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Isaiah 14:1

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The LORD will have mercy on Israel and will let them be his chosen people once again. He will bring them back to their own land, and foreigners will join them as part of Israel.

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In every province and city where the law was sent, the Jews had parties and celebrated. Many of the people in the provinces accepted the Jewish religion, because they were now afraid of the Jews.

You will show pity to Zion because the time has come.

We, your servants, love each stone in the city, and we are sad to see them lying in the dust.

I am your servant. Show how much you love me by destroying my enemies.

God has been faithful in his love for Israel, and his saving power is seen everywhere on earth.

The time is coming when Hebrew will be spoken in five Egyptian cities, and their people will become followers of the LORD. One of these cities will be called City of the Sun.

This is a message about a desert beside the sea: Enemies from a hostile nation attack like a whirlwind from the Southern Desert.

Some day Israel will take root like a vine. It will blossom and bear fruit that covers the earth.

Israel, you are my servant. I chose you, the family of my friend Abraham.

From far across the earth I brought you here and said, “You are my chosen servant. I haven't forgotten you.”

People of Israel, I have chosen you as my servant.

My people, I, the LORD, promise that the riches of Egypt and the treasures of Ethiopia will belong to you. You will force into slavery those tall people of Seba. They will bow down and say, “The only true God is with you; there are no other gods.”

City of Babylon, you are delicate and untouched, but that will change. Surrender your royal power and sit in the dust.

They won't go hungry or get thirsty; they won't be bothered by the scorching sun or hot desert winds. I will be merciful while leading them along to streams of water.

Tell the heavens and the earth to celebrate and sing; command every mountain to join in the song. The LORD's people have suffered, but he has shown mercy and given them comfort.

The LORD answered, “Could a mother forget a child who nurses at her breast? Could she fail to love an infant who came from her own body? Even if a mother could forget, I will never forget you.

But the LORD has promised to fight on our side and to rescue our children from those strong and violent enemies.

Israel, I am the holy LORD God, the one who rescues you. You are slaves of rulers and of a nation who despises you. Now this is what I promise: kings and rulers will honour you by kneeling at your feet. You can trust me! I am your LORD, the holy God of Israel, and you are my chosen ones.

You and your descendants will take over the land of other nations. You will settle in towns that are now in ruins.

Give up your crooked ways and your evil thoughts. Return to the LORD our God. He will be merciful and forgive your sins.

Foreigners who worship me must not say, “The LORD won't let us be part of his people.” Men who are unable to become fathers must no longer say, “We are dried up trees.”

Jerusalem, your city walls will be rebuilt by foreigners; their rulers will become your slaves. I punished you in my anger; now I will be kind and treat you with mercy.

The descendants of enemies who hated and ill-treated you will kneel at your feet. They will say, “You are Zion, the city of the LORD, the holy God of Israel.”

They will bring your relatives from the nations as an offering to me, the LORD. They will come on horses, chariots, wagons, mules, and camels to Jerusalem, my holy mountain. It will be like the people of Israel bringing the right offering to my temple.

Instead, you will call me the Living God who rescued you from that country in the north and from the other countries where I had forced you to go. Some day I will bring you back to this land that I gave your ancestors.

and accept your worship. Then I will gather you from all the nations where I scattered you, and you will return to Jerusalem.

Now you are slaves of other nations, but I will break the chains and smash the yokes that keep you in slavery.

You are precious to me, and so I will rebuild your nation. Once again you will dance for joy and play your tambourines.

You Babylonians were cruel to Israel and Judah. You took them captive, and now you refuse to let them go.

You feel ashamed and disgraced, because foreigners have entered my sacred temple.

But I remember the agreement I made with you when you were young, and so I will make you a promise that will last for ever.

It will belong to the Israelites and to any foreigners living among them whose children were born in Israel. These foreigners must be treated like any other Israelite citizen, and they will receive

I also promise that my towns will prosper—Jerusalem will once again be my chosen city, and I will comfort the people of Zion.

From dawn until dusk my name is praised by every nation on this earth, as they burn incense and offer the proper sacrifices to me.

He helps his servant Israel and is always merciful to his people.

Your mighty power is a light for all nations, and it will bring honour to your people Israel.”




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