2 The people shall take themand bring them to their place,and the house of Israel shall possess themin the land of the Lord for servants and handmaids;and they shall take them captive, whose captives they were,and they shall rule over their oppressors.
3 In the day the Lord gives you rest from your sorrow, and from your fear, and from the hard bondage in which you were made to serve,
4 you shall take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say: How has the oppressor ceased!The golden city ceased!
5 The Lord has broken the staff of the wicked,and the scepter of the rulers;
6 he who struck the people in wrath with unceasing strokes,he who ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and no one hinders.
7 The whole earth is at rest and is quiet;they break forth into singing.
8 Indeed, the fir trees rejoice at you,and the cedars of Lebanon, saying,“Since you are laid down,no tree cutter has come up against us.”