Psa 37:35-36, Isa 1:26, 14:4-6, Jer 33:9, 48:2, 39, 51:41, Dan 4:30 | ESV | STEP | I have seen a wicked , ruthless man, spreading himself like a green laurel tree.

Psalms 37:35-36

35 ^aI have seen a wicked, ruthless man,
spreading himself like ^ba green laurel tree. ^{▼▼The identity of this tree is uncertain}
36 But he passed away, ^{▼▼Or But one passed by} and behold, ^ehe was no more;
though I sought him, he could not be found.

Isaiah 1:26

26 And I will restore your judges ^fas at the first,
and your counselors as at the beginning.
Afterward ^gyou shall be called the city of righteousness,
the faithful city.”

Isaiah 14:4-6

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

“How the oppressor has ceased,
ⁱthe 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 ^kstaff of the wicked,
the ^lscepter of rulers,
6 ^mthat struck the peoples in wrath
with unceasing blows,
that ruled the nations in anger
with unrelenting persecution.

Jeremiah 33:9

9 ⁿAnd this city ^{▼▼Hebrew And it} shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and a glory before all the nations of the earth who shall hear of all the good that I do for them. They shall ^pfear and tremble because of all the good and all the prosperity I provide for it.

Jeremiah 48:2

2 the renown of Moab is no more.
In ^qHeshbon they planned disaster against her:
‘Come, let us cut her off ^rfrom being a nation!’
You also, O ^sMadmen, shall be brought to silence;
the sword shall pursue you.

Jeremiah 48:39

39 How it is broken! How they wail! ^tHow Moab has turned his back in shame! So Moab ^uhas become a derision and a horror to all that are around him.”

Jeremiah 51:41

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

Daniel 4:30

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