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Many[a] nations will take them and bring them to their land and[b] their own place. The house of Israel will put those nations[c] to conscripted labor[d] in the Lord’s land. They will take captive those who were their captors, and will rule continually[e] over those who oppressed them.

At the time,[f] when the Lord gives you rest from your suffering, turmoil, and the cruel bondage which they forced you to serve,[g] you will lift up this song of mockery against[h] the king of Babylon:

“How the oppressor has come to an end!
    How the attacker[i] has ceased!

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 14:2 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX lack Many
  2. Isaiah 14:2 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read and to
  3. Isaiah 14:2 Lit. put them
  4. Isaiah 14:2 Lit. to male and female slavery
  5. Isaiah 14:2 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsac LXX MT read rule
  6. Isaiah 14:3 Lit. day
  7. Isaiah 14:3 So 1QIsaa 4QIsae; MT LXX read which you were forced to serve
  8. Isaiah 14:4 So 1QIsaa MT LXX; 4QIsae reads to
  9. Isaiah 14:4 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads. the golden city

Nations will take them
    and bring(A) them to their own place.
And Israel will take possession of the nations(B)
    and make them male and female servants in the Lord’s land.
They will make captives(C) of their captors
    and rule over their oppressors.(D)

On the day the Lord gives you relief(E) from your suffering and turmoil(F) and from the harsh labor forced on you,(G) you will take up this taunt(H) against the king of Babylon:(I)

How the oppressor(J) has come to an end!
    How his fury[a] has ended!

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 14:4 Dead Sea Scrolls, Septuagint and Syriac; the meaning of the word in the Masoretic Text is uncertain.