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."

1 لان الرب سيرحم يعقوب ويختار ايضا اسرائيل ويريحهم في ارضهم فتقترن بهم الغرباء وينضمون الى بيت يعقوب.2 ويأخذهم شعوب وياتون بهم الى موضعهم ويمتلكهم بيت اسرائيل في ارض الرب عبيدا واماء ويسبون الذين سبوهم ويتسلطون على ظالميهم3 ويكون في يوم يريحك الرب من تعبك ومن انزعاجك ومن العبودية القاسية التي استعبدت بها4 انك تنطق بهذا الهجو على ملك بابل وتقول. كيف باد الظالم بادت المغطرسة.5 قد كسر الرب عصا الاشرار قضيب المتسلطين6 الضارب الشعوب بسخط ضربة بلا فتور المتسلط بغضب على الامم باضطهاد بلا إمساك.7 استراحت اطمأنت كل الارض. هتفوا ترنما.8 حتى السرو يفرح عليك وارز لبنان قائلا منذ اضطجعت لم يصعد علينا قاطع.9 الهاوية من اسفل مهتزة لك لاستقبال قدومك منهضة لك الاخيلة جميع عظماء الارض. اقامت كل ملوك الامم عن كراسيهم.10 كلهم يجيبون ويقولون لك أانت ايضا قد ضعفت نظيرنا وصرت مثلنا.11 أهبط الى الهاوية فخرك رنة اعوادك. تحتك تفرش الرمة وغطاؤك الدود.12 كيف سقطت من السماء يا زهرة بنت الصبح. كيف قطعت الى الارض يا قاهر الامم.13 وانت قلت في قلبك اصعد الى السموات ارفع كرسيي فوق كواكب الله واجلس على جبل الاجتماع في اقاصي الشمال.14 اصعد فوق مرتفعات السحاب. اصير مثل العلي.15 لكنك انحدرت الى الهاوية الى اسافل الجب.16 الذين يرونك يتطلعون اليك يتأملون فيك. أهذا هو الرجل الذي زلزل الارض وزعزع الممالك17 الذي جعل العالم كقفر وهدم مدنه الذي لم يطلق اسراه الى بيوتهم.18 كل ملوك الامم باجمعهم اضطجعوا بالكرامة كل واحد في بيته.19 واما انت فقد طرحت من قبرك كغصن اشنع كلباس القتلى المضروبين بالسيف الهابطين الى حجارة الجب كجثة مدوسة.20 لا تتحد بهم في القبر لانك اخربت ارضك قتلت شعبك. لا يسمى الى الابد نسل فاعلي الشر.21 هيئوا لبنيه قتلا باثم آبائهم فلا يقوموا ولا يرثوا الارض ولا يملأوا وجه العالم مدنا.22 فاقوم عليهم يقول رب الجنود واقطع من بابل اسما وبقية ونسلا وذرية يقول الرب.23 واجعلهم ميراثا للقنفذ وآجام مياه واكنسها بمكنسة الهلاك يقول رب الجنود24 قد حلف رب الجنود قائلا انه كما قصدت يصير وكما نويت يثبت25 ان احطم اشور في ارضي وادوسه على جبالي فيزول عنهم نيره ويزول عن كتفهم حمله.26 هذا هو القضاء المقضي به على كل الارض وهذه هي اليد الممدودة على كل الامم.27 فان رب الجنود قد قضى فمن يبطّل ويده هي الممدودة فمن يردها28 في سنة وفاة الملك آحاز كان هذا الوحي.29 لا تفرحي يا جميع فلسطين لان القضيب الضاربك انكسر فانه من اصل الحية يخرج افعوان وثمرته تكون ثعبانا ساما طيارا.30 وترعى ابكار المساكين ويربض البائسون بالامان واميت اصلك بالجوع فيقتل بقيتك.31 ولول ايها الباب اصرخي ايتها المدينة. قد ذاب جميعك يا فلسطين. لانه من الشمال يأتي دخان وليس شاذّ في جيوشه.32 فبماذا يجاب رسل الامم. ان الرب اسس صهيون وبها يحتمي بائسو شعبه