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The peoples will take Israel
and bring them back to their own place.
In the Lord’s land the house of Israel will possess the nations
as male and female servants.
They will take their captors captive.
They will rule over their oppressors.

On that day, when the Lord will give you rest from your sorrow, rest from your trouble, and rest from the bondage forced upon you, you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon:

“How the oppressor has ceased!
How his fury[a] has ended!”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 14:4 The translation follows the Dead Sea Scroll of Isaiah, the Greek, and the Syriac. The meaning of the Hebrew text is uncertain.