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| [1]For the Lord will have compassion of Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and cause them to rest in their own land: and the stranger shall join himself unto them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob. |
[1]But the Lorde wylbe mercyfull vnto Iacob, and will yet chose Israel againe, and set them in their owne land, straungers shall cleaue and get them to the house of Iacob |
| [2]And the people shall receive them and bring them to their own place, and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the Lord, for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them prisoners, whose captives they were, and have rule over their oppressors. |
[2]The people shall take them and carry them home to their owne land: and the house of Israel shall possesse them in the lande of the Lord, that they may be seruaunts and handmaydes: and they shall take those prysoners whose captiues they had ben before, and rule those that had oppressed them |
| [3]And in that day when the Lord shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the sore bondage, wherein thou didst serve, |
[3]When the Lorde nowe shall bryng thee to rest from thy trauayle, feare, and harde bondage that thou wast laden withall |
| [4]Then shalt thou take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased? And the gold thirsty Babylon rested? |
[4]Then shalt thou vse this mockage vpon the kyng of Babylon, and say: Howe happeneth it that the oppressour leaueth of? Is the golden tribute come to an ende |
| [5]The Lord hath broken the rod of the wicked, and the scepter of the rulers: |
[5]The Lorde hath broken the scepter of the vngodly, and the rod of the lordelye |
| [6]Which smote the people in anger with a continual plague, and ruled the nations in wrath: if any were persecuted, he did not let. |
[6]Which when he is wroth, smiteth the people with continuall strokes, and in wrath raigneth ouer the heathen, who he persecuteth without compassion |
| [7]The whole world is at rest and is quiet: they sing for joy. |
[7]And therfore the whole worlde is nowe at rest and quietnesse, and men sing for ioy |
| [8]Also the fir trees rejoiced of thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid down, no hewer came up against us. |
[8]Yea euen the Firre trees and Cedars of Libanus reioyce at thy fall, saying: Nowe that thou art layde downe, there come no mo vp to hewe downe vs |
| [9]Hell beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming, raising up the dead for thee, even all the princes of the earth, and hath raised from their thrones all the kings of the nations. |
[9]Hell also beneath trembleth to meete thee at thy commyng, and for thy sake hath raysed his dead, all mightie men and princes of the earth, all kynges of the earth stande vp from their seates |
| [10]All they shall cry, and say unto thee, Art thou become weak also as we? Art thou become like unto us? |
[10]That they may all aunswere and speake vnto thee, Art thou become weake also as we? Art thou become lyke vnto vs |
| [11]Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the sound of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee. |
[11]Thy pompe and thy pride is layde downe into the pit, and so is the melodie of thy instrumentes. Wormes be layde vnder thee, & wormes be thy coueryng |
| [12]How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning? And cut down to the ground, which didst cast lots upon the nations? |
[12]Howe art thou fallen from heauen O Lucifer, thou faire mornyng chylde? Howe hast thou gotten a fall euen to the grounde, which didst weaken the nations |
| [13]Yet thou saidest in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, and exalt my throne above beside the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation in the sides of the north. |
[13]For thou saydest in thine heart, I wyll clymbe vp into heauen, and exalt my throne aboue beside the starres of God, I wyll sit also vpon the mount of the congregation towarde the North |
| [14]I will ascend above the height of the clouds, and I will be like the most high. |
[14]I wyll clymbe vp aboue the cloudes, and wyll be lyke the hyghest of all |
| [15]But thou shalt be brought down to the grave, to the sides of the pit. |
[15]Yet thou shalt be brought downe to the deepe of hell, to the sides of the lake |
| [16]They that see thee, shall look upon thee and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, and that did shake the kingdoms? |
[16]They that see thee shall narowly loke vpon thee, and thinke in them selues, [saying:] Is this the man that brought all landes in feare, and made the kyngdomes afrayde |
| [17]He made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof, and opened not the house of his prisoners. |
[17][Is this he] that made the worlde in a maner waste, and layde the cities to the grounde, which let not his prisoners go out |
| [18]All the kings of the nations, even they all sleep in glory, everyone in his own house. |
[18]The kynges of the nations lye euery one in his owne house with worship |
| [19]But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch: like the raiment of those that are slain, and thrust through with a sword, which go down to the stones of the pit, as a carcass trodden under feet. |
[19]And thou art cast out of thy graue like a fylthy abhominable braunche, like as dead mens rayment that are shot thorowe with the sworde, and go downe to the stones of the deepe, as a dead coarse that is troden vnder feete |
| [20]Thou shalt not be joined with them in the grave, because thou hast destroyed thine own land, and slain thy people: the seed of the wicked shall not be renowned forever. |
[20]Thou art not buried with them: euen because that thou hast wasted thy lande & destroyed thy people: The generation of the wicked shalbe out of memorie for euer |
| [21]Prepare a slaughter for his children, for the iniquity of their fathers: let them not rise up nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with enemies. |
[21]Let there a way be sought to destroy their children that be in their fathers wickednesse, that they come not vp agayne to possesse the lande, and fyll the worlde full of enemies |
| [22]For I will rise up against them (saith the Lord of hosts) and will cut off from Babylon the name and the remnant and the son, and the nephew, saith the Lord: |
[22]I wyll stande vp agaynst them saith the Lorde of hoastes, and roote out the name and remnaunt, sonne and sonnes sonne of Babylon saith the Lorde |
| [23]And I will make it a possession to the hedgehog, and pools of water, and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the Lord of hosts. |
[23]I wyll geue it to the Otters, and wyll make water puddels of it, and I wyll sweepe them out with the besome of destruction saith the Lorde of hoastes |
| [24]The Lord of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely like as I have purposed, so shall it come to pass, and as I have consulted, it shall stand: |
[24]The Lorde of hoastes hath sworne an othe, saying: It shall come to passe as I haue determined, and shalbe fulfylled as I haue deuised |
| [25]That I will break to pieces Asshur [Assyria] in my land, and upon my mountains will I tread him under foot: so that his yoke shall depart from them, and his burden shall be taken from off their shoulder. |
[25]So that Assyria shall I destroy in my lande, and vpon my mountaynes wil I treade hym vnder foote, wherthrough his yoke shall come from them, and his burthen shalbe taken from their shoulder |
| [26]This is the counsel that is consulted upon the whole world, and this is the hand stretched out over all the nations, |
[26]This deuise hath God taken through the whole worlde, and this is his hande stretched out ouer all people |
| [27]Because the Lord of hosts hath determined it, and who shall disannul it? And his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it away? |
[27]For yf the Lord of hoastes determine a thyng, who is able to disanull it? And if he stretch foorth his hande, who may returne it agayne |
| [28]In the year that king Ahaz died, was this burden. |
[28]The same yere that kyng Ahaz dyed, was this burthen |
| [29]Rejoice not, (thou whole Philistia) because the rod of him that did beat thee, is broken for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a cockatrice, and the fruit thereof shall be a fiery flying serpent. |
[29]Reioyce not thou whole Palestina, because the rod of him that beateth thee is broken: for out of the serpentes roote there shall come an Adder, and his fruite shalbe a fierie fleeyng worme |
| [30]For the first born of the poor shall be fed, and the needy shall lie down in safety: and I will kill thy root with famine, and it shall slay thy remnant. |
[30]But the first borne of the poore shalbe fed, and the simple shall dwell in safetie: Thy roote also wyll I destroy with hunger, and it shall slay the remnaunt |
| [31]Howl, O gate, cry, O city: thou whole land of Philistia art dissolved, for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall be alone, at his time appointed. |
[31]Mourne thou porte, weepe thou citie, for, O whole lande of Palestina, thou art layd waste: for there shal come from the north a smoke, that not one alone may abide at home in his times |
| [32]What shall then one answer the messengers of the Gentiles? That the Lord hath stablished Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it. |
[32]What shall one then aunswere the messengers of the Gentiles? For the Lorde hath stablished Sion, and the poore of his people that be therein shall put their trust in it |