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Downfall of the King of Babylon

When the Lord has given you rest from your pain and turmoil and the hard service with which you were made to serve, you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon:

How the oppressor has ceased!
    How his insolence[a] has ceased!
The Lord has broken the staff of the wicked,
    the scepter of rulers,

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 14:4 Q Ms Compare Gk Syr Vg: Meaning of MT uncertain

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