4that thou shalt take up this parable against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!
5Jehovah hath broken the staff of the wicked, the sceptre of the rulers;
6that smote the peoples in wrath with a continual stroke, that ruled the nations in anger, with a persecution that none restrained.
7The whole earth is at rest, [and] is quiet: they break forth into singing.
8Yea, the fir-trees rejoice at thee, [and] the cedars of Lebanon, [saying], Since thou art laid low, no hewer is come up against us.
9Sheol from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming; it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
10All they shall answer and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us?
