Isaiah 14:5

Modern English Version

The Lord has broken the staff of the wicked, and the scepter of the rulers;

Cross References

Psalm 125:3

For the scepter of the wicked shall not rest on the land allotted to the righteous, lest the righteous put forth their hands to do wrong.

Proverbs 28:15

Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a poor people.

Isaiah 10:5

Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger and the staff in whose hand is My indignation.

Isaiah 13:11

I will punish the world for its evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogance of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the ruthless.

Isaiah 14:29

Rejoice not, O Philistia, all of you, because the rod that struck you is broken; for out of the serpent’s root shall come forth a viper, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.

Isaiah 14:4

you shall take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say: How has the oppressor ceased! The golden city ceased!

Isaiah 14:6

he who struck the people in wrath with unceasing strokes, he who ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and no one hinders.

Isaiah 9:3

You have multiplied the nation and increased the joy; they rejoice before You according to the joy of harvest and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.

Isaiah 9:4

For You have broken the yoke of his burden and the bar of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor as in the day of Midian’s defeat.

Lamentations 1:21

They have heard my groaning, yet there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that You have done it. Bring the day that You have announced, that they become like me.

Habakkuk 1:17

Shall they continue to empty their net, and continually kill the nations while not sparing anyone?