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Downfall of the King of Babylon

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

How the oppressor has ceased!
    How his insolence[a] has ceased!(B)
The Lord has broken the staff of the wicked,
    the scepter of rulers,
that struck down the peoples in wrath
    with unceasing blows,
that ruled the nations in anger
    with unrelenting persecution.(C)
The whole earth is at rest and quiet;
    they break forth into singing.

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  1. 14.4 Q ms Compare Gk Syr Vg: Meaning of MT uncertain

On the day the Lord gives you relief(A) from your suffering and turmoil(B) and from the harsh labor forced on you,(C) you will take up this taunt(D) against the king of Babylon:(E)

How the oppressor(F) has come to an end!
    How his fury[a] has ended!
The Lord has broken the rod(G) of the wicked,(H)
    the scepter(I) of the rulers,
which in anger struck down peoples(J)
    with unceasing blows,
and in fury subdued(K) nations
    with relentless aggression.(L)
All the lands are at rest and at peace;(M)
    they break into singing.(N)

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  1. Isaiah 14:4 Dead Sea Scrolls, Septuagint and Syriac; the meaning of the word in the Masoretic Text is uncertain.

14 Thus says the Lord,
    your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:
For your sake I will send to Babylon
    and break down all the bars,
    and the shouting of the Chaldeans will be turned to lamentation.[a](A)

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  1. 43.14 Meaning of Heb uncertain

God’s Mercy and Israel’s Unfaithfulness

14 This is what the Lord says—
    your Redeemer,(A) the Holy One(B) of Israel:
“For your sake I will send to Babylon
    and bring down as fugitives(C) all the Babylonians,[a](D)
    in the ships in which they took pride.

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  1. Isaiah 43:14 Or Chaldeans

21 I will deliver you out of the hand of the wicked
    and redeem you from the grasp of the ruthless.(A)

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21 “I will save(A) you from the hands of the wicked(B)
    and deliver(C) you from the grasp of the cruel.”(D)

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11 For the Lord has ransomed Jacob
    and has redeemed him from hands too strong for him.(A)

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11 For the Lord will deliver Jacob
    and redeem(A) them from the hand of those stronger(B) than they.

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18 You show steadfast love to the thousandth generation[a] but repay the guilt of parents into the laps of their children after them, O great and mighty God whose name is the Lord of hosts,(A)

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  1. 32.18 Or to thousands

18 You show love(A) to thousands but bring the punishment for the parents’ sins into the laps(B) of their children(C) after them. Great and mighty God,(D) whose name is the Lord Almighty,(E)

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19 Not like these is the portion of Jacob,
    for he is the one who formed all things,
and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance;
    the Lord of hosts is his name.(A)

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19 He who is the Portion(A) of Jacob is not like these,
    for he is the Maker of all things,
including the people of his inheritance(B)
    the Lord Almighty is his name.

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36 Therefore thus says the Lord:
I am going to defend your cause
    and take vengeance for you.
I will dry up her sea
    and make her fountain dry,(A)

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36 Therefore this is what the Lord says:

“See, I will defend your cause(A)
    and avenge(B) you;
I will dry up(C) her sea
    and make her springs dry.

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