1The Lord's got mad love for Jacob and is still choosing Israel, putting them in their own spot: strangers gonna vibe with them and cling to the fam of Jacob.

2The people gonna scoop them up and bring them home: Israel's gonna flex on them in the Lord's land as servants, flipping the script and ruling over their oppressors.

3Soon, the Lord's gonna hook you up with rest from your struggles, fears, and all that heavy stuff you had to deal with, fr.

4You gonna drop this roast on the king of Babylon, asking, "How'd the oppressor fall off? The golden city is done!"

5The Lord smashed the wicked's staff and took down the rulers' scepter, no cap.

6The one who smacked the people in rage and ruled the nations in anger is now getting persecuted, and nobody's stopping it.

7The whole earth is chillin’ and quiet: they’re breaking out in song.

8For real, the fir trees are hyped for you, and the cedars of Lebanon are like, "Since you’re down, no one’s coming to chop us."

9The underworld's getting shook for you, ready to greet you when you show up: it’s waking up the dead, even the top dogs of the earth; all the kings are getting up from their thrones.

10They all gonna say to you, "You’re looking weak like us? You turned into one of us?"

11Your vibe is totally down in the grave, and your music's just noise now: worms are all over you, no cap.

12How you gonna fall from heaven, Lucifer, morning star? You got cut down to the ground, and now you’re weak, fr.

13You thought you could rise to heaven, flex your throne above the stars? You wanted to chill on the mount up north, but nah.

14You were like, "I’ll rise above the clouds; I’ll be like the Big Boss," but that’s sus.

15But you’re getting sent down to the pit, for real.

16People gonna look at you and be like, "Is this the dude who made the earth shake and took down kingdoms?"

17You turned the world into a wasteland and wrecked cities; you didn’t even free your prisoners, savage.

18All the kings are chilling in glory, each in their own crib, periodt.

19But you got kicked outta your grave like a trashy branch, just like the clothes of the slain, trampled underfoot.

20You won’t get buried with them ‘cause you ruined your land and took out your people: the legacy of bad vibes won’t last.

21Get ready to take out his kids for their fam's wrongs; they ain't rising up, owning the land, or filling the world with cities, no cap.

22For I’m coming for them, says the Lord of hosts, and I’m cutting off Babylon’s name and crew, fr.

23I’m turning it into a hangout for the bittern and some chill water vibes; I’ll clean it up with destruction’s broom, says the Lord of hosts.

24The Lord of hosts swore, saying, for real, as I planned, so it’s happening; and as I decided, that’s how it’s gonna be, periodt.

25I'm gonna break the Assyrian in my land and stomp him on my mountains; then his yoke's gonna dip, and his burden’s off their shoulders, lit.

26This is the plan for the whole earth, and this is the hand reaching out to all the nations, vibes.

27For the Lord of hosts has made this plan, and who’s gonna change it? His hand is out, and who’s gonna stop it?

28In the year King Ahaz kicked the bucket, this weight dropped.

29Don’t celebrate, Palestina, just 'cause the guy who hit you is down; from the serpent's roots, a fierce creature’s coming, and it’s gonna be wild.

30The firstborn of the broke will eat, and the needy will chill in safety; I’ll end your roots with hunger, and he’ll wipe out your crew.

31Yo, gates, start howlin'; cities, cry out! Palestina is totally shook because smoke's rollin' in from the north, and nobody's chillin' on their own time.

32So what do we tell the squad from the nation? The Lord built up Zion, and the homies in need can trust it, no cap.

1For 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.

2And 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.

3And it shall come to pass in the day that the Lord shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve,

4That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!

5The Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers.

6He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth.

7The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing.

8Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us.

9Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.

10All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us?

11Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.

12How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!

13For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:

14I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.

15Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.

16They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;

17That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?

18All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house.

19But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet.

20Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned.

21Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.

22For I will rise up against them, saith the Lord of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith the Lord.

23I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the Lord of hosts.

24The Lord of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:

25That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders.

26This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations.

27For the Lord of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?

28In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden.

29Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent’s root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.

30And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety: and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay thy remnant.

31Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, art dissolved: for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall be alone in his appointed times.

32What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the Lord hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.