'Cease' in the Bible

“Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean;Get your evil deeds out of My sight.Stop doing evil,

Stop regarding man, whose breath [of life] is in his nostrils [for so little time];For why should he be esteemed?

In this way I will punish the world for its evilAnd the wicked for their wickedness [their sin, their injustice, their wrongdoing];I will also put an end to the arrogance of the proudAnd will abase the arrogance of the tyrant.

Gladness and joy are taken away from the fruitful field;In the vineyards there will be no singing or joyful sound;No treader treads out wine in the presses,For I (God) put an end to the joyful shouting.

The [mournful, inspired] oracle (a burden to be carried) concerning Damascus [capital of Aram (Syria), and Israel’s defense against Assyria].“Listen carefully, Damascus will cease to be a cityAnd will become a fallen ruin.

A harsh vision has been shown to me;The treacherous one deals treacherously, and the destroyer destroys.Go up, Elam! Lay siege, Media!All the groaning [caused by Babylon’s ruthless oppressions] I [the Lord] have brought to an end.

For the tyrant will come to an end and the scorner will be finished,Indeed all who are intent on doing evil will be cut off—

“Get out of the [true] way, turn aside from the path [of God],Stop bothering us with the Holy One of Israel.”