Isaiah 14:2-4

Revised Standard Version

²And the peoples will take them and bring them to their place, and the house of Israel will possess them in the Lord’s land as male and female slaves; they will take captive those who were their captors, and rule over those who oppressed them.

Downfall of the King of Babylon

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

“How the oppressor has ceased,
the insolent fury^[a] ceased!

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Footnotes

Isaiah 14:4 One ancient Ms Compare Gk Syr Vg: The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain

Revised Standard Version (RSV)

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