Isaiah 14:1

For Jehovah will have compassion upon Jacob, And will again set his love upon Israel, And cause them to rest in his own land. And strangers shall join themselves to them, And cleave to the house of Jacob.

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In The King James Version

For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.

In Context

2The nations shall take them and bring them to their own place; And the house of Israel shall possess them, in the land of Jehovah, As servants and as handmaids; They shall take captive their captors, And they shall rule over their oppressors.

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Cross References

Psalms 102:13Thou wilt arise and have pity upon Zion, For the time to favor her, yea, the set time, is come.

Psalms 136:10To him that smote in Egypt their first-born; For his goodness endureth for ever!

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 14:1

In this chapter, I. More weight is added to the burden of Babylon, enough to sink it like a mill-stone; I. It is Israel's cause that is to be pleaded in this quarrel with Babylon, ver. 1-3 . 2. The king of Babylon, for the time being, shall be remarkably brought down and triumphed over, ver. 4-20 . 3. The whole race of the Babylonians shall be cut off and extirpated, ver. 21-23 . II. A confirmation of the prophecy of the destruction of Babylon, which was a thing at a distance, is here given in the prophecy of the… Read the whole commentary →

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