Isaiah 14:4-10

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“How ^(B)the oppressor has ceased,
And how ^(b)fury has ceased!

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“The Lord has broken the staff of the wicked,
The scepter of rulers

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^(C)Which used to strike the peoples in fury with unceasing strokes,
Which ^(c)subdued the nations in anger with unrestrained persecution.

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“The whole earth is at rest and is quiet;
They ^(D)break forth into shouts of joy.

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“Even the ^(E)cypress trees rejoice over you, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying,
‘Since you were laid low, no tree cutter comes up against us.’

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“^(F)Sheol from beneath is excited over you to meet you when you come;
It arouses for you the ^(d)spirits of the dead, all the ^(e)leaders of the earth;
It raises all the kings of the nations from their thrones.

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“^(G)They will all respond and say to you,
‘Even you have been made weak as we,
You have become like us.

Footnotes:

a. Isaiah 14:4: ['Or ', proverb]

b. Isaiah 14:4: ['Amended from the meaningless ', medhebah, ' to ', marhebah]

c. Isaiah 14:6: ['Or ', ruled]

d. Isaiah 14:9: ['Or ', shades, ' (Heb ', Repha’im, ')']

e. Isaiah 14:9: ['Lit ', male goats]

Cross references:

A. Isaiah 14:4: Habakkuk 2:6

B. Isaiah 14:4: Isaiah 9:4; Isaiah 16:4; Isaiah 49:26; Isaiah 51:13; Isaiah 54:14

C. Isaiah 14:6: Isaiah 10:14; Isaiah 47:6

D. Isaiah 14:7: Psalm 47:1-3; Psalm 98:1-9; Psalm 126:1-3

E. Isaiah 14:8: Isaiah 55:12; Ezekiel 31:16

F. Isaiah 14:9: Isaiah 5:14

G. Isaiah 14:10: Ezekiel 32:21