Isa 14:4-6, 12-15, Jer 51:41, Dan 2:37-38, 4:30 | ESV | STEP | you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon : How the oppressor has ceased , the insolent fury ceased !

Isaiah 14:4-6

4 you will take up this ^ataunt against the king of Babylon:

“How the oppressor has ceased,
^bthe insolent fury ^{▼▼Dead Sea Scroll (compare Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate); the meaning of the word in the Masoretic Text is uncertain} ceased!
5 The Lord has broken the ^dstaff of the wicked,
the ^escepter of rulers,
6 ^fthat struck the peoples in wrath
with unceasing blows,
that ruled the nations in anger
with unrelenting persecution.

Isaiah 14:12-15

12 “How ^gyou are fallen from heaven,
O Day Star, ^hson of Dawn!
How you are cut down to the ground,
you who laid the nations low!
13 You said in your heart,
ⁱ‘I will ascend to heaven;
above the stars of God
^jI will set my throne on high;
I will sit on the mount of assembly
in the far reaches of the north; ^{▼▼Or in the remote parts of Zaphon}
14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds;
I will make myself like the Most High.’
15 ^lBut you are brought down to Sheol,
to the far reaches of the pit.

Jeremiah 51:41

41 “How ^mBabylon ^{▼▼Hebrew Sheshach, a code name for Babylon} is taken,
^othe praise of the whole earth ^pseized!
How Babylon has become
a horror among the nations!

Daniel 2:37-38

37 You, O king, ^qthe king of kings, to whom ^rthe God of heaven ^shas given the kingdom, the power, and the might, and the glory, 38 and into whose hand he has given, wherever they dwell, the children of man, ^tthe beasts of the field, and the birds of the heavens, making you rule over them all—you are ^uthe head of gold.

Daniel 4:30

30 and the king answered and said, ^v“Is not this great Babylon, which I have built by ^wmy mighty power as a royal residence and for ^xthe glory of my majesty?”