Psa 125:3, Isa 10:5, 27, 14:3-5, 30:31-32 | ESV | STEP | For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest on the land allotted to the righteous , lest the righteous stretch out their hands to do wrong .

Psalms 125:3

3 For ^athe scepter of wickedness shall not ^brest
on ^cthe land allotted to the righteous,
lest the righteous ^dstretch out
their hands to do wrong.

Isaiah 10:5

Judgment on Arrogant Assyria

5 Woe to Assyria, ^ethe rod of my anger;
the staff in their hands is my fury!

Isaiah 10:27

27 And in that day ^fhis burden will depart from your shoulder, and ^ghis yoke from your neck; and the yoke will be broken because of the fat.” ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain}

Isaiah 14:3-5

Israel’s Remnant Taunts Babylon

3 When the Lord has given you rest from your pain and turmoil and the hard service with which you were made to serve, 4 you will take up this ⁱtaunt against the king of Babylon:

“How the oppressor has ceased,
^jthe 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 ^lstaff of the wicked,
the ^mscepter of rulers,

Isaiah 30:31-32

31 The Assyrians will be terror-stricken at the voice of the Lord, ⁿwhen he strikes with his rod. 32 And every stroke of the appointed staff that the Lord lays on them ^owill be to the sound of tambourines and lyres. ^pBattling with brandished arm, he will fight with them.