Isaiah 14:3

3 Then, when ADONAI gives you rest from your suffering and trouble and from the hard service imposed on you,

Isaiah 14:3 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 14:3

And it shall come to pass in the day that the Lord shall
give thee rest from thy sorrow
In captivity, and on account of that, being out of their own land, deprived of the free exercise of their religion, and at a distance from the house of God, and continually hearing the reproaches and blaspheming of the enemy, and seeing their idolatrous practices, and their ungodly conversation; all which must create sorrow of heart to the sincere lovers and worshippers of God: and from thy fear;
of worse evils, most cruel usage, and death itself, under the terror of which they lived: and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve;
as before in Egypt, so now in Babylon; but what that was is not particularly expressed anywhere, as the former is, see ( Exodus 1:13 Exodus 1:14 ) and when they had rest from all this in their own land, then they should do as follows:

Isaiah 14:3 In-Context

1 For ADONAI will have compassion on Ya'akov - he will once again choose Isra'el and resettle them in their own land, where foreigners will join them, attaching themselves to the house of Ya'akov.

2 Peoples will take and escort them to their homeland, and the house of Isra'el will possess them in the land of ADONAI as male and female slaves. They will take their captors captive and rule over their oppressors.

3 Then, when ADONAI gives you rest from your suffering and trouble and from the hard service imposed on you,

4 you will take up this taunt-song against the king of Bavel: "At last the oppressor is stilled, his arrogance is ended!

5 ADONAI has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers,