you will sing this song of contempt about the king of Babylon(A) and say:

How the oppressor has quieted down,
and how the raging[a] has become quiet!
The Lord has broken the staff of the wicked,
the scepter of the rulers.
It struck the peoples in anger
with unceasing blows.
It subdued the nations in rage
with relentless persecution.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 14:4 DSS; Hb uncertain

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