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Isaiah 14:2

The nations will escort Israel and bring it to its homeland. Then the house of Israel will possess the nations as menservants and maidservants in the LORD’s land. They will make captives of their captors and rule over their oppressors.

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ASV

And the peoples shall take them, and bring them to their place; and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of Jehovah for servants and for handmaids: and they shall take them captive whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.

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.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וּלְקָח֣וּםu.le.ka.Chumand they will take themH3947 →
עַמִּים֮'a.MimpeoplesH5971 →
וֶהֱבִיא֣וּםve.he.vi.'Umand they will bring themH935 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
מְקוֹמָם֒me.ko.Mamplace theirH4725 →
וְהִֽתְנַחֲל֣וּםve.hit.na.cha.Lumand they will receive as an inheritance themH5157 →
בֵּֽית־beit-[the] house ofH1004 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
עַ֚ל'alonH5921 →
אַדְמַ֣ת'ad.Mat[the] land ofH127 →
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
לַעֲבָדִ֖יםla.'a.va.Dimto [male] servantsH5650 →
וְלִשְׁפָח֑וֹתve.lish.fa.Chotand to female servantsH8198 →
וְהָיוּ֙ve.ha.Yuand they will beH1961 →
שֹׁבִ֣יםsho.Vimtaking captiveH7617 →
לְשֹֽׁבֵיהֶ֔םle.shoei.Hem<to> captors theirH7617 →
וְרָד֖וּve.ra.Duand they will ruleH7287 →
בְּנֹגְשֵׂיהֶֽם׃ סbe.no.ge.sei.Hemover oppressors theirH5065 →

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Isaiah 49:25Indeed, this is what the LORD says: “Even the captives of the mighty will be taken away, and the plunder of the tyrant will be retrieved; I will contend with those who contend with you, and I will save your children.Isaiah 61:5Strangers will stand and feed your flocks, and foreigners will be your plowmen and vinedressers.Isaiah 60:14The sons of your oppressors will come and bow down to you; all who reviled you will fall facedown at your feet and call you the City of the LORD, Zion of the Holy One of Israel.Jeremiah 30:16Nevertheless, all who devour you will be devoured, and all your adversaries—every one of them—will go off into exile. Those who plundered you will be plundered, and all who raided you will be raided.Isaiah 60:12For the nation or kingdom that will not serve you will perish; it will be utterly destroyed.Isaiah 60:9–12Surely the islands will wait for Me, with the ships of Tarshish in the lead, to bring your children from afar, with their silver and gold, to the honor of the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, for He has glorified you.Daniel 7:25–27He will speak out against the Most High and oppress the saints of the Most High, intending to change the appointed times and laws; and the saints will be given into his hand for a time, and times, and half a time.Revelation 13:10“If anyone is destined for captivity, into captivity he will go; if anyone is to die by the sword, by the sword he must be killed.” Here is a call for the perseverance and faith of the saints.Ezekiel 39:10They will not gather wood from the countryside or cut it from the forests, for they will use the weapons for fuel. They will loot those who looted them and plunder those who plundered them, declares the Lord GOD.Zechariah 2:9I will surely wave My hand over them, so that they will become plunder for their own servants. Then you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me.”Isaiah 49:23Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow to you facedown and lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD; those who hope in Me will never be put to shame.”Revelation 18:20–24Rejoice over her, O heaven, O saints and apostles and prophets, because God has pronounced for you His judgment against her.Daniel 7:18But the saints of the Most High will receive the kingdom and possess it forever—yes, forever and ever.’Jeremiah 25:14For many nations and great kings will enslave them, and I will repay them according to their deeds and according to the work of their hands.’”Isaiah 49:22This is what the Lord GOD says: “Behold, I will lift up My hand to the nations, and raise My banner to the peoples. They will bring your sons in their arms and carry your daughters on their shoulders.Leviticus 25:46You may leave them to your sons after you to inherit as property; you can make them slaves for life. But as for your brothers, the Israelites, no man may rule harshly over his brother.Revelation 11:11–18But after the three and a half days, the breath of life from God entered the two witnesses, and they stood on their feet, and great fear fell upon those who saw them.Zechariah 14:2–3For I will gather all the nations for battle against Jerusalem, and the city will be captured, the houses looted, and the women ravished. Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be removed from the city.

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About Isaiah

The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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