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Isaiah 14:1

כִּי֩
kîy
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
יְרַחֵ֨ם
râcham
to fondle; by implication, to love, especially to compassionate
יְהוָ֜ה
Yᵉhôvâh
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
אֶֽת
ʼêth
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
יַעֲקֹ֗ב
Yaʻăqôb
Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
וּבָחַ֥ר
bâchar
and — properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select
עוֹד֙
ʻôwd
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
Yisrâʼêl
in/with/by — he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
וְהִנִּיחָ֖ם
yânach
and — to deposit; by implication, to allow to stay
עַל
ʻal
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
אַדְמָתָ֑ם
ʼădâmâh
soil (from its general redness)
וְנִלְוָ֤ה
lâvâh
and — properly, to twine, i.e. (by implication) to unite, to remain; also to borrow (as a form of obligation) or (caus.) to lend
הַגֵּר֙
gêr
the — properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner
עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם
ʻal
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
וְנִסְפְּח֖וּ
çâphach
and — properly, to scrape out, but in certain peculiar senses (of removal or association)
עַל
ʻal
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
בֵּ֥ית
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
יַעֲקֹֽב
Yaʻăqôb
Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
Isaiah 14:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)
AMPLIFIED · 1 of 3
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). [Esth 8:17]
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Israel's own eventual restoration frames this whole taunt against Babylon - the oracle against the empire opens with hope for the very people it oppressed.

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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). [Esth 8:17]
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