1Sí, YHVH tendrá misericordia de Jacob, Él volverá a escoger a Israel. Y los hará reposar en su propia tierra; Los extranjeros se juntarán a ellos, Y se unirán a la casa de Jacob.2Las naciones los recogerán y los llevarán a su lugar, Y la casa de Israel se apropiará de ellos como siervos y siervas en la tierra de YHVH, Y cautivarán a sus cautivadores, Y subyugarán a sus tiranos.3Aquel día YHVH te dará descanso de tu labor y de tu tribulación, Y de la dura servidumbre que te fue impuesta.4Entonces pronunciarás mofa contra el rey de Babilonia, diciendo: ¡Cómo terminó el tirano! ¡Cómo acabó su prepotencia!5YHVH ha hecho pedazos la vara de los impíos, El cetro de los dominadores,6Que con furia golpeaba a los pueblos sin parar, E iracundo oprimía a las naciones con acoso imposible de impedir.7La tierra entera reposa tranquila y prorrumpe en gritos de júbilo.8Aun los cipreses y los cedros del Líbano se alegran de tu suerte, diciendo: ¡Desde que fuiste derribado, ya no sube el talador contra nosotros!9El Seol se estremecerá por ti en lo profundo al topar con tu llegada, Y despertará en tu honor a todos los espíritus de los muertos, A todos los potentados de la tierra, Y levantará de sus tronos a todos los reyes de las naciones.10Y todos ellos te cantarán a coro, diciendo: ¿También tú fuiste debilitado como nosotros, Y has llegado a ser como nosotros?11Descendió al Seol tu soberbia, Y ya no se oye el estruendo de tus salterios; Debajo tuyo hace cama la gusanera, Y los gusanos son tu cobertor.12¡Cómo caíste del cielo, oh Lucero, hijo de la mañana! Tú, que abatías las naciones, has sido derribado a tierra.13Tú que decías en tu corazón: Subiré a los cielos, en lo alto, Junto a las estrellas de Dios levantaré mi trono, Y en el monte del testimonio me sentaré, a los lados del norte.14Sobre las alturas de las nubes subiré, Y seré semejante a ’Elyón.15¡Ay, pero tú, derribado eres hasta el Seol, A lo profundo del abismo!16Los que te vean te observarán atentamente, Se cerciorarán de ti, y dirán: ¿Es éste aquel varón que hacía temblar la tierra, Que sacudía los reinos,17Que convirtió el mundo en un desierto, Que asoló sus ciudades, Y a sus presos nunca abrió la cárcel?18Todos los reyes de la tierra, Todos ellos yacen con honra, Cada uno en su última morada.19Pero tú eres echado de tu sepulcro como vástago abominable, Como ropaje de muertos pasados a espada, Precipitados al fondo de la fosa, como un cadáver pisoteado.20No te unirás a ellos en la sepultura, Porque tú destruiste tu tierra y mataste a tu pueblo, Y la simiente de los malignos nunca jamás será nombrada.21Preparad la matanza de sus hijos por la maldad de sus padres, No sea que se levanten y posean la tierra, y llenen de ciudades la faz del mundo.22Porque me levantaré contra ellos, dice YHVH Sebaot, Y extirparé de Babilonia la posteridad y el apellido, Al retoño y a la descendencia, dice YHVH.23Y la convertiré en posesión de erizos y en ciénaga, Y la barreré con la escoba del exterminio, dice YHVH Sebaot.
Contra Asiria
24YHVH Sebaot juró diciendo: Ciertamente lo que he planeado sucederá, Y lo que he decidido permanecerá estable:25Al Asirio quebrantaré en mi tierra, Y sobre mis montes lo pisotearé; Su yugo será quitado de ellos Y su carga apartada de su espalda.26Éste es el consejo planeado contra toda la tierra, Y ésta la mano extendida contra todas las naciones.27Si YHVH Sebaot lo ha determinado ¿Quién lo impedirá? Su mano extendida ¿quién la hará volver atrás?
Contra Filistea
28En el año que murió el rey Acaz, hubo esta profecía:29No te alegres, oh Filistea toda, De que haya sido rota la vara del que te hería, Porque de la cepa de la serpiente saldrá una víbora, Y su fruto será un dragón alado,30Que hará morir de hambre a tu cepa y matará tu remanente, Mientras que los más indigentes serán apacentados Y los pobres reposarán confiados.31¡Aúlla, puerta! ¡Grita, ciudad! ¡Desfallece, oh Filistea, toda tú! Porque un humo viene del norte, Y no hay rezagado en sus huestes.32¿Y qué se responderá a los mensajeros de las naciones? Que YHVH ha cimentado a Sión, Y que en ella se refugian los afligidos de su pueblo.
1For 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. (2 Cr 36:22; Sal 102:13; Zac 1:17; Zac 8:22; Ef 2:12)2And 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.[1] They will take captive those who were their captors, and rule over those who oppressed them. (Is 49:22; Is 60:9; Is 60:14; Is 61:5; Is 66:20; Jl 3:8)
Israel’s Remnant Taunts Babylon
3When the Lord has given you rest from your pain and turmoil and the hard service with which you were made to serve,4you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon: “How the oppressor has ceased, the insolent fury[2] ceased! (Jer 51:13; Miq 2:4; Hab 2:6; Ap 18:16)5The Lord has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of rulers, (Is 9:4)6that struck the peoples in wrath with unceasing blows, that ruled the nations in anger with unrelenting persecution. (Jer 50:23)7The whole earth is at rest and quiet; they break forth into singing. (Is 44:23; Is 49:13; Is 54:1; Is 55:12)8The cypresses rejoice at you, the cedars of Lebanon, saying, ‘Since you were laid low, no woodcutter comes up against us.’ (Is 2:13; Is 37:24; Ez 31:16)9Sheol beneath is stirred up to meet you when you come; it rouses the shades to greet you, all who were leaders of the earth; it raises from their thrones all who were kings of the nations.10All of them will answer and say to you: ‘You too have become as weak as we! You have become like us!’ (Jer 51:48)11Your pomp is brought down to Sheol, the sound of your harps; maggots are laid as a bed beneath you, and worms are your covers.12“How you are fallen from heaven, O Day Star, son of Dawn! How you are cut down to the ground, you who laid the nations low! (Job 38:7; Is 24:21; Is 34:3)13You said in your heart, ‘I will ascend to heaven; above the stars of God I will set my throne on high; I will sit on the mount of assembly in the far reaches of the north;[3] (Jer 51:53; Dn 5:22; Am 9:2; Mt 11:23; Lc 10:15; 2 Ts 2:4)14I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.’15But you are brought down to Sheol, to the far reaches of the pit. (Ez 32:23; Mt 11:23; Lc 10:15)16Those who see you will stare at you and ponder over you: ‘Is this the man who made the earth tremble, who shook kingdoms, (Jer 50:23)17who made the world like a desert and overthrew its cities, who did not let his prisoners go home?’ (Jer 50:33)18All the kings of the nations lie in glory, each in his own tomb;[4]19but you are cast out, away from your grave, like a loathed branch, clothed with the slain, those pierced by the sword, who go down to the stones of the pit, like a dead body trampled underfoot. (Ez 32:20)20You will not be joined with them in burial, because you have destroyed your land, you have slain your people. “May the offspring of evildoers nevermore be named! (Job 18:19; Sal 21:10; Sal 109:13)21Prepare slaughter for his sons because of the guilt of their fathers, lest they rise and possess the earth, and fill the face of the world with cities.” (Ex 20:5; Mt 23:35)22“I will rise up against them,” declares the Lord of hosts, “and will cut off from Babylon name and remnant, descendants and posterity,” declares the Lord. (Gn 21:23; Job 18:19; Jer 51:50; Jer 51:62)23“And I will make it a possession of the hedgehog,[5] and pools of water, and I will sweep it with the broom of destruction,” declares the Lord of hosts. (Is 34:11; Sof 2:14)
An Oracle Concerning Assyria
24The Lord of hosts has sworn: “As I have planned, so shall it be, and as I have purposed, so shall it stand, (Pr 19:21)25that I will break the Assyrian in my land, and on my mountains trample him underfoot; and his yoke shall depart from them, and his burden from their shoulder.” (Is 9:4; Is 10:27; Is 37:36)26This is the purpose that is purposed concerning the whole earth, and this is the hand that is stretched out over all the nations. (Dt 4:34)27For the Lord of hosts has purposed, and who will annul it? His hand is stretched out, and who will turn it back? (2 Cr 20:6; Job 9:12; Sal 33:11; Pr 21:30; Is 14:26; Dn 4:31; Dn 4:33; Dn 4:35)
An Oracle Concerning Philistia
28In the year that King Ahaz died came this oracle: (2 R 16:20; Is 13:1)29Rejoice not, O Philistia, all of you, that the rod that struck you is broken, for from the serpent’s root will come forth an adder, and its fruit will be a flying fiery serpent. (Ex 15:14; Nm 21:6; Sal 60:8; Sal 87:4; Sal 108:9; Is 10:24; Is 30:6; Jer 46:22)30And the firstborn of the poor will graze, and the needy lie down in safety; but I will kill your root with famine, and your remnant it will slay. (Is 29:19; Sof 3:12)31Wail, O gate; cry out, O city; melt in fear, O Philistia, all of you! For smoke comes out of the north, and there is no straggler in his ranks. (Is 13:6; Is 14:29; Is 20:1; Is 24:12)32What will one answer the messengers of the nation? “The Lord has founded Zion, and in her the afflicted of his people find refuge.” (Sal 87:1; Sal 87:5; Sal 102:16; Sal 132:13; Is 28:16)