God’s Word Translation
Isaiah 14:1
1The Lord will have compassion for Jacob and again choose Israel. He will resettle them in their own country. Foreigners will join them and unite with the descendants of Jacob.
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
The Lord will have compassion for Jacob and again choose Israel. He will resettle them in their own country. Foreigners will join them and unite with the descendants of Jacob. 2People will take them and bring them to their own place. The nation of Israel will possess nations as male and female slaves in the Lord’s land. They will take their captors captive and rule their oppressors. 3When that day comes, the Lord will give you relief from your pain and suffering, from the hard slavery you were forced to do.
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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 my people! Comfort them!” says your God.
- Isaiah 44:21Remember these things, Jacob: You are my servant, Israel. I formed you; you are my servant. Israel, I will not forget you.
- Isaiah 54:7“I abandoned you for one brief moment, but I will bring you back with unlimited compassion.
- Leviticus 26:40“But if they confess their sins and the sins of their ancestors—the treacherous things they did to oppose me—
- Deuteronomy 4:29But if you look for the Lord your God when you are among those nations, you will find him whenever you search for him with all your heart and with all your soul.
- Nehemiah 1:8Please remember what you told us through your servant Moses: ‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the nations.
- Psalms 98:3He has not forgotten to be merciful and faithful to Israel’s descendants. All the ends of the earth have seen how our God saves ⌞them⌟.
- Psalms 102:13You will rise and have compassion on Zion, because it is time to grant a favor to it. Indeed, the appointed time has come.
- Psalms 136:10Give thanks to the one who killed the firstborn males in Egypt— because his mercy endures forever.
- Psalms 143:12In keeping with your mercy, wipe out my enemies and destroy all who torment me, because I am your servant.
- Jeremiah 50:4“In those days and at that time,” declares the Lord, “the people of Israel and Judah will cry as they go together to seek the Lord their God.
- Jeremiah 51:4Babylon’s soldiers will fall down badly wounded in their streets. They will lie dead in their own land.
- Luke 1:54“He remembered to help his servant Israel forever.
- Isaiah 27:6In times to come Jacob will take root. Israel will blossom, bud, and fill the whole world with fruit.
- Zechariah 1:17“Announce again: This is what the Lord of Armies says: My cities will overflow with prosperity once more. The Lord will again comfort Zion and will again choose Jerusalem.”
- Zechariah 2:12The Lord will claim Judah as his own 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
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