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

That thou shalt take up {H5375} this proverb {H4912} against the king {H4428} of Babylon {H894}, and say {H559}, How hath the oppressor {H5065} ceased {H7673}! the golden city {H4062} ceased {H7673}!

you will take up this taunt-song against the king of Bavel: "At last the oppressor is stilled, his arrogance is ended!

you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased, and how his fury has ended!

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

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Cross-References

  • Isaiah 49:26 (3 votes)

    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 Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.

  • Revelation 18:5 (2 votes)

    For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.

  • Revelation 18:8 (2 votes)

    Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong [is] the Lord God who judgeth her.

  • Habakkuk 1:2 (2 votes)

    O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! [even] cry out unto thee [of] violence, and thou wilt not save!

  • Habakkuk 1:10 (2 votes)

    And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it.

  • Habakkuk 2:6 (2 votes)

    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 clay!

  • Habakkuk 2:12 (2 votes)

    Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity!