3 And it shall come to pass in the day that the LORD shall give thee rest from thy sorrow and from thy fear and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve
4 That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon and say How hath the oppressor ceased the golden city ceased
5 The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked and the sceptre of the rulers
6 He who smote the people in wrath with a continual __ stroke he that ruled the nations in anger is persecuted and none hindereth
7 The whole earth is at rest and is quiet they break forth into singing
8 Yea the fir trees rejoice at thee and the cedars of Lebanon saying Since thou art laid down no feller is come up against us
9 Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming it stirreth up the dead for thee even all the chief ones of the earth it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations
10 All they shall speak and say unto thee Art thou also become weak as we art thou become like unto us
11 Thy pomp is brought down to the grave and the noise of thy viols the worm is spread under thee and the worms cover thee
12 How art thou fallen from heaven O Lucifer son of the morning __ how art thou cut down to the ground which didst weaken the nations
13 For thou hast said in thine heart I will ascend into heaven I will exalt my throne above the stars of God I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation in the sides of the north
14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds I will be like the most High
15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell to the sides of the pit
16 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee and consider thee saying Is this the man that made the earth to tremble that did shake kingdoms
17 That made the world as a wilderness and destroyed the cities thereof that opened not the house of his prisoners
18 All the kings of the nations even all of them lie in glory every one in his own house
19 But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch and as the raiment of those that are slain thrust through with a sword that go down to the stones of the pit as a carcase trodden under feet
20 Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial because thou hast destroyed thy land and slain thy people the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned
21 Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers that they do not rise nor possess the land nor fill the face of the world with cities __
22 For I will rise up against them saith the LORD of hosts and cut off from Babylon the name and remnant and son and nephew saith the LORD 23 I will also make it a possession for the bittern and pools of water and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction saith the LORD of hosts
24 The LORD of hosts hath sworn saying Surely as I have thought so shall it come to pass and as I have purposed so shall it stand 25 That I will break the Assyrian in my land and upon my mountains tread him under foot then shall his yoke depart from off them and his burden depart from off their shoulders 26 This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations 27 For the LORD of hosts hath purposed and who shall disannul it and his hand is stretched out and who shall turn it back
28 In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden
29 Rejoice not thou whole Palestina because the rod of him that smote thee is broken for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a cockatrice and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent
30 And the firstborn of the poor shall feed and the needy shall lie down in safety and I will kill thy root with famine and he shall slay thy remnant
31 Howl O gate cry O city thou whole Palestina art dissolved for there shall come from the north a smoke and none shall be alone in his appointed times
32 What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation That the LORD hath founded Zion and the poor of his people shall trust in it
