Isaiah 14:6 CPDV

⁴  you will accept this parable against the king of Babylon, and you will say: 'How is it that the oppressor has ceased, along with his tribute?

⁵  The Lord has crushed the staff of the impious, the scepter of despots,

⁶  which struck the people in wrath with an incurable wound, which subjugated the nations in fury, which persecuted with cruelty.

⁷  All the earth has become quiet and still; it has been gladdened and has rejoiced.

⁸  The evergreens, too, have rejoiced over you, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying: 'Since you have slept, no one has ascended who would cut us down.'