A moment in scripture
Isaiah 14:6
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He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth.
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The surrounding passage
- Isaiah 14:4
That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!
- Isaiah 14:5
The Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers.
- Isaiah 14:7
The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing.
- Isaiah 14:8
Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.