Isa 14:4-6 | NASB2020 | STEP | that you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon , and say , “ How the oppressor has ceased , And how the onslaught has ceased !

Isaiah 14:4-6

4 that you will ^atake up this ^{▼▼Or proverb}taunt against the king of Babylon, and say,

“How ^cthe oppressor has ceased,
And how the ^{▼▼As in DSS and ancient versions; MT uncertain}onslaught 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.