Isaiah 14:2

Isaiah 14:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the Lord for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.
• New International Version (NIV)Nations will take them and bring them to their own place. And Israel will take possession of the nations and make them male and female servants in the Lord’s land. They will make captives of their captors and rule over their oppressors.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the peoples will take them and bring them to their place, and the house of Israel will possess them in the Lord's land as male and female slaves. They will take captive those who were their captors, and rule over those who oppressed them.
• New Living Translation (NLT)The nations of the world will help the people of Israel to return, and those who come to live in the Lord’s land will serve them. Those who captured Israel will themselves be captured, and Israel will rule over its enemies.

Context of Isaiah 14:2

1For 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. Then people will take them and bring them to their place, and the house of Israel will possess them for servants and maids in the land of the Lord; they will take them captive whose captives they were, and rule over their oppressors. 3It shall come to pass in the day the Lord gives you rest from your sorrow, and from your fear and the hard bondage in which you were made to serve, 4that you will take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say: “How the oppressor has ceased, The golden city ceased!

Isaiah 14:2 word by word

וּלְקָח֣וּם עַמִּים֮ וֶהֱבִיא֣וּם אֶל־מְקוֹמָם֒ וְהִֽתְנַחֲל֣וּם בֵּֽית־יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל עַ֚ל אַדְמַ֣ת יְהוָ֔ה לַעֲבָדִ֖ים וְלִשְׁפָח֑וֹת וְהָיוּ֙ שֹׁבִ֣ים לְשֹֽׁבֵיהֶ֔ם וְרָד֖וּ בְּנֹגְשֵׂיהֶֽם׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• shall takeלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• them, and bringבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935
• them to their placeמָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725
• and the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• shall possessנָחַלnâchal · to inheritH5157
• them in the landאֲדָמָה'ădâmâh · land: soilH127
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• for servantsעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
• and handmaidsשִׁפְחָהshiphchâh · maidservantH8198
• and they shall take them captivesשָׁבָהshâbâh · to take captiveH7617
• they were; and they shall ruleרָדָהrâdâh · to ruleH7287
• over their oppressorsנָגַשׂnâgaώ · to oppressH5065

Cross-references for Isaiah 14:2

• Isaiah 18:7In that time a present will be brought to the Lord of hosts From a people tall and smooth of skin, And from a people terrible from their beginning onward, A nation powerful and treading down, Whose land the rivers divide— To the place of the name of the Lord of hosts, To Mount Zion.
• Isaiah 60:9Surely the coastlands shall wait for Me; And the ships of Tarshish will come first, To bring your sons from afar, Their silver and their gold with them, To the name of the Lord your God, And to the Holy One of Israel, Because He has glorified you.
• Isaiah 61:5Strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, And the sons of the foreigner Shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.
• Ezra 2:65besides their male and female servants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred and thirty-seven; and they had two hundred men and women singers.
• Romans 15:27It pleased them indeed, and they are their debtors. For if the Gentiles have been partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also to minister to them in material things.
• 2 Corinthians 8:4imploring us with much urgency that we would receive the gift and the fellowship of the ministering to the saints.
• Galatians 5:13For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another.
• Psalms 68:18You have ascended on high, You have led captivity captive; You have received gifts among men, Even from the rebellious, That the Lord God might dwell there.
• 2 Corinthians 10:5casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,
• Ephesians 4:8Therefore He says: “When He ascended on high, He led captivity captive, And gave gifts to men.”
• Isaiah 60:14Also the sons of those who afflicted you Shall come bowing to you, And all those who despised you shall fall prostrate at the soles of your feet; And they shall call you The City of the Lord, Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
• Jeremiah 30:16‘Therefore all those who devour you shall be devoured; And all your adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; Those who plunder you shall become plunder, And all who prey upon you I will make a prey.
• Daniel 7:18But the saints of the Most High shall receive the kingdom, and possess the kingdom forever, even forever and ever.’
• Zechariah 14:2For I will gather all the nations to battle against Jerusalem; The city shall be taken, The houses rifled, And the women ravished. Half of the city shall go into captivity, But the remnant of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
• Revelation 3:9Indeed I will make those of the synagogue of Satan, who say they are Jews and are not, but lie—indeed I will make them come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you.
• Revelation 11:11Now after the three-and-a-half days the breath of life from God entered them, and they stood on their feet, and great fear fell on those who saw them.

Commentaries on Isaiah 14:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2For servants and handmaids - For thrallis and thrallesses. - Old Bible. Male and female slaves.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2And the people shall take them - That is, the people in Babylon. And bring them to their place - That is, they shall attend them to the land of Judea, and aid in restoring them to their own country. There is reference here, doubtless, to the fact that Cyrus would assist them (compare Ezra 1:1-11), and that many of the inhabitants of Chaldea who would become proselytes, would be willing to accompany them to their own land. And the house of Israel shall…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2Just as Israel was subject to the Lord, the nations of the world would also submit to the Lord through Israel (Isaiah 45:14; 49:7, 23; 60:12, 14; 66:23). The oppressed nation of Israel will rule over its enemies and gain power and favor with God.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. the people--of Babylon, primarily. Of the whole Gentile world ultimately (Is 49:22; 66:20; 60:9). their place--Judea (Ezr 1:1-6). possess--receive in possession. captives--not by physical, but by moral might; the force of love, and regard to Israel's God (Is 60:14).Read the comment

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• Serve
• Canon of the Old Testament

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