Isaiah 14:5

The English Standar Version

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, lest the righteous 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

Ah, Assyria, the rod of my anger; the staff 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 pomp of the arrogant, and lay low the pompous pride of the ruthless.

Isaiah 14:29

Rejoice not, O Philistia, all of you, that the rod that struck you is broken, for from the serpent's root 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, the insolent fury[1] ceased!

Isaiah 14:6

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

Isaiah 9:3

You have multiplied the nation; you have increased its joy; they rejoice before you as with joy at the harvest, as they are glad when they divide the spoil.

Isaiah 9:4

For the yoke of his burden, and the staff for his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, you have broken as on the day of Midian.

Lamentations 1:21

"They heard[6] 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. You have brought[7] the day you announced; now let them be as I am.

Habakkuk 1:17

Is he then to keep on emptying his net and mercilessly killing nations forever?