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Isaiah 14:6

It struck the peoples in anger with unceasing blows; it subdued the nations in rage with relentless persecution.

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ASV

that smote the peoples in wrath with a continual stroke, that ruled the nations in anger, with a persecution that none restrained.

KJV

He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth.

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12 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
מַכֶּ֤הma.Keh[which] struckH5221 →
עַמִּים֙'a.MimpeoplesH5971 →
בְּעֶבְרָ֔הbe.'ev.Rahin wrathH5678 →
מַכַּ֖תma.Kata blowH4347 →
בִּלְתִּ֣יbil.Ti<of> notH1115 →
סָרָ֑הsa.RahceasingH5627 →
רֹדֶ֤הro.Deh[which] ruledH7287 →
בָאַף֙va.'Afin <the> angerH639 →
גּוֹיִ֔םgo.YimnationsH1471 →
מֻרְדָּ֖ףmur.DafpersecutionH4783 →
בְּלִ֥יbe.Li[which] notH1097 →
חָשָֽׂךְ׃cha.Sakhanyone restrainedH2820 →

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Daniel 7:19–21Then I wanted to know the true meaning of the fourth beast, which was different from all the others—extremely terrifying—devouring and crushing with iron teeth and bronze claws, then trampling underfoot whatever was left.Revelation 17:16–17And the ten horns and the beast that you saw will hate the prostitute. They will leave her desolate and naked, and will eat her flesh and burn her with fire.Jeremiah 50:31“Behold, I am against you, O arrogant one,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts, “for your day has come, the time when I will punish you.Revelation 18:8–10Therefore her plagues will come in one day—death and grief and famine—and she will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.”James 2:13For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.Job 36:18Be careful that no one lures you with riches; do not let a large bribe lead you astray.Isaiah 47:1–15“Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of Chaldea! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate.Job 9:13God does not restrain His anger; the helpers of Rahab cower beneath Him.Daniel 4:35All the peoples of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the peoples of the earth. There is no one who can restrain His hand or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’”2 Chronicles 36:17So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who put their young men to the sword in the sanctuary, sparing neither young men nor young women, neither elderly nor infirm. God gave them all into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar,Jeremiah 25:9behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surrounding nations. So I will devote them to destruction and make them an object of horror and contempt, an everlasting desolation.Isaiah 46:10–11I declare the end from the beginning, and ancient times from what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’Isaiah 33:1Woe to you, O destroyer never destroyed, O traitor never betrayed! When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed. When you have finished betraying, you will be betrayed.Isaiah 13:14–18Like a hunted gazelle, like a sheep without a shepherd, each will return to his own people, each will flee to his native land.Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD.Isaiah 10:14My hand reached as into a nest to seize the wealth of the nations. Like one gathering abandoned eggs, I gathered all the earth. No wing fluttered, no beak opened or chirped.’”Jeremiah 25:26all the kings of the north, both near and far, one after another—all the kingdoms on the face of the earth. And after all of them, the king of Sheshach will drink it too.Isaiah 21:1–10This is the burden against the Desert by the Sea: Like whirlwinds sweeping through the Negev, an invader comes from the desert, from a land of terror.

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Pieter Bruegel the Elder, The Fall of the Rebel Angels (1562) — the tradition that read Isaiah 14 and Ezekiel 28 as the adversary's own fall.

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The adversary of Scripture — serpent in a garden, dragon in a lake of fire, and a real fallen being whose defeat was sealed at the cross.

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Guido Reni, St. Michael Trampling the Devil (c. 1635): the enemy of Revelation 12 named and defeated.

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The Names of Satan

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About Isaiah

The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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