Isa 14:4-10 | NASB1995 | STEP | that you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon , and say , “ How the oppressor has ceased , And how fury has ceased !

Isaiah 14:4-10

4 that you will ^atake up this ^{▼▼ Or proverb}taunt against the king of Babylon, and say, “How ^cthe oppressor has ceased,
And how ^{▼▼ Amended from the meaningless medhebah to marhebah}fury has ceased!
5 “The Lord has broken the staff of the wicked,
The scepter of rulers
6 ^eWhich used to strike the peoples in fury with unceasing strokes,
Which ^{▼▼ Or ruled}subdued the nations in anger with unrestrained persecution.
7 “The whole earth is at rest and is quiet;
They ^gbreak forth into shouts of joy.
8 “Even the ^hcypress trees rejoice over you, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying,
‘Since you were laid low, no tree cutter comes up against us.’
9 ⁱ“Sheol from beneath is excited over you to meet you when you come;
It arouses for you the ^{▼▼ Or shades (Heb Repha’im)}spirits of the dead, all the ^{▼▼ Lit male goats}leaders of the earth;
It raises all the kings of the nations from their thrones.
10 ^l“They will all respond and say to you,
‘Even you have been made weak as we,
You have become like us.