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For the LORD[H3068] will have mercy[H7355] on Jacob[H3290], and will yet choose[H977]Israel[H3478], and set[H3240] them in their own land[H127]: and the strangers[H1616] shall be joined[H3867] with them, and they shall cleave[H5596] to the house[H1004] of Jacob[H3290].
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And the people[H5971] shall take[H3947] them, and bring[H935] them to their place[H4725]: and the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478] shall possess[H5157] them in the land[H127] of the LORD[H3068] for servants[H5650] and handmaids[H8198]: and they shall take[H3947] them captives[H7617], whose captives[H7617] they were; and they shall rule[H7287] over their oppressors[H5065].
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And it shall come to pass in the day[H3117] that the LORD[H3068] shall give thee rest[H5117] from thy sorrow[H6090], and from thy fear[H7267], and from the hard[H7186]bondage[H5656] wherein thou wast made to serve[H5647],
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That thou shalt take up[H5375] this proverb[H4912] against the king[H4428] of Babylon[H894], and say[H559], How hath the oppressor[H5065]ceased[H7673]! the golden city[H4062]ceased[H7673]!
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The LORD[H3068] hath broken[H7665] the staff[H4294] of the wicked[H7563], and the sceptre[H7626] of the rulers[H4910].
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He who smote[H5221] the people[H5971] in wrath[H5678] with a continual[H1115]stroke[H4347], he that ruled[H7287] the nations[H1471] in anger[H639], is persecuted[H4783], and none[H1097]hindereth[H2820].
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The whole earth[H776] is at rest[H5117], and is quiet[H8252]: they break forth[H6476] into singing[H7440].
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Yea, the fir trees[H1265]rejoice[H8055] at thee, and the cedars[H730] of Lebanon[H3844], saying, Since thou art laid down[H7901], no feller[H3772] is come up[H5927] against us.
9Hell[H7585] from beneath is moved[H7264] for thee to meet[H7125] thee at thy coming[H935]: it stirreth up[H5782] the dead[H7496] for thee, even all the chief ones[H6260] of the earth[H776]; it hath raised up[H6965] from their thrones[H3678] all the kings[H4428] of the nations[H1471].
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All they shall speak[H6030] and say[H559] unto thee, Art thou also become weak[H2470] as we? art thou become like[H4911] unto us?
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Thy pomp[H1347] is brought down[H3381] to the grave[H7585], and the noise[H1998] of thy viols[H5035]: the worm[H7415] is spread[H3331] under thee, and the worms[H8438]cover[H4374] thee.
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How art thou fallen[H5307] from heaven[H8064], O Lucifer[H1966], son[H1121] of the morning[H7837]! how art thou cut down[H1438] to the ground[H776], which didst weaken[H2522] the nations[H1471]!
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For thou hast said[H559] in thine heart[H3824], I will ascend[H5927] into heaven[H8064], I will exalt[H7311] my throne[H3678]above[H4605] the stars[H3556] of God[H410]: I will sit[H3427] also upon the mount[H2022] of the congregation[H4150], in the sides[H3411] of the north[H6828]:
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I will ascend[H5927] above the heights[H1116] of the clouds[H5645]; I will be like[H1819] the most High[H5945].
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Yet thou shalt be brought down[H3381] to hell[H7585], to the sides[H3411] of the pit[H953].
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They that see[H7200] thee shall narrowly look[H7688] upon thee, and consider[H995] thee, saying, Is this the man[H376] that made the earth[H776] to tremble[H7264], that did shake[H7493]kingdoms[H4467];
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That made[H7760] the world[H8398] as a wilderness[H4057], and destroyed[H2040] the cities[H5892] thereof; that opened[H6605] not the house[H1004] of his prisoners?[H615]
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All the kings[H4428] of the nations[H1471], even all of them, lie[H7901] in glory[H3519], every one[H376] in his own house[H1004].
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But thou art cast out[H7993] of thy grave[H6913] like an abominable[H8581]branch[H5342], and as the raiment[H3830] of those that are slain[H2026], thrust through[H2944] with a sword[H2719], that go down[H3381] to the stones[H68] of the pit[H953]; as a carcase[H6297] trodden under feet[H947].
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Thou shalt not be joined[H3161] with them in burial[H6900], because thou hast destroyed[H7843] thy land[H776], and slain[H2026] thy people[H5971]: the seed[H2233] of evildoers[H7489] shall never[H5769] be renowned[H7121].
21Prepare[H3559]slaughter[H4293] for his children[H1121] for the iniquity[H5771] of their fathers[H1]; that they do not[H1077]rise[H6965], nor possess[H3423] the land[H776], nor fill[H4390] the face[H6440] of the world[H8398] with cities[H6145].
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For I will rise up[H6965] against them, saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635], and cut off[H3772] from Babylon[H894] the name[H8034], and remnant[H7605], and son[H5209], and nephew[H5220], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068].
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I will also make[H7760] it a possession[H4180] for the bittern[H7090], and pools[H98] of water[H4325]: and I will sweep[H2894] it with the besom[H4292] of destruction[H8045], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635].
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The LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635] hath sworn[H7650], saying[H559], Surely as I have thought[H1819], so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed[H3289], so shall it stand[H6965]:
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That I will break[H7665] the Assyrian[H804] in my land[H776], and upon my mountains[H2022] tread him under foot[H947]: then shall his yoke[H5923]depart[H5493] from off them, and his burden[H5448]depart[H5493] from off their shoulders[H7926].
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This is the purpose[H6098] that is purposed[H3289] upon the whole earth[H776]: and this is the hand[H3027] that is stretched out[H5186] upon all the nations[H1471].
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For the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635] hath purposed[H3289], and who shall disannul[H6565] it? and his hand[H3027] is stretched out[H5186], and who shall turn it back?[H7725]
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In the year[H8141] that king[H4428]Ahaz[H271]died[H4194] was this burden[H4853].
29Rejoice[H8055] not thou, whole Palestina[H6429], because the rod[H7626] of him that smote[H5221] thee is broken[H7665]: for out of the serpent[H8314]'s root[H8328] shall come forth[H3318] a cockatrice[H6848], and his fruit[H6529] shall be a fiery[H8314]flying[H5774]serpent[H8314].
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And the firstborn[H1060] of the poor[H1800] shall feed[H7462], and the needy[H34] shall lie down[H7257] in safety[H983]: and I will kill[H4191] thy root[H8328] with famine[H7458], and he shall slay[H2026] thy remnant[H7611].
31Howl[H3213], O gate[H8179]; cry[H2199], O city[H5892]; thou, whole Palestina[H6429], art dissolved[H4127]: for there shall come[H935] from the north[H6828] a smoke[H6227], and none shall be alone[H909] in his appointed times[H4151].
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What shall one then answer[H6030] the messengers[H4397] of the nation?[H1471] That the LORD[H3068] hath founded[H3245]Zion[H6726], and the poor[H6041] of his people[H5971] shall trust[H2620] in it.