1 Porque o Senhor se compadecerá de Jacó, e ainda elegerá a Israel, e os porá na sua própria terra; e unir-se-ão a eles os estrangeiros, e estes se achegarão à casa de Jacó. 2 Os povos os tomarão e os levarão aos lugares deles, e a casa de Israel possuirá esses povos por servos e servas, na terra do Senhor; cativarão aqueles que os cativaram e dominarão os seus opressores. 3 No dia em que Deus vier a dar-te descanso do teu trabalho, das tuas angústias e da dura servidão com que te fizeram servir, 4 então, proferirás este motejo contra o rei da Babilônia e dirás: Como cessou o opressor! Como acabou a tirania! 5 Quebrou o Senhor a vara dos perversos e o cetro dos dominadores, 6 que feriam os povos com furor, com golpes incessantes, e com ira dominavam as nações, com perseguição irreprimível. 7 Já agora descansa e está sossegada toda a terra. Todos exultam de júbilo. 8 Até os ciprestes se alegram sobre ti, e os cedros do Líbano exclamam: Desde que tu caíste, ninguém já sobe contra nós para nos cortar. 9 O além, desde o profundo, se turba por ti, para te sair ao encontro na tua chegada; ele, por tua causa, desperta as sombras e todos os príncipes da terra e faz levantar dos seus tronos a todos os reis das nações. 10 Todos estes respondem e te dizem: Tu também, como nós, estás fraco? E és semelhante a nós? 11 Derribada está na cova a tua soberba, e, também, o som da tua harpa; por baixo de ti, uma cama de gusanos, e os vermes são a tua coberta.

12 Como caíste do céu, ó estrela da manhã, filho da alva! Como foste lançado por terra, tu que debilitavas as nações! 13 Tu dizias no teu coração: Eu subirei ao céu; acima das estrelas de Deus exaltarei o meu trono e no monte da congregação me assentarei, nas extremidades do Norte; 14 subirei acima das mais altas nuvens e serei semelhante ao Altíssimo. 15 Contudo, serás precipitado para o reino dos mortos, no mais profundo do abismo. 16 Os que te virem te contemplarão, hão de fitar-te e dizer-te: É este o homem que fazia estremecer a terra e tremer os reinos? 17 Que punha o mundo como um deserto e assolava as suas cidades? Que a seus cativos não deixava ir para casa? 18 Todos os reis das nações, sim, todos eles, jazem com honra, cada um, no seu túmulo. 19 Mas tu és lançado fora da tua sepultura, como um renovo bastardo, coberto de mortos traspassados à espada, cujo cadáver desce à cova e é pisado de pedras. 20 Com eles não te reunirás na sepultura, porque destruíste a tua terra e mataste o teu povo; a descendência dos malignos jamais será nomeada. 21 Preparai a matança para os filhos, por causa da maldade de seus pais, para que não se levantem, e possuam a terra, e encham o mundo de cidades. 22 Levantar-me-ei contra eles, diz o Senhor dos Exércitos; exterminarei de Babilônia o nome e os sobreviventes, os descendentes e a posteridade, diz o Senhor. 23 Reduzi-la-ei a possessão de ouriços e a lagoas de águas; varrê-la-ei com a vassoura da destruição, diz o Senhor dos Exércitos.

24 Jurou o Senhor dos Exércitos, dizendo: Como pensei, assim sucederá, e, como determinei, assim se efetuará. 25 Quebrantarei a Assíria na minha terra e nas minhas montanhas a pisarei, para que o seu jugo se aparte de Israel, e a sua carga se desvie dos ombros dele. 26 Este é o desígnio que se formou concernente a toda a terra; e esta é a mão que está estendida sobre todas as nações. 27 Porque o Senhor dos Exércitos o determinou; quem, pois, o invalidará? A sua mão está estendida; quem, pois, a fará voltar atrás?

28 No ano em que morreu o rei Acaz, foi pronunciada esta sentença: 29 Não te alegres, tu, toda a Filístia, por estar quebrada a vara que te feria; porque da estirpe da cobra sairá uma áspide, e o seu fruto será uma serpente voadora. 30 Os primogênitos dos pobres serão apascentados, e os necessitados se deitarão seguros; mas farei morrer de fome a tua raiz, e serão destruídos os teus sobreviventes. 31 Uiva, ó porta; grita, ó cidade; tu, ó Filístia toda, treme; porque do Norte vem fumaça, e ninguém há que se afaste das fileiras. 32 Que se responderá, pois, aos mensageiros dos gentios? Que o Senhor fundou a Sião, e nela encontram refúgio os aflitos do seu povo.

1 For Jehovah will have compassion on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the sojourner shall join himself with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob. 2 And the peoples shall take them, and bring them to their place; and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of Jehovah for servants and for handmaids: and they shall take them captive whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.

3 And it shall come to pass in the day that Jehovah shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy trouble, and from the hard service wherein thou wast made to serve, 4 that thou shalt take up this parable against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased! 5 Jehovah hath broken the staff of the wicked, the sceptre of the rulers; 6 that smote the peoples in wrath with a continual stroke, that ruled the nations in anger, with a persecution that none restrained. 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 low, no hewer is come up against us. 9 Sheol 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 answer and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us? 11 Thy pomp is brought down to Sheol, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and worms cover thee.

12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O day-star, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, that didst lay low the nations! 13 And thou saidst in thy heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; and I will sit upon the mount of congregation, in the uttermost parts of the north; 14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High. 15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to Sheol, to the uttermost parts of the pit. 16 They that see thee shall gaze at thee, they shall 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 overthrew the cities thereof; that let not loose his prisoners to their home? 18 All the kings of the nations, all of them, sleep in glory, every one in his own house. 19 But thou art cast forth away from thy sepulchre like an abominable branch, clothed with the slain, that are thrust through with the sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a dead body trodden under foot. 20 Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, thou hast slain thy people; the seed of evil-doers shall not be named for ever.

21 Prepare ye slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers, that they rise not up, and possess the earth, and fill the face of the world with cities. 22 And I will rise up against them, saith Jehovah of hosts, and cut off from Babylon name and remnant, and son and son’s son, saith Jehovah. 23 I will also make it a possession for the porcupine, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith Jehovah of hosts.

24 Jehovah 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 shoulder. 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 Jehovah of hosts hath purposed, and who shall annul 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, O Philistia, all of thee, because the rod that smote thee is broken; for out of the serpent’s root shall come forth an adder, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent. 30 And the first-born of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety; and I will kill thy root with famine, and thy remnant shall be slain. 31 Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou art melted away, O Philistia, all of thee; for there cometh a smoke out of the north, and there is no straggler in his ranks.

32 What then shall one answer the messengers of the nation? That Jehovah hath founded Zion, and in her shall the afflicted of his people take refuge.

1 The LORD will have compassion on Jacob; once again he will choose Israel and will settle them in their own land. Foreigners will join them and unite with the descendants of Jacob.

2 Nations will take them and bring them to their own place. And Israel will take possession of the nations and make them male and female servants in the LORD's land. They will make captives of their captors and rule over their oppressors.

3 On the day the LORD gives you relief from your suffering and turmoil and from the harsh labor forced on you,

4 you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has come to an end! How his fury "has ended!

5 The LORD has broken the rod of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers,

6 which in anger struck down peoples with unceasing blows, and in fury subdued nations with relentless aggression.

7 All the lands are at rest and at peace; they break into singing.

8 Even the junipers and the cedars of Lebanon gloat over you and say, "Now that you have been laid low, no one comes to cut us down."

9 The realm of the dead below is all astir to meet you at your coming; it rouses the spirits of the departed to greet you — all those who were leaders in the world; it makes them rise from their thrones — all those who were kings over the nations.

10 They will all respond, they will say to you, "You also have become weak, as we are; you have become like us."

11 All your pomp has been brought down to the grave, along with the noise of your harps; maggots are spread out beneath you and worms cover you.

12 How you have fallen from heaven, morning star, son of the dawn! You have been cast down to the earth, you who once laid low the nations!

13 You said in your heart, "I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God; I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly, on the utmost heights of Mount Zaphon. [^2]

14 I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High."

15 But you are brought down to the realm of the dead, to the depths of the pit.

16 Those who see you stare at you, they ponder your fate: "Is this the man who shook the earth and made kingdoms tremble,

17 the man who made the world a wilderness, who overthrew its cities and would not let his captives go home?"

18 All the kings of the nations lie in state, each in his own tomb.

19 But you are cast out of your tomb like a rejected branch; you are covered with the slain, with those pierced by the sword, those who descend to the stones of the pit. Like a corpse trampled underfoot,

20 you will not join them in burial, for you have destroyed your land and killed your people. Let the offspring of the wicked never be mentioned again.

21 Prepare a place to slaughter his children for the sins of their ancestors; they are not to rise to inherit the land and cover the earth with their cities.

22 "I will rise up against them," declares the LORD Almighty. "I will wipe out Babylon's name and survivors, her offspring and descendants," declares the LORD.

23 "I will turn her into a place for owls and into swampland; I will sweep her with the broom of destruction," declares the LORD Almighty.

24 The LORD Almighty has sworn, "Surely, as I have planned, so it will be, and as I have purposed, so it will happen.

25 I will crush the Assyrian in my land; on my mountains I will trample him down. His yoke will be taken from my people, and his burden removed from their shoulders."

26 This is the plan determined for the whole world; this is the hand stretched out over all nations.

27 For the LORD Almighty has purposed, and who can thwart him? His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back?

28 This prophecy came in the year King Ahaz died:

29 Do not rejoice, all you Philistines, that the rod that struck you is broken; from the root of that snake will spring up a viper, its fruit will be a darting, venomous serpent.

30 The poorest of the poor will find pasture, and the needy will lie down in safety. But your root I will destroy by famine; it will slay your survivors.

31 Wail, you gate! Howl, you city! Melt away, all you Philistines! A cloud of smoke comes from the north, and there is not a straggler in its ranks.

32 What answer shall be given to the envoys of that nation? "The LORD has established Zion, and in her his afflicted people will find refuge."