1 耶和华怜悯雅各， 再拣选以色列， 使他们安居在自己的国土上的时候， 外族人必与他们联合， 归属于雅各家。
2 以色列人必把他们带回自己的国土去， 以色列家必在耶和华所赐的地上得着这些外族人作仆婢； 也要掳掠那些掳掠过他们的， 并且统治那些欺压过他们的。
3 耶和华使你脱离痛苦、愁烦、被迫作的苦工， 得享安息的日子，
4 你必唱出这首诗歌来讽刺巴比伦王， 说： "欺压人的， 怎么止息了呢！ 强暴怎么止住了呢！
5 耶和华折断了恶人的杖和统治者的棒，
6 就是那在忿怒中不住击打众民、在怒气中管辖列国、毫无抑制地施行迫害的。
7 现在全地都平静安息， 各人都发声欢呼。
8 连松树和黎巴嫩的香柏树都因你欢乐， 说： ‘自从你躺下以后， 再没有砍伐的人上来砍伐我们了。’
9 地下的阴间因你震动， 并迎接你的来临； 又因你而唤醒了所有曾在地上作过领袖的阴魂； 又使所有曾在列国中作君王的， 都离位站起来。
10 他们都必答话， 对你说： ‘你也变为衰弱， 像我们一样吗？你也与我们相似吗？’
11 你的威势和你的琴瑟音乐， 都被带下阴间了； 你下面铺的是虫， 上面盖的是蛆。
12 明亮之星、清晨之子啊！ 你怎么从天上坠落？你这倾覆列国的， 怎么被砍倒在地上？
13 你心里曾说： ‘我要升到天上， 我要高举我的宝座到 神的众星之上， 我要坐在聚会的山上， 在北方的极处。
14 我要升到云的高处， 我要使自己像那至高者一般。’
15 然而， 你却被拋下阴间， 落到坑中的极处。
16 那些看见你的， 都必定睛看你， 他们必注视着你， 说： ‘那使大地震动， 使列国摇撼，
17 使世界如同荒野， 倾覆城镇， 又不释放囚犯的， 就是这人吗？’
18 列国的君王都在荣耀中安睡， 各在自己的坟墓里。
19 但你要从你的坟墓中被逐出， 好像一根被厌弃的树枝， 你被那些遭刀剑所杀的人掩盖， 就是那些被拋到坑中石头那里的人。你就像一具遭人践踏的尸体。
20 你必不得与别的君王同葬， 因为你败坏了你的国， 杀戮了你的人民； 愿那些恶人的后裔永远不被人提说。
21 因为他们的祖宗犯了罪孽， 你们要为他的子孙预备屠杀之处； 不要让他们兴起来， 占有地土， 在世上布满城镇。"
22 万军之耶和华说： "我必兴起攻击他们， 把巴比伦的名号、所剩余的人， 以及后裔子孙， 都一同剪除。"这是耶和华说的。
23 "我必使巴比伦被箭猪所占， 又使它变为泥沼之地； 我必用毁灭的扫帚把它扫净。"这是万军之耶和华说的。
24 万军之耶和华起了誓， 说： "我怎样想， 事就怎样成就； 我怎样计划， 事就怎样立定，
25 就是在我的地上粉碎亚述人， 在我的山上践踏他们； 他们所加的轭必离开以色列人， 他们所加的重担必离开以色列人的肩头。"
26 这就是对全地所定的旨意， 就是向列国伸出的手。
27 因为万军之耶和华决定的事， 谁能阻拦呢？他的手伸了出来， 谁能使他收回呢？
28 亚哈斯王去世的那一年， 有以下的默示：
29 非利士全地啊！ 不要因为那击打你们的杖折断了就欢喜， 因为从蛇的根必生出毒蛇来， 它所生的， 是会飞的蛇。
30 最贫寒的人必有食物吃， 贫乏人必安然躺卧； 我必用饥荒毁灭你的根， 你余剩的人， 必被饥荒所杀。
31 城门啊， 要哀号！ 城镇啊， 要呼叫！ 非利士全地啊， 要战栗发软！ 因为有烟从北方来， 在他的行伍中没有离队逃走的。
32 人要怎样回答外族的使者呢？要说： "耶和华建立了锡安， 他子民中的困苦人必在其中避难。"
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.