Isaiah 14:1-2

Isaiah 14:1-2

[1] For the LORD  will have mercy  on Jacob,  and will yet choose  Israel,  and set  them in their own land:  and the strangers  shall be joined  with them, and they shall cleave  to the house  of Jacob.  [2] 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,  they were; and they shall rule  over their oppressors. 

What does Isaiah 14:1-2 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

The focal point of this oracle against Babylon is Israel"s security and future after this judgment. These verses summarize what Isaiah later recorded in more detail in chapters40-66.
Earlier Isaiah predicted that Israel would experience defeat and captivity. After that Yahweh would have compassion on her, choose her again for blessing, as He had following the Exodus ( Exodus 19:4-6), and resettle her in her own land. Consequently many Gentiles would voluntarily attach themselves to God"s people. The Israelites would then have authority over those who formerly had authority over them (cf. 1 Samuel 17:8-9). They would take the lead domestically, militarily, and politically.
A second Exodus took place when the Israelites returned from captivity in Babylon, but a third Exodus will happen in the future when they return to their land following their present worldwide dispersion (cf. Isaiah 56:6; Isaiah 60:10; Isaiah 61:5). Amillennialists interpret this as a prophecy of the inclusion of Gentiles into God"s spiritual kingdom, the church. [1]