Isaiah 14:5

New English Translation

The Lord has broken the club of the wicked, the scepter of rulers.

Cross References

Psalm 125:3

Indeed, the scepter of a wicked king will not settle upon the allotted land of the godly. Otherwise the godly might do what is wrong.

Proverbs 28:15

Like a roaring lion or a roving bear, so is a wicked ruler over a poor people.

Isaiah 10:5

Assyria, the club I use to vent my anger, is as good as dead, a cudgel with which I angrily punish.

Isaiah 13:11

I will punish the world for its evil, and wicked people for their sin. I will put an end to the pride of the insolent, I will bring down the arrogance of tyrants.

Isaiah 14:29

Don’t be so happy, all you Philistines, just because the club that beat you has been broken! For a viper will grow out of the serpent’s root, and its fruit will be a darting adder.

Isaiah 14:4

you will taunt the king of Babylon with these words: “Look how the oppressor has met his end! Hostility has ceased!

Isaiah 14:6

It furiously struck down nations with unceasing blows. It angrily ruled over nations, oppressing them without restraint.

Isaiah 9:3

You have enlarged the nation; you give them great joy. They rejoice in your presence as harvesters rejoice; as warriors celebrate when they divide up the plunder.

Isaiah 9:4

For their oppressive yoke and the club that strikes their shoulders, the cudgel the oppressor uses on them, you have shattered, as in the day of Midian’s defeat.

Lamentations 1:21

They have heard that I groan, yet there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that you have brought it about. Bring about the day of judgment that you promised so that they may end up like me! ת (Tav)

Habakkuk 1:17

Will he then continue to fill and empty his throw net? Will he always destroy nations and spare none?