H5375 this H2088 proverb H4912 against H5921 the king H4428 of Babylon H894 , and say H559 , How H349 hath the oppressor H5065 ceased H7673 ! the golden city H4062 ceased H7673 !
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5. The Lord has broken the scepter of evil rulers and taken away their power.
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5. The LORD H3068 hath broken H7665 the staff H4294 of the wicked H7563 , and the scepter H7626 of the rulers H4910 .
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6. The king of Babylon struck people in anger again and again. He ruled nations in anger and continued to hurt them.
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6. He who smote H5221 the people H5971 in wrath H5678 with a continual stroke H1115 H5627 H4347 , he that ruled H7287 the nations H1471 in anger H639 , is persecuted H4783 , and none H1097 hindereth H2820 .
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7. But now, the whole world rests and is quiet. Now the people begin to sing.
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7. The whole H3605 earth H776 is at rest H5117 , and is quiet H8252 : they break forth H6476 into singing H7440 .
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8. Even the pine trees are happy, and the cedar trees of Lebanon rejoice. They say, "The king has fallen, so no one will ever cut us down again."
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8. Yea H1571 , the fir trees H1265 rejoice H8055 at thee, and the cedars H730 of Lebanon H3844 , saying , Since H4480 H227 thou art laid down H7901 , no H3808 feller H3772 is come up H5927 against H5921 us.
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9. The place of the dead is excited to meet you when you come. It wakes the spirits of the dead, the leaders of the world. It makes kings of all nations stand up from their thrones to greet you.
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9. Hell H7585 from beneath H4480 H8478 is moved H7264 for thee to meet H7122 thee at thy coming H935 : it stirreth up H5782 the dead H7496 for thee, even all H3605 the chief ones H6260 of the earth H776 ; it hath raised up H6965 from their thrones H4480 H3678 all H3605 the kings H4428 of the nations H1471 .
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10. All these leaders will make fun of you and will say, "Now you are weak, as we are. Now you are just like us."
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10. All H3605 they shall speak H6030 and say H559 unto thee , Art thou H859 also H1571 become weak H2470 as we? art thou become like H4911 unto H413 us?
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11. Your pride has been sent down to the place of the dead. The music from your harps goes with it. Flies are spread out like your bed beneath you, and worms cover your body like a blanket.
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11. Thy pomp H1347 is brought down H3381 to the grave H7585 , and the noise H1998 of thy viols H5035 : the worm H7415 is spread H3331 under H8478 thee , and the worms H8438 cover H4374 thee.
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12. King of Babylon, morning star, you have fallen from heaven, even though you were as bright as the rising sun! In the past all the nations on earth bowed down before you, but now you have been cut down.
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12. How H349 art thou fallen H5307 from heaven H4480 H8064 , O Lucifer H1966 , son H1121 of the morning H7837 ! how art thou cut down H1438 to the ground H776 , which didst weaken H2522 H5921 the nations H1471 !
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13. You told yourself, "I will go up to heaven. I will put my throne above God's stars. I will sit on the mountain of the gods, on the slopes of the sacred mountain.
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13. For thou H859 hast said H559 in thine heart H3824 , I will ascend H5927 into heaven H8064 , I will exalt H7311 my throne H3678 above H4480 H4605 the stars H3556 of God H410 : I will sit H3427 also upon the mount H2022 of the congregation H4150 , in the sides H3411 of the north H6828 :
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14. I will go up above the tops of the clouds. I will be like God Most High."
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14. I will ascend H5927 above H5921 the heights H1116 of the clouds H5645 ; I will be like H1819 the most High H5945 .
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15. But you were brought down to the grave, to the deep places where the dead are.
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15. Yet H389 thou shalt be brought down H3381 to H413 hell H7585 , to H413 the sides H3411 of the pit H953 .
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16. Those who see you stare at you. They think about what has happened to you and say, "Is this the same man who caused great fear on earth, who shook the kingdoms,
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16. They that see H7200 thee shall narrowly look H7688 upon H413 thee, and consider H995 thee, saying, Is this H2088 the man H376 that made the earth H776 to tremble H7264 , that did shake H7493 kingdoms H4467 ;
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17. who turned the world into a desert, who destroyed its cities, who captured people in war and would not let them go home?"
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17. That made H7760 the world H8398 as a wilderness H4057 , and destroyed H2040 the cities H5892 thereof; that opened H6605 not H3808 the house H1004 of his prisoners H615 ?
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18. Every king of the earth has been buried with honor, each in his own grave.
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18. All H3605 the kings H4428 of the nations H1471 , even all H3605 of them, lie H7901 in glory H3519 , every one H376 in his own house H1004 .
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19. But you are thrown out of your grave, like an unwanted branch. You are covered by bodies that died in battle, by bodies to be buried in a rocky pit. You are like a dead body other soldiers walk on.
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19. But thou H859 art cast H7993 out of thy grave H4480 H6913 like an abominable H8581 branch H5342 , and as the raiment H3830 of those that are slain H2026 , thrust through H2944 with a sword H2719 , that go down H3381 to H413 the stones H68 of the pit H953 ; as a carcass H6297 trodden under feet H947 .
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20. You will not be buried with those bodies, because you ruined your own country and killed your own people. The children of evil people will never be mentioned again.
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20. Thou shalt not H3808 be joined H3161 with H854 them in burial H6900 , because H3588 thou hast destroyed H7843 thy land H776 , and slain H2026 thy people H5971 : the seed H2233 of evildoers H7489 shall never H3808 H5769 be renowned H7121 .
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21. Prepare to kill his children, because their father is guilty. They will never again take control of the earth; they will never again fill the world with their cities.
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21. Prepare H3559 slaughter H4293 for his children H1121 for the iniquity H5771 of their fathers H1 ; that they do not H1077 rise H6965 , nor possess H3423 the land H776 , nor fill H4390 the face H6440 of the world H8398 with cities H5892 .
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22. The Lord All-Powerful says this: "I will fight against those people; I will destroy Babylon and its people, its children and their descendants," says the Lord.
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22. For I will rise up H6965 against H5921 them, saith H5002 the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 , and cut off H3772 from Babylon H894 the name H8034 , and remnant H7605 , and son H5209 , and nephew H5220 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 .
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23. "I will make Babylon fit only for owls and for swamps. destruction," says the Lord All-Powerful.
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23. I will also make H7760 it a possession H4180 for the bittern H7090 , and pools H98 of water H4325 : and I will sweep H2894 it with the broom H4292 of destruction H8045 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 .
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24. The Lord All-Powerful has made this promise: "These things will happen exactly as I planned them; they will happen exactly as I set them up.
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24. The LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 hath sworn H7650 , saying H559 , Surely H518 H3808 as H834 I have thought H1819 , so H3651 shall it come to pass H1961 ; and as H834 I have purposed H3289 , so shall it H1931 stand H6965 :
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25. I will destroy the king of Assyria in my country; I will trample him on my mountains. He placed a heavy load on my people, but that weight will be removed.
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25. That I will break H7665 the Assyrian H804 in my land H776 , and upon H5921 my mountains H2022 tread him under foot H947 : then shall his yoke H5923 depart H5493 from off H4480 H5921 them , and his burden H5448 depart H5493 from off H4480 H5921 their shoulders H7926 .
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26. "This is what I plan to do for all the earth. And this is the hand that I have raised over all nations."
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26. This H2063 is the purpose H6098 that is purposed H3289 upon H5921 the whole H3605 earth H776 : and this H2063 is the hand H3027 that is stretched out H5186 upon H5921 all H3605 the nations H1471 .
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27. When the Lord All-Powerful makes a plan, no one can stop it. When the Lord raises his hand to punish people, no one can stop it.
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27. For H3588 the LORD H3068 of hosts H6635 hath purposed H3289 , and who H4310 shall disannul H6565 it ? and his hand H3027 is stretched out H5186 , and who H4310 shall turn it back H7725 ?
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28. This message was given in the year that King Ahaz died:
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28. In the year H8141 that king H4428 Ahaz H271 died H4194 was H1961 this H2088 burden H4853 .
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29. Country of Philistia, don't be happy that the king who struck you is now dead. He is like a snake that will give birth to another dangerous snake. The new king will be like a quick, dangerous snake to bite you.
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29. Rejoice H8055 not H408 thou, whole H3605 Philistia H6429 , because H3588 the rod H7626 of him that H3588 smote H5221 thee is broken H7665 : for out of the serpent's root H4480 H8328 H5175 shall come forth H3318 a cockatrice H6848 , and his fruit H6529 shall be a fiery flying serpent H8314 H5774 .
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30. Even the poorest of my people will be able to eat safely, and people in need will be able to lie down in safety. But I will kill your family with hunger, and all your people who are left will die.
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30. And the firstborn H1060 of the poor H1800 shall feed H7462 , and the needy H34 shall lie down H7257 in safety H983 : and I will kill H4191 thy root H8328 with famine H7458 , and he shall slay H2026 thy remnant H7611 .
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31. People near the city gates, cry out! Philistines, be frightened, because a cloud of dust comes from the north. It is an army, full of men ready to fight.
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31. Howl H3213 , O gate H8179 ; cry H2199 , O city H5892 ; thou, whole H3605 Philistia H6429 , art dissolved H4127 : for H3588 there shall come H935 from the north H4480 H6828 a smoke H6227 , and none H369 shall be alone H909 in his appointed times H4151 .
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32. What shall we tell the messengers from Philistia? and that his poor people will go there for safety.
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32. What H4100 shall one then answer H6030 the messengers H4397 of the nation H1471 ? That H3588 the LORD H3068 hath founded H3245 Zion H6726 , and the poor H6041 of his people H5971 shall trust H2620 in it.
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