New English Translation
Isaiah 14:5
5The Lord has broken the club of the wicked, the scepter of rulers.
Isaiah 14:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers.
- New International Version (NIV)The Lord has broken the rod of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers,
- English Standard Version (ESV)The Lord has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of rulers,
- New King James Version (NKJV)The Lord has broken the staff of the wicked, The scepter of the rulers;
Context of Isaiah 14:5
3When the Lord gives you relief from your suffering and anxiety, and from the hard labor which you were made to perform, 4you will taunt the king of Babylon with these words: “Look how the oppressor has met his end! Hostility has ceased! The Lord has broken the club of the wicked, the scepter of rulers. 6It furiously struck down nations with unceasing blows. It angrily ruled over nations, oppressing them without restraint. 7The whole earth rests and is quiet; they break into song.
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שָׁבַ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה מַטֵּ֣ה רְשָׁעִ֑ים שֵׁ֖בֶט מֹשְׁלִֽים׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Isaiah 14:5
- Isaiah 14:29Don’t be so happy, all you Philistines, just because the club that beat you has been broken! For a viper will grow out of the serpent’s root, and its fruit will be a darting adder.
- Isaiah 9:4For their oppressive yoke and the club that strikes their shoulders, the cudgel the oppressor uses on them, you have shattered, as in the day of Midian’s defeat.
- Isaiah 10:5Assyria, the club I use to vent my anger, is as good as dead, a cudgel with which I angrily punish.
- Psalms 125:3Indeed, the scepter of a wicked king will not settle upon the allotted land of the godly. Otherwise the godly might do what is wrong.
- Jeremiah 48:15Moab will be destroyed. Its towns will be invaded. Its finest young men will be slaughtered. I, the King, the Lord who rules over all, affirm it!
Commentaries on Isaiah 14:5
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5The Lord hath broken - Yahweh, by the hand of Cyrus. The staff of the wicked - That is, the scepter of the king of Babylon. The word rendered staff‘ (מטה maṭēh ) may mean either a bough, stick, staff, rod, or a scepter. The scepter was the symbol of supreme power. It was in the form of a staff, and was made of wood, ivory, or gold. It here means that Yahweh had taken away the power from Babylon, and destroyed his dominion.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-23This taunting song about the king of Babylon is written like a funeral song. It speaks as if the king has already died. The song mocks him and announces his downfall (compare Revelation 18).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. staff--not the scepter (Psa 2:9), but the staff with which one strikes others, as he is speaking of more tyrants than one (Is 9:4; 10:24; 14:29) [Maurer]. rulers--tyrants, as the parallelism "the wicked" proves (compare see on Is 13:2).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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