Isaiah 14:1 “For the LORD will have compassion on Jacob; once again He will choose…”

Isaiah 14:1

For the LORD will have compassion on Jacob; once again He will choose Israel and settle them in their own land. The foreigner will join them and unite with the house of Jacob.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

For 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.

World English Bible

For the LORD will have compassion on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land. The foreigner will join himself with them, and they will unite with the house of Jacob.

American Standard Version

For Jehovah will have compassion on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the sojourner shall join himself with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.

Geneva Bible 1599

For the Lord wil haue compassion of Iaakob, and wil yet chuse Israel, and cause them to rest in their owne lande: and the stranger shall ioyne him selfe vnto them, and they shall cleaue to the house of Iaakob.

Darby Translation

For Jehovah will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in rest in their own land; and the stranger shall be united to them, and they shall be joined to the house of Jacob.

Young's Literal Translation

Because Jehovah loveth Jacob, And hath fixed again on Israel, And given them rest on their own land, And joined hath been the sojourner to them, And they have been admitted to the house of Jacob.

Bible in Basic English

For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will again make Israel his special people, and will put them in their land; and the man from a strange country will take his place among them and be joined to the family of Jacob.

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Cross references

“the Lord”

Psalm 102:13 Jeremiah 50:4–6 Leviticus 26:40–45 Deuteronomy 4:29–31 Jeremiah 50:33 Luke 1:72–74

Psalm 102:13 · BSB

You will rise up and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show her favor— the appointed time has come.

Jeremiah 50:4–6 · BSB

“In those days and at that time, declares the LORD, the children of Israel and the children of Judah will come together, weeping as they come, and will seek the LORD their God.

Leviticus 26:40–45 · BSB

But if they will confess their iniquity and that of their fathers in the unfaithfulness that they practiced against Me, by which they have also walked in hostility toward Me—

Deuteronomy 4:29–31 · BSB

But if from there you will seek the LORD your God, you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.

Jeremiah 50:33 · BSB

This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “The sons of Israel are oppressed, and the sons of Judah as well. All their captors hold them fast, refusing to release them.

Luke 1:72–74 · BSB

to show mercy to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant,

“choose”

Zechariah 1:17 Isaiah 27:6 Zechariah 2:12

Zechariah 1:17 · BSB

Proclaim further that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘My cities will again overflow with prosperity; the LORD will again comfort Zion and choose Jerusalem.’”

Isaiah 27:6 · BSB

In the days to come, Jacob will take root. Israel will bud and blossom and fill the whole world with fruit.

Zechariah 2:12 · BSB

And the LORD will take possession of Judah as His portion in the Holy Land, and He will once again choose Jerusalem.

“set”

Jeremiah 31:8–12 Jeremiah 32:37–41 Deuteronomy 30:3–5 Jeremiah 30:18–22 Ezekiel 39:25–29 Jeremiah 29:14

Jeremiah 31:8–12 · BSB

Behold, I will bring them from the land of the north and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth, including the blind and the lame, expectant mothers and women in labor. They will return as a great assembly!

Jeremiah 32:37–41 · BSB

I will surely gather My people from all the lands to which I have banished them in My furious anger and great wrath, and I will return them to this place and make them dwell in safety.

Deuteronomy 30:3–5 · BSB

then He will restore you from captivity and have compassion on you and gather you from all the nations to which the LORD your God has scattered you.

Jeremiah 30:18–22 · BSB

This is what the LORD says: “I will restore the fortunes of Jacob’s tents and have compassion on his dwellings. And the city will be rebuilt on her own ruins, and the palace will stand in its rightful place.

Ezekiel 39:25–29 · BSB

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Now I will restore Jacob from captivity and will have compassion on the whole house of Israel, and I will be jealous for My holy name.

Jeremiah 29:14 · BSB

I will be found by you, declares the LORD, and I will restore you from captivity and gather you from all the nations and places to which I have banished you, declares the LORD. I will restore you to the place from which…

“the strangers”

Ephesians 2:12–19 Malachi 1:11 Acts 15:14–17 Ruth 1:14–18 Isaiah 49:16–23 Isaiah 56:6–8

Ephesians 2:12–19 · BSB

remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.

Malachi 1:11 · BSB

For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name will be great among the nations,” says the…

Acts 15:14–17 · BSB

Simon has told us how God first visited the Gentiles to take from them a people to be His own.

Ruth 1:14–18 · BSB

Again they wept aloud, and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth clung to her.

Isaiah 49:16–23 · BSB

Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; your walls are ever before Me.

Isaiah 56:6–8 · BSB

And the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD to minister to Him, to love the name of the LORD, and to be His servants— all who keep the Sabbath without profaning it and who hold fast to My covenant—

Also

Isaiah 49:13 Isaiah 41:8 Isaiah 49:7 Isaiah 44:1

Isaiah 49:13 · BSB

Shout for joy, O heavens; rejoice, O earth; break forth in song, O mountains! For the LORD has comforted His people, and He will have compassion on His afflicted ones.

Isaiah 41:8 · BSB

“But you, O Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, descendant of Abraham My friend—

Isaiah 49:7 · BSB

Thus says the LORD, the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel, to Him who was despised and abhorred by the nation, to the Servant of rulers: “Kings will see You and rise, and princes will bow down, because of the LORD, who is…

Isaiah 44:1 · BSB

But now listen, O Jacob My servant, Israel, whom I have chosen.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2The 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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