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Isaiah 14:1
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For Jehovah will have compassion on Jacob, and
will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the sojourner shall
join himself with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob. |
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Isaiah 14:2 |
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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. |
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Isaiah 14:3 |
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And it shall come to pass in the day that Jehovah
shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy trouble, and from the hard
service wherein thou wast made to serve, |
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Isaiah 14:4 |
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that thou shalt take up this parable against
the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!
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Isaiah 14:5 |
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Jehovah hath broken the staff of the wicked,
the sceptre of the rulers; |
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Isaiah 14:6 |
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that smote the peoples in wrath with a continual
stroke, that ruled the nations in anger, with a persecution that none restrained.
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Isaiah 14:7 |
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The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they
break forth into singing. |
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Isaiah 14:8 |
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Yea, the fir-trees rejoice at thee, and the
cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid low, no hewer is come up against
us. |
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Isaiah 14:9 |
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Sheol 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.
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Isaiah 14:10 |
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All they shall answer and say unto thee, Art
thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us? |
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Isaiah 14:11 |
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Thy pomp is brought down to Sheol, and the noise
of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and worms cover thee. |
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Isaiah 14:12 |
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How art thou fallen from heaven, O day-star,
son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, that didst lay low the
nations! |
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Isaiah 14:13 |
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And thou saidst in thy heart, I will ascend
into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; and I will sit upon
the mount of congregation, in the uttermost parts of the north; |
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Isaiah 14:14 |
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I will ascend above the heights of the clouds;
I will make myself like the Most High. |
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Isaiah 14:15 |
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Yet thou shalt be brought down to Sheol, to
the uttermost parts of the pit. |
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Isaiah 14:16 |
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They that see thee shall gaze at thee, they
shall consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that
did shake kingdoms; |
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Isaiah 14:17 |
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that made the world as a wilderness, and overthrew
the cities thereof; that let not loose his prisoners to their home? |
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Isaiah 14:18 |
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All the kings of the nations, all of them, sleep
in glory, every one in his own house. |
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Isaiah 14:19 |
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But thou art cast forth away from thy sepulchre
like an abominable branch, clothed with the slain, that are thrust through with
the sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a dead body trodden under
foot. |
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Isaiah 14:20 |
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Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial,
because thou hast destroyed thy land, thou hast slain thy people; the seed of
evil-doers shall not be named for ever. |
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Isaiah 14:21 |
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Prepare ye slaughter for his children for the
iniquity of their fathers, that they rise not up, and possess the earth, and fill
the face of the world with cities. |
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Isaiah 14:22 |
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And I will rise up against them, saith Jehovah
of hosts, and cut off from Babylon name and remnant, and son and son's son, saith
Jehovah. |
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Isaiah 14:23 |
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I will also make it a possession for the porcupine,
and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith Jehovah
of hosts. |
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Isaiah 14:24 |
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Jehovah 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: |
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Isaiah 14:25 |
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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 shoulder. |
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Isaiah 14:26 |
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This is the purpose that is purposed upon the
whole earth; and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations.
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Isaiah 14:27 |
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For Jehovah of hosts hath purposed, and who
shall annul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back? |
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Isaiah 14:28 |
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In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden.
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Isaiah 14:29 |
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Rejoice not, O Philistia, all of thee, because
the rod that smote thee is broken; for out of the serpent's root shall come forth
an adder, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent. |
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Isaiah 14:30 |
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And the first-born of the poor shall feed, and
the needy shall lie down in safety; and I will kill thy root with famine, and
thy remnant shall be slain. |
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Isaiah 14:31 |
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Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou art melted away,
O Philistia, all of thee; for there cometh a smoke out of the north, and there
is no straggler in his ranks. |
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Isaiah 14:32 |
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What then shall one answer the messengers of
the nation? That Jehovah hath founded Zion, and in her shall the afflicted of
his people take refuge. |
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