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Isaiah 14:2

Israel and the nations

1 For the LORD will have compassion on Jacob; once again He will choose Israel and settle them in their own land. The foreigner will join them and unite with the house of Jacob.

The nations will escort Israel and bring it to its homeland. Then the house of Israel will possess the nations as menservants and maidservants in the LORD’s land. They will make captives of their captors and rule over their oppressors.

3 On the day that the LORD gives you rest from your pain and torment, and from the hard labor into which you were forced,

4 you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased, and how his fury has ended!

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
The nations will escort Israel and bring it to its homeland. Then the house of Israel will possess the nations as menservants and maidservants in the LORD’s land. They will make captives of their captors and rule over their oppressors.
KJV
And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.
WEB
The peoples will take them, and bring them to their place. The house of Israel will possess them in the LORD’s land for servants and for handmaids. They will take as captives those whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.
ASV
And the peoples shall take them, and bring them to their place; and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of Jehovah for servants and for handmaids: and they shall take them captive whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.
DARBY
And the peoples shall take them and bring them to their place; and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of Jehovah for servants and handmaids; and they shall take them captive whose captives they were, and they shall rule over their oppressors.
BLB
And the peoples will take them and bring them to their place, and the house of Israel will possess them in the land of YHWH as menservants and as maidservants, and they will become captives to their captors, and they will rule over their oppressors.
ÅB
Og folkeslag skal ta dem og føre dem hjem igjen, og Israels hus skal få dem i eie i Herrens land og gjøre dem til slaver og slavekvinner, og de skal nå holde dem fanget som har holdt dem selv fanget, og herske over sine voldsherrer.
OTB
Folkeslag vil følge dem og føre dem til deres sted, og Israels hus vil eie dem i Herrens land som mannlige og kvinnelige tjenere. De vil fange sine fangevoktere og herske over sine undertrykkere.
B1930
Og folkeslag skal ta dem og føre dem hjem igjen, og Israels hus skal få dem i eie i Herrens land og gjøre dem til træler og trælkvinner, og de skal nu holde dem fanget som har holdt dem selv fanget, og herske over sine voldsherrer.

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Cross references

  • Isaiah 61:5

    Strangers will stand and feed your flocks, and foreigners will be your plowmen and vinedressers.

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  • Isaiah 60:14

    The sons of your oppressors will come and bow down to you; all who reviled you will fall facedown at your feet and call you the City of the LORD, Zion of the Holy One of Israel.

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  • Jeremiah 30:16

    Nevertheless, all who devour you will be devoured, and all your adversaries—every one of them— will go off into exile. Those who plundered you will be plundered, and all who raided you will be raided.

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  • Daniel 7:25–27

    He will speak out against the Most High and oppress the saints of the Most High, intending to change the appointed times and laws; and the saints will be given into his hand for a time, and times, and half a time.

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  • Isaiah 60:9–12

    Surely the islands will wait for Me, with the ships of Tarshish in the lead, to bring your children from afar, with their silver and gold, to the honor of the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, for He has glorified you.

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  • Isaiah 49:23

    Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow to you facedown and lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD; those who hope in Me will never be put to shame.”

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  • Daniel 7:18

    But the saints of the Most High will receive the kingdom and possess it forever—yes, forever and ever.’

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  • Revelation 18:20–24

    Rejoice over her, O heaven, O saints and apostles and prophets, because God has pronounced for you His judgment against her.

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