Isaiah 14:5

Ceased hath the golden one. Broken hath Jehovah the staff of the wicked, The sceptre of rulers.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers.

In Context

4That thou hast taken up this simile Concerning the king of Babylon, and said, How hath the exactor ceased,

6He who is smiting peoples in wrath, A smiting without intermission, He who is ruling in anger nations, Pursuing without restraint!

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Cross References

Proverbs 28:15A growling lion, and a ranging bear, [Is] the wicked ruler over a poor people.

Isaiah 9:4Because the yoke of its burden, And the staff of its shoulder, the rod of its exactor, Thou hast broken as [in] the day of Midian.

Isaiah 14:29Rejoice not thou, Philistia, all of thee, That broken hath been the rod of thy smiter, For from the root of a serpent cometh out a viper, And its fruit [is] a flying saraph.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 14:5-24

The Doom of the King of Babylon. ( b. c. 739.) 4 That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased! 5 The Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers. 6 He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth. 7 The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing. 8 Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of… Read the whole commentary →

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