How hath the oppressor ceased!
the golden city ceased!
⁵ The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked,
and the sceptre of the rulers.
⁶ He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke [blows without remission],
he that ruled the nations in anger,
is persecuted,
and none hindereth.
⁷ The whole earth is at rest,
and is quiet:
they break forth into singing.
⁸ Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee,
and the cedars of Lebanon, saying,
Since [From yet] thou art laid down,
no feller is come up against us.
⁹ Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming:
it stirreth up the dead for thee,
even all the chief ones of the earth;
it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
¹⁰ All they shall speak and say unto thee,
Art thou also become weak as we?
art thou become like unto us?
¹¹ Thy pomp is bought down to the grave,
and the noise of thy viols:
the worm is spread under thee,
and the worms cover thee.

¹² How art thou fallen from heaven,
O Lucifer, son of the morning!
how art thou cut down to the ground,
which didst weaken the nations!
¹³ For thou hast said in thine heart,
I will ascend into heaven,
I will exalt my throne above the stars of God:
I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation,
in the sides of the north:
¹⁴ I will ascend above the heights of the clouds;
I will be like the most High.
¹⁵ Yet thou shalt be bought down to hell,
to the sides of the pit.
¹⁶ They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee,
and consider thee, saying,
Is this the man that made the earth to tremble,
that did shake kingdoms;
¹⁷ That made the world as a wilderness,
and destroyed the cities thereof;
that opened not the house of his prisoners?
¹⁸ All the kings of the nations,
even all of them,
lie in glory,
every one in his own house.
¹⁹ But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch,
and as the raiment of those that are slain,
thrust through with a sword,
that go down to the stones of the pit;
as a carcase trodden under feet.
²⁰ Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial,
because thou hast destroyed thy land,
and slain thy people:
the seed of evildoers shall never [not perpetually] be renowned.
²¹ Prepare slaughter for his children
for the iniquity of their fathers;
that they do not rise,
nor possess the land,
nor fill the face of the world with cities.

Surely as I have thought,
so shall it come to pass;
and as I have purposed,
so shall it stand:
²⁵ That I will break the Assyrian in my land,
and upon my mountains tread him under foot:
then shall his yoke depart from off them,
and his burden depart from off their shoulders.

²⁶ This is the purpose
that is purposed upon the whole earth:
and this is the hand
that is stretched out upon all the nations.
²⁷ For the LORD of hosts hath purposed,
and who shall disannul it?
and his hand is stretched out,
and who shall turn it back?

Cycle 2 - The Burden of Philistia (14:28-32)
a. Judgment: On Philistia - Death and Famine (14:28-31)