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On that day Israel will sing this song about the king of Babylon:

The cruel king who ruled us is finished;
    his angry rule is finished!
The Lord has broken the scepter of evil rulers
    and taken away their power.
The king of Babylon struck people in anger
    again and again.
He ruled nations in anger
    and continued to hurt them.

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you will take up this taunt(A) against the king of Babylon:(B)

How the oppressor(C) has come to an end!
    How his fury[a] has ended!
The Lord has broken the rod(D) of the wicked,(E)
    the scepter(F) of the rulers,
which in anger struck down peoples(G)
    with unceasing blows,
and in fury subdued(H) nations
    with relentless aggression.(I)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 14:4 Dead Sea Scrolls, Septuagint and Syriac; the meaning of the word in the Masoretic Text is uncertain.