Therefore he brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed their youths with the sword in the house of their sanctuary and had no compassion on young man or young woman, the aged or the feeble; he gave them all into his hand.
Isaiah 14:6 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 that struck down the peoples in wrath with unceasing blows, that ruled the nations in anger with unrelenting persecution. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Who smote the peoples in anger with incessant blows and trod down the nations in wrath with unrelenting persecution–[until] he who smote is persecuted and no one hinders any more. American Standard Version (1901) that smote the peoples in wrath with a continual stroke, that ruled the nations in anger, with a persecution that none restrained. Common English Bible that struck peoples in rage with ceaseless blows, that ruled nations with anger, with relentless aggression. Catholic Public Domain Version which struck the people in wrath with an incurable wound, which subjugated the nations in fury, which persecuted with cruelty. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version That struck the people in wrath with an incurable wound, that brought nations under in fury, that persecuted in a cruel manner. |
Therefore he brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed their youths with the sword in the house of their sanctuary and had no compassion on young man or young woman, the aged or the feeble; he gave them all into his hand.
“God will not turn back his anger; the helpers of Rahab bowed beneath him.
Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a poor people.
My hand has found, like a nest, the wealth of the peoples, and as one gathers eggs that have been forsaken, so I have gathered all the earth, and there was none that moved a wing or opened its mouth or chirped.”
Woe to the destroyer, who yourself have not been destroyed; you treacherous one, with whom no one has dealt treacherously! When you have ceased to destroy, you will be destroyed; and when you have stopped dealing treacherously, you will be dealt with treacherously.
all the kings of the north, far and near, one after another, and all the kingdoms of the world that are on the face of the earth. And after them the king of Sheshach shall drink.
I am going to send for all the tribes of the north, says the Lord, even for King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon, my servant, and I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants and against all these nations around; I will utterly destroy them and make them an object of horror and of hissing and an everlasting disgrace.
Mourn over him, all you his neighbors, and all who know his name; say, “How the mighty scepter is broken, the glorious staff!”
I am against you, O arrogant one, says the Lord God of hosts, for your day has come, the time when I will punish you.
They heard how I was groaning, with no one to comfort me. All my enemies heard of my trouble; they are glad that you have done it. Bring on the day that you have announced, and let them be as I am.
All the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing, and he does what he wills with the host of heaven and the inhabitants of the earth. There is no one who can stay his hand or say to him, “What have you done?”
Is he then to keep on emptying his net and destroying nations without mercy?
Moreover, wealth is treacherous; the arrogant do not endure. They open their throats wide as Sheol; like Death they never have enough. They gather all nations for themselves and collect all peoples as their own.
For judgment will be without mercy to anyone who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment.