Isaiah 14:5
King James VersionSource notes
“The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, the sceptre of the rulers.”
Context
2And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.
3And it shall come to pass in the day that the LORD shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve,
4That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!
5The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, the sceptre of the rulers.
6He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, none hindereth.
7The whole earth is at rest, is quiet: they break forth into singing.
8Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, the cedars of Lebanon, Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us.