Isaiah 14:4 “you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: How t…”

Isaiah 14:4

you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased, and how his fury has ended!

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!

World English Bible

that you will take up this parable against the king of Babylon, and say, “How the oppressor has ceased! The golden city has ceased!”

American Standard Version

that thou shalt take up this parable against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!

Geneva Bible 1599

Then shalt thou take vp this prouerbe against the King of Babel, and say, Howe hath the oppressor ceased? and the gold thirsty Babel rested?

Darby Translation

that thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased, — the exactress of gold ceased!

Young's Literal Translation

That thou hast taken up this simile Concerning the king of Babylon, and said, How hath the exactor ceased,

Bible in Basic English

That you will take up this bitter song against the king of Babylon, and say, How has the cruel overseer come to an end! He who was lifted up in pride is cut off;

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Cross references

“proverb”

Jeremiah 24:9 Ezekiel 5:15 Habakkuk 2:6

Jeremiah 24:9 · BSB

I will make them a horror and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a disgrace and an object of scorn, ridicule, and cursing wherever I have banished them.

Ezekiel 5:15 · BSB

So you will be a reproach and a taunt, a warning and a horror to the nations around you, when I execute judgments against you in anger, wrath, and raging fury. I, the LORD, have spoken.

Habakkuk 2:6 · BSB

Will not all of these take up a taunt against him, speaking with mockery and derision: ‘Woe to him who amasses what is not his and makes himself rich with many loans! How long will this go on?’

“How”

Isaiah 49:26 Isaiah 14:6 Isaiah 14:17 Isaiah 47:5 Isaiah 51:23 Jeremiah 25:9–14

Isaiah 49:26 · BSB

I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh; they will be drunk on their own blood, as with wine. Then all mankind will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”

Isaiah 14:6 · BSB

It struck the peoples in anger with unceasing blows; it subdued the nations in rage with relentless persecution.

Isaiah 14:17 · BSB

who turned the world into a desert and destroyed its cities, who refused to let the captives return to their homes?”

Isaiah 47:5 · BSB

“Sit in silence and go into darkness, O Daughter of the Chaldeans. For you will no longer be called the queen of kingdoms.

Isaiah 51:23 · BSB

I will place it in the hands of your tormentors, who told you: ‘Lie down, so we can walk over you,’ so that you made your back like the ground, like a street to be traversed.”

Jeremiah 25:9–14 · BSB

behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surro…

“golden city”

Isaiah 13:19 2 Chronicles 36:18 Lamentations 4:1 Daniel 2:38 Revelation 18:16 Isaiah 45:2

Isaiah 13:19 · BSB

And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.

2 Chronicles 36:18 · BSB

who carried off everything to Babylon—all the articles of the house of God, both large and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the king and his officials.

Lamentations 4:1 · BSB

How the gold has become tarnished, the pure gold has become dull! The gems of the temple lie scattered on every street corner.

Daniel 2:38 · BSB

Wherever the sons of men or beasts of the field or birds of the air dwell, He has given them into your hand and has made you ruler over them all. You are that head of gold.

Revelation 18:16 · BSB

saying: “Woe, woe to the great city, clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls!

Isaiah 45:2 · BSB

“I will go before you and level the mountains; I will break down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.

Also

Isaiah 9:4

Isaiah 9:4 · BSB

For as in the day of Midian You have shattered the yoke of their burden, the bar across their shoulders, and the rod of their oppressor.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

3On the day that the LORD gives you rest from your pain and torment, and from the hard labor into which you were forced,

5The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers.

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