Isaiah 14:5
New International Version
The LORD has broken the rod of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers,

New Living Translation
For the LORD has crushed your wicked power and broken your evil rule.

English Standard Version
The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of rulers,

Berean Standard Bible
The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers.

King James Bible
The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers.

New King James Version
The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, The scepter of the rulers;

New American Standard Bible
“The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, The scepter of rulers,

NASB 1995
“The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, The scepter of rulers

NASB 1977
“The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, The scepter of rulers

Legacy Standard Bible
Yahweh has broken the staff of the wicked, The scepter of rulers

Amplified Bible
“The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, The scepter of the [tyrant] rulers

Christian Standard Bible
The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers.

American Standard Version
Jehovah hath broken the staff of the wicked, the sceptre of the rulers;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
LORD JEHOVAH has broken the staff of the wicked and the rod of the Prince

Brenton Septuagint Translation
The Lord has broken the yoke of sinners, the yoke of princes.

Contemporary English Version
The LORD has crushed the power of those evil kings,

Douay-Rheims Bible
The Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked, the rod of the rulers,

English Revised Version
The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, the sceptre of the rulers;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of rulers.

Good News Translation
The LORD has ended the power of the evil rulers

International Standard Version
The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of rulers,

JPS Tanakh 1917
The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, The sceptre of the rulers,

Literal Standard Version
The golden one has ceased. YHWH has broken the staff of the wicked, | The scepter of rulers.

Majority Standard Bible
The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers.

New American Bible
The LORD has broken the rod of the wicked, the staff of the tyrants

NET Bible
The LORD has broken the club of the wicked, the scepter of rulers.

New Revised Standard Version
The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of rulers,

New Heart English Bible
The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers,

Webster's Bible Translation
The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the scepter of the rulers.

World English Bible
Yahweh has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers,

Young's Literal Translation
Ceased hath the golden one. Broken hath Jehovah the staff of the wicked, The sceptre of rulers.

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Context
Downfall of the King of Babylon
4you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased, and how his fury has ended! 5The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers. 6It struck the peoples in anger with unceasing blows; it subdued the nations in rage with relentless persecution.…

Cross References
Psalm 125:3
For the scepter of the wicked will not rest upon the land allotted to the righteous, so that the righteous will not put forth their hands to injustice.

Isaiah 13:11
I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their iniquity. I will end the haughtiness of the arrogant and lay low the pride of the ruthless.

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!

Isaiah 14:6
It struck the peoples in anger with unceasing blows; it subdued the nations in rage with relentless persecution.

Jeremiah 48:17
Mourn for him, all you who surround him, everyone who knows his name; tell how the mighty scepter is shattered--the glorious staff!

Lamentations 1:21
People have heard my groaning, but there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that You have caused it. May You bring the day You have announced, so that they may become like me.

Habakkuk 1:17
Will he, therefore, empty his net and continue to slay nations without mercy?


Treasury of Scripture

The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, and the scepter of the rulers.

Isaiah 14:29
Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.

Isaiah 9:4
For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.

Isaiah 10:5
O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation.

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1. God's merciful restoration of Israel
3. Their triumphant exultation over Babel
24. God's purpose against Assyria
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(5) The Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked . . .--The "staff" and the "sceptre" are alike symbols of power, the former being that on which a man supports himself, the other that which he wields in his arm to smite those who oppose him.

Verse 5. - The staff... the scepter. Symbols of Babylonian power (scrap. Isaiah 10:5).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
The LORD
יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

has broken
שָׁבַ֥ר (šā·ḇar)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7665: To break, break in pieces

the staff
מַטֵּ֣ה (maṭ·ṭêh)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 4294: A staff, rod, shaft, branch, a tribe

of the wicked,
רְשָׁעִ֑ים (rə·šā·‘îm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 7563: Wrong, an, bad person

the scepter
שֵׁ֖בֶט (šê·ḇeṭ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7626: Rod, staff, club, scepter, tribe

of the rulers.
מֹשְׁלִֽים׃ (mō·šə·lîm)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 4910: To rule, have dominion, reign


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