Isa 14:5 | JFB | STEP | 5. staff —not the scepter ( ), but the staff with which one strikes others, as he is speaking of more tyrants than one ( ) [MAURER ]. rulers —tyrants, as the parallelism "the wicked" proves (compare see on ).

Isaiah 14:5

5. staff—not the scepter (Ps 2:9), but the staff with which one strikes others, as he is speaking of more tyrants than one (Isa 9:4; 10:24; 14:29) [MAURER].

rulers—tyrants, as the parallelism "the wicked" proves (compare see on Isa 13:2).