Isaiah 14:3-5

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

Downfall of the King of Babylon

³When the Lord has given you rest from your pain and turmoil and the hard service with which you were made to serve, ⁴you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon:

“How the oppressor has ceased,
the insolent fury^[a] ceased!
⁵The Lord has broken the staff of the wicked,
the scepter of rulers,

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Isaiah 14:4 One ancient Ms Compare Gk Syr Vg: The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain

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