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Isaiah 14:6 KJV
Isaiah · chapter 14 · verse 6
He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth.Isaiah 14:6 · King James Version
Isaiah 14:6 in context
4That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!
5The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers.
6He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth.
7The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing.
8Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- persecutedmurdâphpersecutedH4783 →
- continualbiltîyproperly, a failure ofH1115 →
- continualçârâhapostasy, crimeH5627 →
- nationsgôwya foreign nationH1471 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- strokemakkâha woundH4347 →
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The kings of Babylon, successively, were the great enemies and oppressors of God's people, and therefore the destruction of Babylon, the fall of the king, and the ruin of his family, are here particularly taken notice of and triumphed in.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 4-23