Isaiah 14:4
you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased, and how his fury has ended!
Note DSS, LXX, and Syriac; MT the golden city
That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!
Note proverb: or, taunting speech
Note golden…: or, exactress of gold
that you will take up this parable against the king of Babylon, and say, “How the oppressor has ceased! The golden city has ceased!”
that thou shalt take up this parable against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- proverb
- or, taunting speech.
- Jeremiah 24:9; Ezekiel 5:15; Habakkuk 2:6
- How
- Isaiah 14:6, 17; Isaiah 47:5; Isaiah 49:26; Isaiah 51:23; Jeremiah 25:9–14; Jeremiah 27:6, 7; Jeremiah 50:22, 23; Jeremiah 51:20–24, 34, 35; Daniel 7:19–25; Habakkuk 1:2–10; Habakkuk 2:6–12, 17; Revelation 13:15–17; Revelation 16:5, 6; Revelation 17:6; Revelation 18:5–8, 20
- golden city
- or, exactress of gold.
- Isaiah 13:19; Isaiah 45:2, 3; 2 Chronicles 36:18; Lamentations 4:1; Daniel 2:38; Revelation 18:16