Isaiah

Isaiah 14:3–5

³On the day that the LORD gives you rest from your pain and torment, and from the hard labor into which you were forced, ⁴you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon:

How the oppressor has ceased,

and how his fury^a has ended!

⁵The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked,

the scepter of the rulers.

Footnotes

a 14:4 DSS, LXX, and Syriac; MT the golden city

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Isaiah 14:3

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
On the day that	בְּי֨וֹם	bə·yō·wm	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3117 day
the LORD	יְהוָה֙	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
gives you rest	הָנִ֤יחַ	hā·nî·aḥ	Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct	H5117 rest
from	וּמִן־	ū·min-	Conjunctive waw; Preposition	H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
your pain	מֵֽעָצְבְּךָ֖	mê·‘ā·ṣə·bə·ḵā	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H6090 pain
and torment	וּמֵרָגְזֶ֑ךָ	ū·mê·rā·ḡə·ze·ḵā	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H7267 agitation, excitement, raging
and from the hard	הַקָּשָׁ֖ה	haq·qā·šāh	Article; Adjective - feminine singular	H7186 hard, severe
labor	הָעֲבֹדָ֥ה	hā·‘ă·ḇō·ḏāh	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H5656 labour, service
into which	אֲשֶׁ֥ר	’ă·šer	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
you were forced	עֻבַּד־	‘ub·baḏ-	Verb - QalPass - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H5647 work, serve

Isaiah 14:4

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
you will sing	וְנָשָׂ֜אתָ	wə·nā·śā·ṯā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular	H5375 lift, take, carry
this	הַזֶּ֛ה	haz·zeh	Article; Pronoun - masculine singular	H2088 this, that
song of contempt	הַמָּשָׁ֥ל	ham·mā·šāl	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4912 proverb, parable
against	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
the king	מֶ֥לֶךְ	me·leḵ	Noun - masculine singular construct	H4428 king
of Babylon	בָּבֶ֖ל	bā·ḇel	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H894 Babel, Babylon
How	אֵ֚יךְ	’êḵ	Interjection	H349 How?
the oppressor	נֹגֵ֔שׂ	nō·ḡêś	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H5065 press, drive, oppress, exact
has ceased	שָׁבַ֣ת	šā·ḇaṯ	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H7673 cease, desist, rest
and how his fury	מַדְהֵבָֽה׃	maḏ·hê·ḇāh	Noun - feminine singular	H4062 goldmaking, exactness
has ended	שָׁבְתָ֖ה	šā·ḇə·ṯāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H7673 cease, desist, rest

Isaiah 14:5

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
The LORD	יְהוָ֖ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
has broken	שָׁבַ֥ר	šā·ḇar	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H7665 break, break in pieces
the staff	מַטֵּ֣ה	maṭ·ṭêh	Noun - masculine singular construct	H4294 staff, rod, shaft
of the wicked	רְשָׁעִ֑ים	rə·šā·‘îm	Adjective - masculine plural	H7563 wicked, criminal
the scepter	שֵׁ֖בֶט	šê·ḇeṭ	Noun - masculine singular construct	H7626 rod, staff, club, sceptre
of the rulers	מֹשְׁלִֽים׃	mō·šə·lîm	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H4910 rule, have dominion, reign

Cross-references

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Isaiah 14:3 Jeremiah 30:10 · Ezra 9:8–9 · Isaiah 32:18 · Jeremiah 46:27–28 · Zechariah 8:8

Isaiah 14:4 Isaiah 49:26

Isaiah 14:5 Psalm 125:3 · Isaiah 9:4

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.