4 Then you’ll take up this wail against Babylon’s king…
In that day, you’ll say this about him:
‘O how much rest [we now can enjoy]
From this one who once demanded so much…
How much rest [we now have from] our masters!
5 ‘For, Jehovah broke the yoke of those sinners,
As well as the yoke of their rulers.
6 In His rage, He struck down a nation…
He brought calamity upon them…
He didn’t spare any and He didn’t hold back!
7 ‘So, now our land is shouting in joy…
8 The trees of Lebanon are happy and say:
From the time that you were laid low,
No one has come here to cut us!
9 ‘From below, the grave has arisen to meet them;
And all the giants who once ruled the earth
(Those that stood and opposed you)
Have all been gathered up there.’
Then the kings of those nations will arise from their thrones,
10 And they will say [to those giants]:
‘Have you been captured as we were,
And are you now considered to be one of us?
11 For your glories and joys have gone down to the grave,
And beneath you, they’ll make a bed of decay
Where you will be covered with worms!’
12 O how the bright one has fallen
(The [star] that arises at dawn);
For this one who [once conquered] nations,
Has now been broken to the ground.
(Note: This text could also be rendered: ‘O how you have fallen from the sky; howl, O one that arises at dawn; for, you who [once conquered] nations, have now been broken to the ground’).
13 You’re the one who once said in his heart:
‘I’ll ascend into the heavens
And I’ll put my throne above all the stars.
Then I’ll sit upon a high mountain…
On the highest mountain up in the north.
14 Yes, I will ascend above all the clouds,
And I will be like the Most High!’
15 But now, you’ll go down to the grave…
Down to the foundations of the earth.
16 Then, those who see you will wonder and ask:
‘Isn’t he the one who provoked the whole earth…
Isn’t he the one who once shook its kings…
17 Isn’t he the one who brought desolation
Upon mankind’s habitation…
The one who demolished its cities
And the one who set no slaves free?’
18 So, while all the kings of the nations
Will go to sleep in full honor
(As will every man within his own house);
19 You’ll be tossed in the mountains along with the slain.
Yes, you’ll be abhorred the same as the rest
Who have been run through with swords
And gone down to the place of the dead.
20 ‘Like clothes that are dirtied by blood,
You won’t be pure or clean anymore;
For, to My land, you brought desolation,
And you have murdered My people.
So, no way will you last through the age,
You seed of all that is evil!
21 ‘Prepare your young to be slaughtered
Because of the sins of their fathers!
So, they won’t arise and inherit the land,
Nor again fill the whole earth with wars!
22 ‘For, I will rise up against them,’
Says Jehovah of Armies;
‘I’ll destroy their names, their remains, and their seed.’
And Jehovah said:
23 ‘The land of Babylon, I will destroy…
I’ll make it a place where hedgehogs will dwell.
I will bring it to nothing…
It’ll be just a pit of destruction.’
24 Then Jehovah of Armies said:
‘This is how it will happen…
Yes, this is the way it will be;
For this is what I’ve decided:
‘I’ll allow [Babylon] to remain
For just a little while longer,
25 So that it can wipe the Assyrians away
From My land and My Holy Mountain.
They’ll be trampled and their yoke will then be removed,
As their dignity is cut from their shoulders.’
26 This is the plan that Jehovah laid out
For the rest of mankind’s habitation,
As His hand is raised over the nations.
27 For, who can erase the Holy One’s plans,
Or hold back His hand once it’s raised?
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