1When the LORD will 1havecompassion on Jacob and again2chooseIsrael, and settle them in their own land, then 3strangers will join them and attach themselves to the house of Jacob.
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The peoples will take them along and bring them to their place, and the 4house of Israel will possess them as an inheritance in the land of the LORD5as maleservants and femaleservants*; and they will take their captorscaptive and will rule over their oppressors.
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And it will be in the day when the LORDgives you 6rest from your pain and turmoil and harshservice in which you have been enslaved,
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that you will 7take up thistauntagainst the king of Babylon, and say, "How8the oppressor has ceased, And how fury has ceased!
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"The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, The scepter of rulers
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9Which used to strike the peoples in fury with unceasing*strokes, Which subdued the nations in anger with unrestrained*persecution.
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"The wholeearth is at rest and is quiet; They 10breakforth into shouts of joy.
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"Even the 11cypresstreesrejoice over you, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, 'Since you were laidlow, no tree cuttercomes up against us.'
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"12Sheol from beneath* is excited over you to meet you when you come; It arouses for you the spirits of the dead, all the leaders of the earth; It raisesall the kings of the nations from their thrones.
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"13They will allrespond and say to you, 'Even you have been madeweak as we, You have becomelike us.
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'Your 14pomp and the music of your harps Have been broughtdown to Sheol; Maggots are spread out as your bed beneath you And worms are your covering.'
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"How you have 15fallen from heaven, O 16star of the morning, son of the dawn! You have been cutdown to the earth, You who have weakened the nations!
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"But you said in your heart, 'I will 17ascend to heaven; I will 18raise my throneabove the stars of God, And I will sit on the mount of assembly In the recesses of the north.
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'I will ascendabove the heights of the clouds; 19I will make myself like the MostHigh.'
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"Nevertheless you 20will be thrustdown to Sheol, To the recesses of the pit.
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"Those who see you will gaze at you, They will ponderover you, saying, 'Is this the man who made the earthtremble, Who shookkingdoms,
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Who made the world like a 21wilderness And overthrew its cities, Who 22did not allow his prisoners to go home?'
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"All the kings of the nationslie in glory, Each in his own tomb.
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"But you have been 23cast out of your tomb Like a rejectedbranch, Clothed with the slain who are pierced with a sword, Who godown to the stones of the 24pit Like a 25trampledcorpse.
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"You will not be united with them in burial, Because you have ruined your country, You have slain your people. May the 26offspring of evildoers not be mentionedforever.
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"Prepare for his sons a place of slaughter Because of the 27iniquity of their fathers. They must not arise and takepossession of the earth And fill the face of the world with cities."
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"I will rise up against them," declares the LORD of hosts, "and will cutoff from Babylon28name and survivors, 29offspring and posterity," declares the LORD.
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"I will also make it a possession for the 30hedgehog and swamps of water, and I will sweep it with the broom of 31destruction," declares the LORD of hosts.