Isaiah 14:20–31

^20lThou shalt not be joined with them in burial,

Because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people:

^mThe seed of evildoers shall never be renowned.

²¹Prepare slaughter for his children ⁿfor the iniquity of their fathers;

^oThat they do not rise, nor possess the land,

Nor fill the face of the world with cities.

²²For I will rise up against them, saith the Lord of hosts,

And cut off from Babylon ^pthe name, and ^qremnant,

And ^rson, and ^rsnephew, saith the Lord.

²³I will also make it a possession for ^tthe bittern, and pools of water:

And I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the Lord of hosts.

²⁴The 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:

^25uThat I will break the Assyrian in my land,

And upon my mountains tread him under foot:

Then shall his ^vyoke depart from off them,

And ^whis ^vburden depart from off their shoulders.

²⁶This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth:

And this is ^xthe hand that is stretched out upon all the nations.

²⁷For ^ythe Lord of hosts hath purposed, and ^zwho shall disannul it?

And ^xhis hand is stretched out, and ^awho shall turn it back?

²⁸In the year that ^bking Ahaz died was this ^cburden.

²⁹Rejoice not thou, whole ^dPalestina,

Because ^ethe rod of him that smote thee is broken:

For ^fout of the serpent’s root shall come forth a ^gcockatrice,

And ^fhis fruit shall be ^ha fiery flying serpent.

³⁰And ⁱthe 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.

^31jHowl, O gate; cry, O city;

Thou, whole ^dPalestina, art ^kdissolved:

For there shall come from the north a smoke,

And none shall be alone in his ^lappointed times.