¹ And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

² The first month, The first day of the month, thou shalt set up the tabernacle of the testimony,

³ And shalt put the ark in it, and shalt let down the veil before it:

⁴ And thou shalt bring in the table, and set upon it the things that are commanded according to the rite. The candlestick shall stand with its lamps,

⁵ And the altar of gold whereon the incense is burnt, before the ark of the testimony. Thou shalt put the hanging in the entry of the tabernacle,

⁶ And before it the altar of holocaust:

⁷ The laver between the altar and the tabernacle, and thou shalt fill it with water.

⁸ And thou shalt encompass the court with hangings, and the entry thereof.

⁹ And thou shalt take the oil of unction and anoint the tabernacle with its vessels, that they may be sanctified:

¹⁰ The altar of holocaust and all its vessels:

¹¹ The laver with its foot: thou shalt consecrate all with the oil of unction, that they may be most holy.

¹² And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the tabernacle of the testimony, and having washed them with water,

¹³ Thou shalt put on them the holy vestments, that they may minister to me, and that the unction of them may prosper to an everlasting priesthood.

¹⁴ And Moses did all that the Lord had commanded.

¹⁵ So in the first month of the second year, the first day of the month, the tabernacle was set up.

¹⁶ And Moses reared it up, and placed the boards and the sockets and the bars, and set up the pillars,

¹⁷ And spread the roof over the tabernacle, putting over it a cover, as the Lord had commanded.

¹⁸ And he put the testimony in the ark, thrusting bars underneath, and the oracle above.

¹⁹ And when he had brought the ark into the tabernacle, he drew the veil before it to fulfil the commandment of the Lord.

²⁰ And he set the table in the tabernacle of the testimony at the north side without the veil,

²¹ Setting there in order the loaves of proposition, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

²² He set the candlestick also in the tabernacle of the testimony over against the table on the south side,

²³ Placing the lamps in order, according to the precept of the Lord.

²⁴ He set also the altar of gold under the roof of the testimony over against the veil,

²⁵ And burnt upon it the incense of spices, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

²⁶ And he put also the hanging in the entry of the tabernacle of the testimony,

²⁷ And the altar of holocaust of the entry of the testimony, offering the holocaust, and the sacrifices upon it, as the Lord had commanded.

²⁸ And he set the laver between the tabernacle of the testimony and the altar, filling it with water.

²⁹ And Moses and Aaron, and his sons washed their hands and feet,

³⁰ When they went into the tabernacle of the covenant, and went to the altar, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

³¹ He set up also the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, drawing the hanging in the entry thereof. After all things were perfected,

³² The cloud covered the tabernacle of the testimony, and the glory of the Lord filled it.

³³ Neither could Moses go into the tabernacle of the covenant, the cloud covering all things and the majesty of the Lord shining, for the cloud had covered all.

³⁴ If at any time the cloud removed from the tabernacle, the children of Israel went forward by their troops:

³⁵ If it hung over, they remained in the same place.

³⁶ For the cloud of the Lord hung over the tabernacle by day, and a fire by night, in the sight of all the children of Israel throughout all their mansions.

¹ For Yahweh will have compassion on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land. The foreigner will join himself with them, and they will unite with the house of Jacob.

² The peoples will take them, and bring them to their place. The house of Israel will possess them in Yahweh's land for servants and for handmaids. They will take as captives those whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.

³ It will happen in the day that Yahweh will give you rest from your sorrow, from your trouble, and from the hard service in which you were made to serve,

⁴ that you will take up this parable against the king of Babylon, and say, "How the oppressor has ceased! The golden city has ceased!"

⁵ Yahweh has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers,

⁶ who struck the peoples in wrath with a continual stroke, who ruled the nations in anger, with a persecution that none restrained.

⁷ The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet. They break out song.

⁸ Yes, the fir trees rejoice with you, with the cedars of Lebanon, saying, "Since you are humbled, no lumberjack has come up against us."

⁹ Sheol from beneath has moved for you to meet you at your coming. It stirs up the dead for you, even all the rulers of the earth. It has raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.

¹⁰ They all will answer and ask you, "Have you also become as weak as we are? Have you become like us?"

¹¹ Your pomp is brought down to Sheol, with the sound of your stringed instruments. Maggots are spread out under you, and worms cover you.

¹² How you have fallen from heaven, morning star, son of the dawn! How you are cut down to the ground, who laid the nations low!

¹³ You said in your heart, "I will ascend into heaven! I will exalt my throne above the stars of God! I will sit on the mountain of assembly, in the far north!

¹⁴ I will ascend above the heights of the clouds! I will make myself like the Most High!"

¹⁵ Yet you shall be brought down to Sheol, to the depths of the pit.

¹⁶ Those who see you will stare at you. They will ponder you, saying, "Is this the man who made the earth to tremble, who shook kingdoms;

¹⁷ who made the world like a wilderness, and overthrew its cities; who didn't release his prisoners to their home?"

¹⁸ All the kings of the nations, sleep in glory, everyone in his own house.

¹⁹ But you are cast away from your tomb like an abominable branch, clothed with the slain, who are thrust through with the sword, who go down to the stones of the pit; like a dead body trodden under foot.

²⁰ You will not join them in burial, because you have destroyed your land. You have killed your people. The seed of evildoers will not be named forever.

²¹ Prepare for slaughter of his children because of the iniquity of their fathers, that they not rise up and possess the earth, and fill the surface of the world with cities.

²² "I will rise up against them," says Yahweh of Armies, "and cut off from Babylon name and remnant, and son and son's son," says Yahweh.

²³ "I will also make it a possession for the porcupine, and pools of water. I will sweep it with the broom of destruction," says Yahweh of Armies.

²⁴ Yahweh of Armies has sworn, saying, "Surely, as I have thought, so shall it happen; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:

²⁵ that I will break the Assyrian in my land, and tread him under foot on my mountains. Then his yoke will leave them, and his burden leave their shoulders.

²⁶ This is the plan that is determined for the whole earth. This is the hand that is stretched out over all the nations.

²⁷ For Yahweh of Armies has planned, and who can stop it? His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back?"

²⁸ This burden was in the year that king Ahaz died.

²⁹ Don't rejoice, O Philistia, all of you, because the rod that struck you is broken; for out of the serpent's root an adder will emerge, and his fruit will be a fiery flying serpent.

³⁰ The firstborn of the poor will eat, and the needy will lie down in safety; and I will kill your root with famine, and your remnant will be killed.

³¹ Howl, gate! Cry, city! You are melted away, Philistia, all of you; for smoke comes out of the north, and there is no straggler in his ranks.

³² What will they answer the messengers of the nation? That Yahweh has founded Zion, and in her the afflicted of his people will take refuge.