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A Conservative Version
that thou shall take up this parable against the king of Babylon, and say, How has the oppressor ceased, the golden city ceased!
New American Standard Bible
that you will
“How
And how
King James Version
That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!
Holman Bible
you will sing this song of contempt about the king of Babylon
and how the raging
International Standard Version
you will lift up this song of mockery against the king of Babylon: "How the oppressor has come to an end! How the attacker has ceased!
American Standard Version
that thou shalt take up this parable against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!
Amplified
that you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon, and say,
And how the fury has ceased!
Bible in Basic English
That you will take up this bitter song against the king of Babylon, and say, How has the cruel overseer come to an end! He who was lifted up in pride is cut off;
Darby Translation
that thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased, the exactress of gold ceased!
Julia Smith Translation
And thou tookest up this parable against the king of Babel, and thou saidst, How did he oppressing, cease! oppression ceased.
King James 2000
That you shall take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How has the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!
Lexham Expanded Bible
that you will take this taunt against the king of Babylon, and you will say: "How [the] oppressor has ceased! [his] insolence has ceased.
Modern King James verseion
you shall take up this song against the king of Babylon and say, How the exacter, the gold gatherer has ceased!
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then shalt thou use this mockage upon the king of Babylon, and say: How happeneth that the oppressor leaveth off? Is the gold tribute come to an end?
NET Bible
you will taunt the king of Babylon with these words: "Look how the oppressor has met his end! Hostility has ceased!
New Heart English Bible
that you will take up this parable against the king of Babylon, and say, "How the oppressor has ceased. How the attacker has ceased."
The Emphasized Bible
that thou shalt take up this taunt over the king of Babylon, and shalt say: - How hath ceased the oppressor! Ceased the exactress!
Webster
That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!
World English Bible
that you will take up this parable against the king of Babylon, and say, "How the oppressor has ceased! The golden city has ceased!"
Youngs Literal Translation
That thou hast taken up this simile Concerning the king of Babylon, and said, How hath the exactor ceased,
Themes
Babylon » Predictions respecting » Restoration of the jews from
Babylon » Predictions respecting » Destruction of
Babylon » General references to
Babylon » Babylon the capital of » Called the golden city
Babylon » As a power, was » Oppressive
Babylon » City of » Splendor of
Isaiah » Prophecies, reproofs, and exhortations of » The burden of babylon
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 14:4
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Context Readings
The Downfall Of The King Of Babylon
3 And it shall come to pass in the day that LORD shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy trouble, and from the hard service in which thou were made to serve, 4 that thou shall take up this parable against the king of Babylon, and say, How has the oppressor ceased, the golden city ceased! 5 LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers,
Phrases
Cross References
Isaiah 49:26
And I will feed those who oppress thee with their own flesh. And they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine. And all flesh shall know that I, LORD, am thy Savior and thy Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
Revelation 18:16
and saying, Alas, alas, the great city, which was clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stone and pearls!
2 Chronicles 36:18
And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of LORD, and the treasures of the king, and of his rulers, all these he brought to Babylon.
Isaiah 9:4
For the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, thou have broken as in the day of Midian.
Isaiah 13:19
And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldeans' pride, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
Isaiah 14:6
who smote the peoples in wrath with a continual stroke, who ruled the nations in anger, with a persecution that none restrained.
Isaiah 14:17
who made the world as a wilderness, and overthrew the cities of it, who did not let loose his prisoners to their home?
Isaiah 45:2-3
I will go before thee, and make the rough places smooth. I will break in pieces the doors of brass, and cut apart the bars of iron.
Isaiah 47:5
Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans, for thou shall no more be called The mistress of kingdoms.
Isaiah 51:23
And I will put it into the hand of those who afflict thee, who have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over, and thou have laid thy back as the ground, and as the street, to those who go over.
Jeremiah 24:9
I will even give them up to be tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms of the earth for evil, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places where I shall drive them.
Jeremiah 25:9-14
behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, says LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants of it, and against all these nations roun
Jeremiah 27:6-7
And now I have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant. And the beasts of the field I have also given him to serve him.
Jeremiah 50:22-23
A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction.
Jeremiah 51:20-24
Thou are my battle-axe and weapons of war. And with thee I will break in pieces the nations, and with thee I will destroy kingdoms,
Jeremiah 51:34-35
Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon has devoured me. He has crushed me. He has made me an empty vessel. He has, like a monster, swallowed me up. He has filled his stomach with my delicacies. He has cast me out.
Lamentations 4:1
How the gold has become dim, the most pure gold changed! The stones of the sanctuary are poured out at the head of every street.
Ezekiel 5:15
So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, a lesson and an astonishment, to the nations that are round about thee, when I shall execute judgments on thee in anger and in wrath, and in wrathful rebukes--I, LORD, have spoken it--
Daniel 2:38
And wherever the sons of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the birds of the heavens, he has given into thy hand, and has made thee to rule over them all. Thou are the head of gold.
Daniel 7:19-25
Then I desired to know the truth concerning the fourth beast, which was different from all of them, exceedingly fearful, whose teeth were of iron, and its nails of brass, which devoured, broke in pieces, and stamped the residue wit
Habakkuk 1:2-10
O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou will not hear? I cry out to thee of violence, and thou will not save.
Habakkuk 2:6-12
Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him who increases that which is not his (how long?) and who loads himself with pledges!
Habakkuk 2:17
For the violence done to Lebanon shall cover thee and the plunder of the beasts ([which] made them afraid), because of men's blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all who dwell therein.
Revelation 13:15-17
And it was given it, to give a spirit to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast would both speak, and would make as many as would not ever worship the image of the beast be killed.
Revelation 16:5-6
And I heard the agent of the waters saying, Thou are righteous who is and was--the Divine--because thou judged these things.
Revelation 17:6
And I saw the woman drunken from the blood of the sanctified, and from the blood of the witnesses of Jesus. And having seen her, I wondered with great amazement.
Revelation 18:5-8
Because her sins have reached as far as heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities.
Revelation 18:20
Be glad over her, thou heaven, and the sanctified, and the apostles, and the prophets, because God has decreed your judgment of her.