Isaiah 14:4-6

English Standard Version Anglicised

“How the oppressor has ceased,
    ^(B)the insolent fury^[a] ceased!
⁵ The Lord has broken the ^(C)staff of the wicked,
    the ^(D)sceptre of rulers,
^6 (E)that struck the peoples in wrath
    with unceasing blows,
that ruled the nations in anger
    with unrelenting persecution.