Isaiah 14:2
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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.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.
In other translations
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.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.
Hebrew words
וּלְקָחוּםulekachumand they will take themH3947עַמִּים'amimpeoplesH5971וֶהֱבִיאוּםvehevi'umand they will bring themH935אֶל־'el-toH413מְקוֹמָםmekomamplace theirH4725וְהִתְנַחֲלוּםvehitnachalumand they will receive as an inheritance themH5157בֵּית־beit-[the] house ofH1004יִשְׂרָאֵלyisra'elIsraelH3478עַל'alonH5921אַדְמַת'admat[the] land ofH127יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068לַעֲבָדִיםla'avadimto [male] servantsH5650וְלִשְׁפָחוֹתvelishfachotand to female servantsH8198וְהָיוּvehayuand they will beH1961שֹׁבִיםshovimtaking captiveH7617לְשֹׁבֵיהֶםleshoeihem<to> captors theirH7617וְרָדוּveraduand they will ruleH7287בְּנֹגְשֵׂיהֶם׃ סbenogeseihemover oppressors theirH5065
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- Jeremiah 30:16Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey.Nevertheless, 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.
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