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.
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!
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.
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.
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!
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?
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.
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.
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.

1For the Lord wil haue mercie on Iacob, and wil yet choose Israel, and set them in their owne land: and the strangers shalbe ioyned with them, and they shal cleaue to the house of Iacob.

2And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possesse them in the land of the Lord, for seruants and handmaides: and they shall take them captiues, whose captiues they were, and they shall rule ouer their oppressours.

3And it shall come to passe in the day that the Lord shal giue thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy feare, and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serue,

4 That thou shalt take vp this prouerbe against the king of Babylon, and say; How hath the oppressour ceased? the golden citie ceased?

5The Lord hath broken the staffe of the wicked, and the scepter of the rulers.

6He who smote the people in wrath with a continuall stroke; hee that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted and none hindereth.

7The whole earth is at rest and is quiet: they breake foorth into singing.

8Yea the firre trees reioyce at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art layd downe, no feller is come vp against vs.

9Hell from beneath is mooued for thee to meet thee at thy comming: it stirreth vp the dead for thee, euen all the chiefe ones of the earth; it hath raised vp from their thrones, all the kings of the nations.

10All they shall speake and say vnto thee; Art thou also become weake as we? art thou become like vnto vs?

11Thy pompe is brought downe to the graue, and the noyse of thy violes: the worme is spread vnder thee, and the wormes couer thee.

12How art thou fallen from heauen, O Lucifer, sonne of the morning? how art thou cut downe to the ground, which didst weaken the nations?

13For thou hast said in thine heart; I wil ascend into heauen, I wil exalt my throne aboue the starres of God: I wil sit also vpon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the North.

14I wil ascend aboue the heights of the cloudes, I wil bee like the most High.

15Yet thou shalt be brought downe to hel, to the sides of the pit.

16They that see thee shal narrowly looke vpon thee, and consider thee, saying; Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdomes?

17That made the world as a wildernesse, and destroyed the cities thereof that opened not the house of his prisoners?

18All the kings of the nations, euen all of them lie in glory, euery one in his owne house.

19But thou art cast out of thy graue, like an abominable branch: and as the raiment of those that are slaine, thrust through with a sword, that goe downe to the stones of the pit, as a carkeis troden vnder feete.

20Thou shalt not be ioyned with them in buriall, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slaine thy people: the seede of euill doers shall neuer be renowmed.

21Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquitie of their fathers, that they doe not rise nor possesse the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.

22For I will rise vp against them, sayth the Lord of hostes, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and sonne and nephew, sayth the Lord.

23I will also make it a possession for the Bitterne, and pooles of water: and I will sweepe it with the besome of destruction, sayth the Lord of hostes.

24 The Lord of hostes hath sworne, saying; Surely as I haue thought, so shall it come to passe; and as I haue purposed, so shall it stand:

25That I will breake the Assyrian in my land, and vpon my mountaines tread him vnder foote: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders.

26This is the purpose, that is purposed vpon the whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched out vpon all the nations.

27For the Lord of hostes hath purposed, and who shall disanull it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turne it backe?

28In the yeere that king Ahaz died, was this burden.

29 Reioyce not thou whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpents roote shall come foorth a cockatrice, and his fruite shall be a fierie flying serpent.

30And the first borne of the poore shall feed, and the needy shall lie downe in safetie: and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay thy remnant.

31Howle, O gate, crie, O citie, thou whole Palestina art dissolued, for there shal come from the North a smoke, and none shall bee alone in his appointed times.

32What shall one then answere the messengers of the nation? that the Lord hath founded Zion, and the poore of his people shall trust in it.

I == Ps 102:13; Isa 60:4-5 , 10 ; Zech 1:17 ; 2:12 ; Eph 2:12-13

II == Isa 49:22; 60:9 , 14 ; 66:20

IV == Isa 13:19 ; Hab 2:6 ; Rev 18:16

V == Ps 125:3

VIII == Isa 55:12 ; Ezek 31:16

IX == Ezek 32:21

XII == Isa 34:4

XIII == Ps 48:2 ; Dan 8:10 ; Matt 11:23

XIV == Isa 47:8 ; 2nd Thess 2:4

XV == Matt 11:23

XX == Job 18:19 ; Ps 21:10 ; 37:28 ; 109 :13

XXI == Ez 20:5 ; Matt 23:35

XXII == 1st Kings 14:10 ; Job 18:19 ; Prov 10:7 ; Jer 51:62

XXIII == Isa 34:11 ; Zeph 2:14

XXV == Isa 10:27

XXVII == 2nd Chr 20:6 ; Job 9:12 ; 23:13 ; Ps 33:11 ; Prov 19:21 ; 21:30 ; Isa 43:13 ; Dan 4:31 , 35

XXVIII == 2nd Kings 16:20

XXIX == 2nd Kings 18:8 ; 2nd chr 26:6

XXXII == Ps 87:1 , 5 ; 102 ; Zeph 3:12 ; Zech 11:11

1 When the LORD has pity on Jacob and again chooses Israel and settles them on their own soil, the aliens will join them and be counted with the house of Jacob.

2 The house of Israel will take them and bring them along to its place, and possess them as male and female slaves on the Lord's soil, making captives of its captors and ruling over its oppressors.

3 On the day the LORD relieves you of sorrow and unrest and the hard service in which you have been enslaved,

4 you will take up this taunt-song against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has reached his end! how the turmoil is stilled!

5 The LORD has broken the rod of the wicked, the staff of the tyrants

6 That struck the peoples in wrath relentless blows; That beat down the nations in anger, with oppression unchecked.

7 The whole earth rests peacefully, song breaks forth;

8 The very cypresses rejoice over you, and the cedars of Lebanon: "Now that you are laid to rest, there will be none to cut us down."

9 The nether world below is all astir preparing for your coming; It awakens the shades to greet you, all the leaders of the earth; It has the kings of all nations rise from their thrones.

10 All of them speak out and say to you, "You too have become weak like us, you are the same as we.

11 Down to the nether world your pomp is brought, the music of your harps. The couch beneath you is the maggot, your covering, the worm."

12 How have you fallen from the heavens, O morning star, son of the dawn! How are you cut down to the ground, you who mowed down the nations!

13 You said in your heart: "I will scale the heavens; Above the stars of God I will set up my throne; I will take my seat on the Mount of Assembly, in the recesses of the North.

14 I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will be like the Most High!"

15 Yet down to the nether world you go to the recesses of the pit!

16 When they see you they will stare, pondering over you: "Is this the man who made the earth tremble, and kingdoms quake?

17 Who made the world a desert, razed its cities, and gave his captives no release?

18 All the kings of the nations lie in glory, each in his own tomb;

19 But you are cast forth without burial, loathsome and corrupt, Clothed as those slain at sword-point, a trampled corpse. Going down to the pavement of the pit,

20 you will never be one with them in the grave." For you have ruined your land, you have slain your people! Let him not be named forever, that scion of an evil race!

21 Make ready to slaughter his sons for the guilt of their fathers; Lest they rise and possess the earth, and fill the breadth of the world with tyrants.

22 I will rise up against them, says the LORD of hosts, and cut off from Babylon name and remnant, progeny and offspring, says the LORD.

23 I will make it a haunt of hoot owls and a marshland; I will sweep it with the broom of destruction, says the LORD of hosts.

24 The LORD of hosts has sworn: As I have resolved, so shall it be; As I have proposed, so shall it stand:

25 I will break the Assyrian in my land and trample him on my mountains;

21 He shall pass through it hard-pressed and hungry, and in his hunger he shall become enraged, and curse his king and his gods. He shall look upward, but there shall be strict darkness without any dawn;

22 He shall gaze at the earth, but there shall be distress and darkness, with the light blacked out by its clouds.

25 Then his yoke shall be removed from them, and his burden from their shoulder.

26 This is the plan proposed for the whole earth, and this the hand outstretched over all nations.

27 The LORD of hosts has planned; who can thwart him? His hand is stretched out; who can turn it back?

28 In the year that King Ahaz died, there came this oracle:

29 Rejoice not, O Philistia, not a man of you, that the rod which smote you is broken; For out of the serpent's root shall come an adder, its fruit shall be a flying saraph.

30 In my pastures the poor shall eat, and the needy lie down in safety; But I will kill your root with famine that shall slay even your remnant.

31 Howl, O gate; cry out, O city! Philistia, all of you melts away! For there comes a smoke from the north, without a straggler in the ranks.

32 What will one answer the messengers of the nation? "The LORD has established Zion, and in her the afflicted of his people find refuge."

v 1-3. For a time God would not show mercy, 9:17, but now, after they have been chastened in Babylon, He will again show mercy. Then Israel will not be in bondage, but other nations will serve Israel. 

v 4-21 This proverb is a taunt or song Israel will sing, rejoicing over the demise of the king of Babylon. Verses 7-14 do not refer to Satan, as is commonly believed, but to the king, although he may have been energized by Satan. (However Ezek. 28:12-19 does refer to the fall of Satan.)
The king of Babylon being described here was not one of the kings after capture by the Medes in 539, but to the king after the destruction by Assyria in 689. This king was Sennacherib, king of Assyria, who also ruled Babylon after capturing it. Babylon was a vassal state of Assyria for some years, so several  kings of Assyria also called themselves king of Babylon. Sennacherib was assassinated, 2 Ki. 19:37, eight years after destroying Babylon, so his death was a thing of rejoicing to many nations, but especially Judah, because he had tried to take Jerusalem from Hezekiah in 701 B. C., Isaiah 37 and  2 Ki. 18:13-19:36. One of his sons, Esarhadden, later rebuilt Babylon.

v 4-8. Describe the rejoicing over his death, even trees not being cut for ransom.

v 9-11. Lesser kings already in Sheol are assumed to rejoice that such a mighty, pompous king is at death reduced to no better than they are, and eaten of worms.

v 12-15. Hyperbolically speaking, Sennacherib was like a morning star which shines brightly, but vanishes at dawn. He was proud, and because of his power, he considered himself like God or a god. A common belief was that gods dwelt at the top of Mount Zaphon (Sacred Mountain) in the north. But even though he attempted to be like a god, he would be brought to the grave. But our God’s dwelling is in the north, Lev. 11>1, Ps. 48:2, and Isa. 14:13.

Ps 48:2 Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
Isa 14:13 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:

v 16-21. All kings, no matter how great will pass from the scene, but while others received great burials, Sennacherib was assassinated by his own sons, and they did not even rule. They had to escape and their brother became king,2 Ki. 19:37.
v 22,23. The taunting song ended, the Lord declares that the people of Babylon will be destroyed and the city become a desolate place. See notes on chapter 13.
v 24-27. Attention now turns from Assyria controlling the vassal state of Babylon to Assyria’s own destruction. God broke Assyria on His own mountain when they tried to capture Jerusalem and 185,000 died, 37:36,37. God’s will could not be stopped.
v 28-32. This portion was about Philistia, but for Israel’s benefit in the year king Ahaz died. Philistia was warned that they shouldn’t rejoice thinking they were free from destruction. A massive Assyrian army would descend on them like smoke. However Judah should trust God, not an alliance with Philistia and could be at ease for the time. The Assyrians came back for them later.