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Isaiah 14:4

That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!

KJV

sumes parabolam istam contra regem Babylonis, et dices : Quomodo cessavit exactor ; quievit tributum ?

Vulgate

καὶ λήμψῃ τὸν θρῆνον τοῦτον ἐπὶ τὸν βασιλέα Βαβυλῶνος, καὶ ἐρεῖς Πῶς ἀναπέπαυται ὁ ἀπαιτῶν, καὶ ἀναπέπαυται ὁ ἐπισπουδαστής;

LXX

that thou shalt take up this parable against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!

ASV

וְ/נָשָׂ֜אתָ הַ/מָּשָׁ֥ל הַ/זֶּ֛ה עַל מֶ֥לֶךְ בָּבֶ֖ל וְ/אָמָ֑רְתָּ אֵ֚יךְ שָׁבַ֣ת נֹגֵ֔שׂ שָׁבְתָ֖ה מַדְהֵבָֽה

Hebrew

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In this verse

Places Babylon

In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵ֚יךְ
'yk
particle · 82×
בָּבֶ֖ל
bbl
proper_noun · 262×
הִשְׁבַּתִּי֙
hshbty
verb · 71×
וֹ
v
noun · 39×
זֶּֽה
zh
pronoun · 1173×
יִּשְׂא֥וּ
ysh'v
verb · 652×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×
מַדְהֵבָֽה
mdhbh
noun · 1×
נִגַּ֖שׂ
ngsh
verb · 23×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Ezek 21:31 — And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee, I will blow against thee in the fire of my wrath, and deliver thee into the hand of brutish men, and skilful to destroy.
  • Hab 2:6 — Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick cl
  • Isa 13:1 — The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see.
  • Isa 13:19 — And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees’ excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
  • Isa 14:12 — How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
  • Isa 14:16 — They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;
  • Isa 16:4 — Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.
  • Isa 49:26 — And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeeme
  • Jer 27:7 — And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son’s son, until the very time of his land come: and then many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of him.
  • Ps 137:8 — O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.