Isaiah 14:6
Good News Translation
who angrily oppressed the peoples and never stopped persecuting the nations they had conquered.

New Revised Standard Version
that struck down the peoples in wrath with unceasing blows, that ruled the nations in anger with unrelenting persecution.

Contemporary English Version
who were furious and never stopped abusing the people of other nations.

New American Bible
That struck the peoples in wrath with relentless blows; That ruled the nations in anger, with boundless persecution.

Douay-Rheims Bible
That struck the people in wrath with an incurable wound, that brought nations under in fury, that persecuted in a cruel manner.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

That struck the people in wrath with an incurable wound, that brought nations under in fury, that persecuted in a cruel manner.

who smote

Isaiah 33:1 Woe to thee that spoilest, shalt not thou thyself also be spoiled? and thou that despisest, shalt not thyself also be despised? when thou shalt have made an end of spoiling, thou shalt be spoiled: when being wearied thou shalt cease to despise, thou shalt be despised.

Isaiah 47:6 I was angry with my people, I have polluted my inheritance, and have given them into thy hand: thou hast shewn no mercy to them: upon the ancient thou hast laid thy yoke exceeding heavy.

2 Chronicles 36:17 For he brought upon them the king of the Chaldeans, and he slew their young men with the sword in the house of his sanctuary, he had no compassion on young man, or maiden, old man or even him that stooped for age, but he delivered them all into his hands.

Jeremiah 25:9 Behold I will send, and take all the kindreds of the north, saith the Lord, and Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon my servant: and I will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all the nations that are round about it: and I will destroy them, and make them an astonishment and a hissing, and perpetual desolations.

Daniel 7:19-21 After this I would diligently learn concerning the fourth beast, which was very different from all, and exceeding terrible: his teeth and claws were of iron: he devoured and broke in pieces, and the rest he stamped upon with his feet: . . .

James 2:13 For judgment without mercy to him that hath not done mercy. And mercy exalteth itself above judgment.

continual stroke.

Isaiah 13:14-18 And they shall be as a doe fleeing away, and as a sheep: and there shall be none to gather them together: every man shall turn to his own people, and every one shall flee to his own land. . . .

Isaiah 21:1-10 The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds come from the south, it cometh from the desert from a terrible land. . . .

Isaiah 47:1 Come down, sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne for the daughter of the Chaldeans, for thou shalt no more be called delicate and tender.

Jeremiah 25:26 And all the kings of the north far and near, every one against his brother: and all the kingdoms of the earth, which are upon the face thereof: and the king of Sesac shall drink after them.

Jeremiah 50:31 Behold I come against thee, O proud one, saith the Lord the God of hosts: for thy day is come, the time of thy visitation.

Revelation 17:16,17 And the ten horns which thou sawest in the beast: These shall hate the harlot and shall make her desolate and naked and shall eat her flesh and shall burn her with fire. . . .

Revelation 18:8-10 Therefore, shall her plagues come in one day, death and mourning and famine. And she shall be burnt with the fire: because God is strong, who shall judge her. . . .

and none

Isaiah 46:10,11 Remember the former age, for I am God, and there is no God beside, neither is there the like to me: . . .

Job 9:13 God, whose wrath no man can resist, and under whom they stoop that bear up the world.

Proverbs 21:30 There is no wisdom, there is no prudence, there is no counsel against the Lord.

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Context
Downfall of the King of Babylon
5The Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked, the rod of the rulers, 6That struck the people in wrath with an incurable wound, that brought nations under in fury, that persecuted in a cruel manner.7The whole earth is quiet and still, it is glad and hath rejoiced.…
Cross References
Isaiah 10:14
And my hand hath found the strength of the people as a nest; and as eggs are gathered, that are left, so have I gathered all the earth: and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or made the least noise.

Isaiah 14:5
The Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked, the rod of the rulers,

Isaiah 47:6
I was angry with my people, I have polluted my inheritance, and have given them into thy hand: thou hast shewn no mercy to them: upon the ancient thou hast laid thy yoke exceeding heavy.

Lamentations 1:21
Sin. They have heard that I sigh, and there is none to comfort me: all my enemies have heard of my evil, they have rejoiced that thou hast done it: thou hast brought a day of consolation, and they shall be like unto me.

Habakkuk 1:17
For this cause therefore he spreadeth his net, and will not spare continually to slay the nations.

Isaiah 14:5
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