Isaiah 14
1 for to have compassion LORD [obj] Jacob and to choose still in/on/with Israel and to rest them upon land: soil their and to join [the] sojourner upon them and to attach upon house: household Jacob
[But] Yahweh will act mercifully toward the Israeli people; he will choose [the people of] Israel [to be his people again], and he will allow them to [return here and] live in their own land again. Then people from [many] other countries will come here and unite with the Israeli people.
2 and to take: take them people and to come (in): bring them to(wards) place their and to inherit them house: household Israel upon land: soil LORD to/for servant/slave and to/for maidservant and to be to take captive to/for to take captive them and to rule in/on/with to oppress them
People of other nations will help them to return to their [own] land, and those who come from other countries will (work for/become the servants of) the Israeli people. Those who captured people of Israel will be captured by Israeli soldiers, and the people of Israel will rule over the people who [previously] oppressed them.
3 and to be in/on/with day to rest LORD to/for you from pain your and from turmoil your and from [the] service [the] severe which to serve in/on/with you
Some day Yahweh will free you [Israeli people] from suffering and trouble and from being afraid, and from being cruelly treated as slaves [MTY].
4 and to lift: loud [the] proverb [the] this upon king Babylon and to say how? to cease to oppress to cease insolence
When that happens, you will make fun of the King of Babylon by saying this: “You treated us cruelly, but that has ended! Your insolently causing others to suffer is finished!
5 to break LORD tribe: rod wicked tribe: staff to rule
You evil ruler, Yahweh will get rid of your power, and you will oppress people no longer!
6 to smite people in/on/with fury wound lest revolt to rule in/on/with face: anger nation persecution without to withhold
You attacked people many times because you were very angry with them, and you subdued/conquered [other] nations by causing them to suffer endlessly.
7 to rest to quiet all [the] land: country/planet to break out cry
[But soon] everything will be quiet and peaceful on the earth. Everyone [PRS] will sing [again]!
8 also cypress to rejoice to/for you cedar Lebanon from the past to lie down: lay down not to ascend: rise [the] to cut: cut upon us
[It will be as though] even the trees in the forests will joyfully sing this song, the cyprus/pine [trees] and the cedar [trees] in Lebanon will sing it: ‘You (have been overthrown/are no longer a ruler), and now no one comes to get rid of us [MET].’
9 hell: Sheol from underneath: under to tremble to/for you to/for to encounter: meet to come (in): come you to rouse to/for you shade all goat land: country/planet to arise: raise from throne their all king nation (Sheol h7585)
The dead people are [PRS] are eagerly waiting for you to come to the place where they are. The spirits of the world leaders will be delighted to welcome you; those who were kings of many nations [before they died] will stand up [to welcome you]. (Sheol h7585)
10 all their to answer and to say to(wards) you also you(m. s.) be weak: weak like us to(wards) us to liken
They will all shout to you [together], ‘Now you are as weak as we are!’
11 to go down hell: Sheol (pride your *LA(bh)*) sound harp your underneath: under you to lay worm and covering your worm (Sheol h7585)
You were very proud and powerful, [but all] that ended when you died, along with the sounds of harps [being played in your palace]. [Now in your grave] maggots will be under you [like a sheet] [MET], and worms will cover you [like a blanket] [MET]. (Sheol h7585)
12 how? to fall: fall from heaven Day Star son: child dawn to cut down/off to/for land: soil to weaken upon nation
You have [disappeared from the earth like] [MET] a star which has fallen from the sky; you [were very well-known] [like] [MET] the morning star [which is seen by everyone]; you destroyed [many] nations, but now you have been destroyed.
13 and you(m. s.) to say in/on/with heart your [the] heaven to ascend: rise from above to/for star God to exalt throne my and to dwell in/on/with mountain: mount meeting in/on/with flank Zaphon
You [proudly] said to yourself, ‘I will ascend to heaven, to my throne above God’s stars. I will rule on the mountain where [the gods] gather together, far in the north.
14 to ascend: rise upon high place cloud to resemble to/for Most High
I will ascend above the clouds and become like the highest/greatest god!’
[But you were not able to do that]; instead, you were carried down to your grave, and you went to the place where the dead people are. (Sheol h7585)
16 to see: see you to(wards) you to gaze to(wards) you to understand this [the] man to tremble [the] land: country/planet to shake kingdom
The [other dead] people there stare at you; they wonder what happened to you. [They say], ‘Is this the man who caused the earth to shake and caused the [people in many] kingdoms to tremble?
17 to set: make world like/as wilderness and city his to overthrow prisoner his not to open house: home [to]
Is this the man who [tried to] cause the world to become a desert, who conquered its cities and did not allow the people whom he captured to return to their homes?’
18 all king nation all their to lie down: lay down in/on/with glory man: anyone in/on/with house: home his
All the kings of the earth [who have died] were greatly honored when they were buried,
19 and you(m. s.) to throw from grave your like/as branch to abhor clothing to kill to pierce sword to go down to(wards) stone pit like/as corpse to trample
but your [corpse will] not be buried; it will be thrown away like [SIM] a worthless branch [of a tree]. Your corpse will be under a heap of other corpses of soldiers that were killed by [their enemies’] swords, and [their corpses] were not buried; you will be with those who have gone down to the stony ground in a big pit.
20 not be joined with them in/on/with tomb for land: country/planet your to ruin people your to kill not to call: call by to/for forever: enduring seed: children be evil
Your [corpse] will not be buried because you have destroyed your nation and have caused your people to be killed. The descendants of wicked people [like you] will never be honored again.
21 to establish: prepare to/for son: child his slaughter in/on/with iniquity: guilt father their not to arise: rise and to possess: take land: country/planet and to fill face: surface world city
[People will say], ‘Slaughter this man’s children because of the sins that their ancestors committed! Do not allow them to become rulers and conquer [all the nations in] the world, and fill the world with the cities [that they rule]!’”
22 and to arise: rise upon them utterance LORD Hosts and to cut: eliminate to/for Babylon name and remnant and offspring and progeny utterance LORD
[This is what] the Commander of the armies of angels says: “I [myself] will cause Babylon to be conquered. I will get rid of Babylon and its people and their descendants.
23 and to set: make her to/for possession porcupine and pool water and to sweep her in/on/with broom to destroy utterance LORD Hosts
I will cause Babylon to be a place where owls live, a place full of swamps; I will get rid of it completely [as though] [MET] I were sweeping it with a broom. [That is what I], the Commander of the armies of angels, say.”
24 to swear LORD Hosts to/for to say if: surely yes not like/as as which to resemble so to be and like/as as which to advise he/she/it to arise: establish
The Commander of the armies of angels has [also] solemnly promised this: “The things that I have planned will surely happen [DOU].
25 to/for to break Assyria in/on/with land: country/planet my and upon mountain: mount my to trample him and to turn aside: depart from upon them yoke his and burden his from upon shoulder his to turn aside: remove
[When the army of] Assyria is in my land [of Israel], I will crush them. [It will be as though] I will trample them on my mountains. My people will no longer be the slaves [MET] of the people of Assyria; [it will be as though] [MET] I will take away the burdens that are on their shoulders.
26 this [the] counsel [the] to advise upon all [the] land: country/planet and this [the] hand [the] to stretch upon all [the] nation
I have a plan for everyone on the earth, a plan to show my power [MTY] to punish all the nations.
27 for LORD Hosts to advise and who? to break and hand his [the] to stretch and who? to return: turn back her
[I], the Commander of the armies of angels, have spoken, and no one can [RHQ] change my mind. When I raise my fist [to strike Assyria], no one [RHQ] will be able to stop me [from doing that].”
28 in/on/with year death [the] king Ahaz to be [the] oracle [the] this
I received this message [from Yahweh] during the year that King Ahaz died:
29 not to rejoice Philistia all your for to break tribe: staff to smite you for from root serpent to come out: come serpent and fruit his serpent to fly
You people of Philistia, do not rejoice that the enemy army [MET] that attacked you has been defeated and that their king is dead. He was [as dangerous as] [MET] a snake, but there will be another king, who will be more [dangerous] than a cobra; he will be [like] [MET] a quick-moving poisonous snake.
30 and to pasture firstborn poor and needy to/for security to stretch and to die in/on/with famine root your and remnant your to kill
Those of my people who are very poor will take care of their flocks of sheep, and the needy people will lie down safely, but I will cause you people [of Philistia] who are still alive [DOU] to die from famine.
31 to wail gate to cry out city to melt Philistia all your for from north smoke to come (in): come and nothing be alone in/on/with ranks his
[So], you people of Philistia, wail at the gates of your cities! You should be extremely afraid, because [a very powerful army] will come from the north [to attack you]; [their chariots will stir up the dust like] [MET] a cloud of smoke. Each of their soldiers is ready to fight.
32 and what? to answer messenger nation for LORD to found Zion and in/on/with her to seek refuge afflicted people his
If messengers [from Philistia] come to us [Israeli people], this is what we must [RHQ] tell them: “Yahweh has established Jerusalem, [not Philistia], and his people who are oppressed will be safe inside [the walls of] Jerusalem.”
