Isaiah 14:6
4 That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, 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.
He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, 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 thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- It struck the peoples in anger with unceasing blows; it subdued the nations in rage with relentless persecution.
- KJV
- He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth.
- WEB
- who struck the peoples in wrath with a continual stroke, who ruled the nations in anger, with a persecution that no one restrained.
- ASV
- that smote the peoples in wrath with a continual stroke, that ruled the nations in anger, with a persecution that none restrained.
- DARBY
- He that smote the peoples in wrath with a relentless stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted unsparingly.
- BLB
- the one striking the peoples in wrath, a striking with no turning aside, one ruling the nations in anger, pursuing without restraint.
- ÅB
- som slo folkeferd i harme med slag på slag, som underkuet folkeslag i vrede og forfulgte dem uten skånsel.
- OTB
- som slo folk i vrede med uopphørlige slag, og underla seg nasjoner i vrede med nådeløs forfølgelse.
- B1930
- som slo folkeferd i harme med slag på slag, som underkuet folkeslag i vrede og forfulgte dem uten skånsel.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Daniel 7:19–21
Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet;
Read in contextJeremiah 50:31
Behold, I am against thee, O thou most proud, saith the Lord GOD of hosts: for thy day is come, the time that I will visit thee.
Read in contextRevelation 17:16–17
And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.
Read in contextJames 2:13
For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
Read in contextRevelation 18:8–10
Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.
Read in contextIsaiah 13:14–18
And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one into his own land.
Read in contextIsaiah 47:1–15
Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.
Read in context2 Chronicles 36:17
Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand.
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