2. And peoples have taken them, And have brought them in unto their place, And the house of Israel have inherited them, On the land of Jehovah, For men-servants and for maidservants, And they have been captors of their captors, And have ruled over their exactors.
3. And it hath come to pass, In the day of Jehovah's giving rest to thee, From thy grief, and from thy trouble, And from the sharp bondage, That hath been served upon thee,
4. That thou hast taken up this simile Concerning the king of Babylon, and said, How hath the exactor ceased,
5. Ceased hath the golden one. Broken hath Jehovah the staff of the wicked, The sceptre of rulers.
6. He who is smiting peoples in wrath, A smiting without intermission, He who is ruling in anger nations, Pursuing without restraint!
7. At rest--quiet hath been all the earth, They have broken forth [into] singing.
8. Even firs have rejoiced over thee, Cedars of Lebanon--[saying]: Since thou hast lain down, The hewer cometh not up against us.