Isaiah 14:1

Isaiah 14:1 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)The Lord will have compassion on Jacob; once again he will choose Israel and will settle them in their own land. Foreigners will join them and unite with the descendants of Jacob.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For the Lord will have compassion on Jacob and will again choose Israel, and will set them in their own land, and sojourners will join them and will attach themselves to the house of Jacob.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will still choose Israel, and settle them in their own land. The strangers will be joined with them, and they will cling to the house of Jacob.

Context of Isaiah 14:1

For the Lord will have compassion on Jacob (the captives in Babylon) and will again choose Israel, and will settle them in their own land. Foreigners (Gentiles) will join them [as proselytes] and will attach themselves to the house of Jacob (Israel). 2The peoples will take them along and bring them to their own place (Judea), and the house of Israel will possess them as an inheritance in the land of the Lord as male and female servants; and they will take captive those whose captives they have been, and they will rule over their [former] oppressors. 3And it will be in the day when the Lord gives you rest from your pain and turmoil and from the harsh service in which you have been enslaved,

Isaiah 14:1 word by word

כִּי֩ יְרַחֵ֨ם יְהוָ֜ה אֶֽת־יַעֲקֹ֗ב וּבָחַ֥ר עוֹד֙ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְהִנִּיחָ֖ם עַל־אַדְמָתָ֑ם וְנִלְוָ֤ה הַגֵּר֙ עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם וְנִסְפְּח֖וּ עַל־בֵּ֥ית יַעֲקֹֽב׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• will have mercyרָחַםrâcham · to have compassionH7355
• on Jacobיַעֲקֹבya‛ăqôb · JacobH3290
• and will yet chooseבָּחַרbâchar · to chooseH977
• Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• and setיָנַחyânach · to restH3240
• them in their own landאֲדָמָה'ădâmâh · land: soilH127
• and the strangersגֵּרgêr gêyr · sojournerH1616
• shall be joinedלָוָהlâvâh · to joinH3867
• with them, and they shall cleaveסָפַחsâphach ώâphach · to attachH5596
• to the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004

Cross-references for Isaiah 14:1

• Isaiah 40:1“Comfort, O comfort My people,” says your God.
• Isaiah 44:21“Remember [the foolishness of] these things, O Jacob And Israel, for you are My servant! I formed you, you are My servant; O Israel, you will not be forgotten by Me.
• Isaiah 54:7“For a brief moment I abandoned you, But with great compassion and mercy I will gather you [to Myself again].
• Leviticus 26:40‘If they confess their wickedness and the wickedness of their forefathers, in their unfaithfulness which they have committed against Me—and also in their acting with hostility toward Me—
• Deuteronomy 4:29But from there you will seek the Lord your God, and you will find Him if you search for Him with all your heart and all your soul.
• Nehemiah 1:8Please remember the word which You commanded Your servant Moses, saying, ‘If you are unfaithful and violate your obligations to Me I will scatter you [abroad] among the peoples;
• Psalms 98:3He has [graciously] remembered His lovingkindness and His faithfulness to the house of Israel; All the ends of the earth have witnessed the salvation of our God.
• Psalms 102:13You will arise and have compassion on Zion, For it is time to be gracious and show favor to her; Yes, the appointed time [the moment designated] has come.
• Psalms 136:10To Him who struck the firstborn of Egypt, For His lovingkindness endures forever;
• Psalms 143:12In your lovingkindness, silence and destroy my enemies And destroy all those who afflict my life, For I am Your servant.
• Jeremiah 50:4“In those days and at that time,” says the Lord, “the children of Israel will come, they and the children of Judah together; they will come up weeping [in repentance] as they come and seek the Lord their God [inquiring for and of Him].
• Jeremiah 51:4They shall fall down dead in the land of the Chaldeans, And wounded in her streets.”
• Luke 1:54He has helped His servant Israel, In remembrance of His mercy,
• Isaiah 27:6In the generations to come Jacob will take root; Israel will blossom and sprout, And they will fill the surface of the world with fruit.
• Zechariah 1:17Proclaim again, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “My cities shall again overflow with prosperity, and the Lord shall again comfort Zion and again choose Jerusalem.” ’ ”
• Zechariah 2:12The Lord will take possession of Judah as His portion in the holy land and will again choose Jerusalem.

Commentaries on Isaiah 14:1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1And will yet choose Israel - That is, will still regard Israel as his chosen people; however he may seem to desert them, by giving them up to their enemies, and scattering them among the nations. Judah is sometimes called Israel; see Ezekiel 13:16; Malachi 1:1; Malachi 2:11; : but the name of Jacob and of Israel, used apparently with design in this place, each of which names includes the twelve tribes, and the other circumstances mentioned in this and the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob - That is, he will pity the captive Jews in Babylon. He will not abandon them, but will remember them, and restore them to their own land. And will yet choose Israel - Will show that he regards them as still his chosen people; or will again “choose” them by recovering them from their bondage, and by restoring them to their country as his people. The names Jacob‘ and Israel‘ here simply denote the Jews. They do not…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1The destruction of Babylon, and the death of its proud monarch. (Is. 14:1-23) Assurance of the destruction of Assyria. (Is. 14:24-27) The destruction of the Philistines. (Is. 14:28-32) Verses 1-23 The whole plan of Divine Providence is arranged with a view to the good of the people of God. A settlement in the land of promise is of God's mercy. Let the church receive those whom God receives. God's people, wherever their lot is cast, should endeavour to…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1The Hebrew word translated as mercy uses the image of a mother's care for her child to show God's merciful love for his people (see also Isaiah 49:15; 66:13). God chose Israel as his special people when he called Abraham (see Isaiah 41:8; Genesis 12:1–3). Although their status did not change during the exile in Babylon, they faced God's anger like any other wicked nation because they rejected him. settle them in their own land: This promise began to be…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-3"It moves in lengthened elegiac measure like a song of lamentation for the dead, and is full of lofty scorn" [Herder]. a pledge to assure the captives in Babylon that He who, with such ease, overthrew the Assyrian, could likewise effect His purpose as to Babylon. The Babylonian king, the subject of this prediction, is Belshazzar, as representative of the kingdom (Da 5:1-31). 1. choose--"set His choice upon." A deliberate predilection [Horsley]. Their…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Isaiah 14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings