Isaiah 14:4-6

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁴you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon:

How the oppressor has ceased!
    How his insolence^[a] has ceased!
⁵The Lord has broken the staff of the wicked,
    the scepter of rulers,
⁶that struck down the peoples in wrath
    with unceasing blows,
that ruled the nations in anger
    with unrelenting persecution.

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

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