Isaiah 14:5

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

Cross References

Psalm 125:3

For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest on the land allotted to the righteous, so that the righteous might not stretch out 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— the club in their hands is my fury!

Isaiah 13:11

I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their iniquity; I will put an end to the pride of the arrogant and lay low the insolence of tyrants.

Isaiah 14:29

Do not rejoice, all you Philistines, that the rod that struck you is broken, for from the root of the snake will come forth an adder, and its fruit will be a flying fiery serpent.

Isaiah 14:4

you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased! How his insolence has ceased!

Isaiah 14:6

that struck down the peoples in wrath with unceasing blows, that ruled the nations in anger with unrelenting persecution.

Isaiah 9:3

You have multiplied exultation; you have increased its joy; they rejoice before you as with joy at the harvest, as people exult when dividing plunder.

Isaiah 9:4

For the yoke of their burden and the bar across their shoulders, the rod of their oppressor, you have broken as on the day of Midian.

Lamentations 1:21

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.

Habakkuk 1:17

Is he then to keep on emptying his net and destroying nations without mercy?