2 The nations will take them and bring them to their place, and the house of Israel will possess them as male and female slaves on the Lord’s land; they will take captive their captors and rule over their oppressors.
3 On the day when the Lord gives you rest from your sorrow and turmoil, from the hard service with which you served,
4 you will take up this taunt-song against the king of Babylon:How the oppressor has come to an end!how the turmoil has ended!
5 The Lord has broken the rod of the wicked,the staff of the tyrants
6 That struck the peoples in wrathwith relentless blows;That ruled the nations in anger,with boundless persecution.
7 The whole earth rests peacefully,song breaks forth;
8 The very cypresses rejoice over you,the cedars of Lebanon:“Now that you are laid to rest,no one comes to cut us down.”