“The Lord has broken the staff of the wicked,
The scepter of rulers
(A)Which used to strike the peoples in fury with unceasing strokes,
Which [a]subdued the nations in anger with unrestrained persecution.

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  1. Isaiah 14:6 Or ruled

“I was angry with My people,
I profaned My heritage
And gave them into your hand.
You did not show mercy to them,
On the (A)aged you made your yoke very heavy.

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11 “But (A)evil will come on you
Which you will not know how to charm away;
And disaster will fall on you
For which you cannot atone;
And (B)destruction about which you do not know
Will come on you (C)suddenly.

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16 ‘Therefore all who (A)devour you will be devoured;
And all your adversaries, every one of them, (B)will go into captivity;
And those who plunder you will be for plunder,
And all who prey upon you I will give for prey.

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