Isaiah 14:5

New American Bible - revised edition

The Lord has broken the rod of the wicked, the staff of the tyrants

Cross References

Psalm 125:3

The scepter of the wicked will not prevail in the land allotted to the just, Lest the just themselves turn their hands to evil.

Proverbs 28:15

A roaring lion or a ravenous bear is a wicked ruler over a poor people.

Isaiah 10:5

Ah! Assyria, the rod of my wrath, the staff I wield in anger.

Isaiah 13:11

Thus I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their guilt. I will put an end to the pride of the arrogant, the insolence of tyrants I will humble.

Isaiah 14:29

Do not rejoice, Philistia, not one of you, that the rod which struck you is broken; For out of the serpent’s root shall come an adder, its offspring shall be a flying saraph.

Isaiah 14:4

you will take up this taunt-song against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has come to an end! how the turmoil has ended!

Isaiah 14:6

That struck the peoples in wrath with relentless blows; That ruled the nations in anger, with boundless persecution.

Isaiah 9:3

For the yoke that burdened them, the pole on their shoulder, The rod of their taskmaster, you have smashed, as on the day of Midian.

Isaiah 9:4

For every boot that tramped in battle, every cloak rolled in blood, will be burned as fuel for fire.

Lamentations 1:21

Hear how I am groaning; there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies hear of my misery and rejoice over what you have done. Bring on the day you proclaimed, and let them become like me!

Habakkuk 1:17

Shall they, then, keep on drawing his sword to slaughter nations without mercy?