6 He that smote the peoples in wrath, with a stroke unremitted;

He that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth.

7 The whole earth is at rest, is quiet; they burst forth into a joyful shout:

8 Even the fir-trees rejoice over thee, the cedars of Libanus :

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Since thou art fallen, no feller hath come up against

us.

Hades from beneath is moved because of thee, to meet thee at thy coming:

He rouseth for thee the mighty dead, all the great chiefs of the earth;

He maketh to rise up from their thrones, all the kings of the nations.

10 All of them shall accost thee, and shall say unto thee:

Art thou, even thou too, become weak as we? art thou made like unto us?

11 Is then thy pride brought down to the grave; the sound of thy sprightly instruments?

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Is the vermin become thy couch, and the earthworm thy covering?

How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son

of the morning!

Art cut down to the earth, thou that didst subdue the nations!

13 Yet thou didst say in thy heart: I will ascend the

heavens;

Above the stars of God I will exalt my throne;

And I will sit upon the mount of the divine presence, on the sides of the north':

14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the Most High.

15 But thou shalt be brought down to the grave, to the sides of the pit.

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Those that see thee shall look attentively at thee:

they shall well consider thee:

Is this the man, that made the earth to tremble; that that shook the kingdoms?

17 That made the world like a desert; that destroyed the cities?

That never dismissed his captives to their own home? 18 All the kings of the nations, all of them,

Lie down in glory, each in his own sepulchre:

19 But thou art cast out of the grave, as the tree abominated;

Clothed with the slain, with the pierced by the sword,

With them that go down to the stones of the pit; as a trodden carcass.

20 Thou shalt not be joined unto them in burial; Because thou hast destroyed thy country, thou hast slain thy people:

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The seed of evil doers shall never be renowned. Prepare ye slaughter for his children, for the iniquity of their fathers;

Lest they rise, and possess the earth; and fill the face of the world with cities.

22 For I will arise against them, saith JEHOVAH God of hosts:

And I will cut off from Babylon the name, and the remnant;

And the son, and the son's son, saith JEHOVAH. 23 And I will make it an inheritance for the porcupine, and pools of water;

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And I will plunge it in the miry gulf of destruction, saith JEHOVAH God of hosts.

JEHOVAH God of hosts hath sworn, saying: Surely as I have devised, so shall it be;

And as I have purposed, that thing shall stand; 25 To crush the Assyrian in my land, and to trample

him on my mountains.

Then shall his yoke depart from off them;

And his burden shall be removed from off their

shoulder.

26 This is the decree, which is determined on the whole earth;

And this the hand, which is stretched out over all the nations:

27 For JEHOVAH God of hosts hath decreed; and who shall disannul it?

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And it is his hand, that is stretched out; and who shall turn it back?

IN THE YEAR, IN WHICH AHAZ THE KING
DIED, THIS ORACLE WAS DELIVERED.

REJOICE not, O Philistia, with one consent;
Because the rod, that smote thee, is broken;

For from the root of the serpent shall come forth a
basilisk;

And his fruit shall be a flying fiery serpent. 30 For the poor shall feed on my choice first-fruits; And the needy shall lie down in security: But he will kill thy root with drought;

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And thy remnant he will slay.

Howl, O gate; cry out, O city!

O Philistia, thou art altogether sunk in consternation!
For from the north cometh a smoke;

And there shall not be a straggler among his levies. 32 And what answer shall be given to the ambassadors of the nations?

That JEHOVAH hath laid the foundation of Sion;
And the poor of his people shall take refuge in her.

CHAP. XV.

1 THE ORACLE CONCERNING MOAB.

BECAUSE in the night Ar is destroyed, Moab is undone !

Because in the night Kir is destroyed, Moab is undone!

2 He goeth up to Beth-Dibon, to the high places to

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weep:

Over Nebo, and over Medeba, shall Moab howl:

On every head there is baldness; every beard is shorn,

3 In her streets they gird themselves with sackcloth:
On her house tops, and to her open places,
Every one howleth, descendeth with weeping.
4 And Heshbon and Elealeh cry out aloud;
Unto Jahats is their voice heard:

Yea the very loins of Moab cry out;
Her life is grievous unto her.

5 The heart of Moab crieth within her;

To Tsoar [she crieth out] like the lowing of a young heifer:

Yea the ascent of Luhith with weeping shall they ascend;

Yea in the way of Horonaim they raise a cry of de

struction.

6 For the waters of Nimrim shall become desolate : For the pasture is withered, the tender plant faileth, the green herb is no more.

7 Wherefore the riches, which they have gained, shall perish;

And what they have deposited, to the valley of willows shall be carried away.

8 For the cry encompasseth the border of Moab:

To Eglaim reacheth her moan; and to Beer-Elim her howling.

9 Yea the waters of Dimon are full of blood: Yet will I bring more evils upon Dimon; Upon the escaped of Moab and Ariel, and the remnant of Admah.

CHAP. XVI.

I WILL send forth the son of the ruler of the land, From Selah of the desert to the mount of the daughter of Sion.

2 And as wandering birds driven from the nest,

So shall be the daughters of Moab at the fords of
Arnon.

3 Impart counsel: interpose with equity;

Make thy shadow as the night in the midst of noonday.

Hide the outcasts; discover not the fugitive.

4 Let the outcasts of Moab sojourn with thee, [O Sion;]

Be thou to them a covert from the destroyer.

For the oppressor is no more, the destroyer ceaseth;

He that trampled you under foot is perished from the land,

5 And the throne shall be established in mercy,

And in truth shall One sit thereon;

In the tabernacle of David a judge;

Carefully searching out the right, and dispatching justice.

6 We have heard the pride of Moab; he is very proud;

His haughtiness, and his pride, and his anger: vain are his lies.

7 Therefore shall Moab lament aloud;

For the whole people of Moab shall he lament: For the men of Kirhares shall ye make a moan. 8 For the fields of Heshbon are put to shame; The vine of Sibmah languisheth,

Whose generous shoots overpowered the mighty lords of the nations;

They reached unto Jazer; they strayed to the desert;

Her branches extended themselves, they passed over

the sea.

9 Wherefore I will weep, as with the weeping of Jazer, for the vine of Sibmah;

I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon and Elealeh !