Isaiah 14:5
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5 The Lord has broken the staff of the wicked,
the scepter of rulers,
Isaiah 9:4
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4 For the yoke of their burden
and the bar across their shoulders,
the rod of their oppressor,
you have broken as on the day of Midian.(A)
Psalm 125:3
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3 For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest
on the land allotted to the righteous,
so that the righteous might not stretch out
their hands to do wrong.(A)
Jeremiah 48:15-17
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15 Moab is destroyed, and his towns have gone up,
and the choicest of his young men have gone down to slaughter,
says the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts.(A)
16 The calamity of Moab is near at hand,
and his doom approaches swiftly.(B)
17 Mourn over him, all you his neighbors,
and all who know his name;
say, “How the mighty scepter is broken,
the glorious staff!”(C)
Isaiah 14:29
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29 Do not rejoice, all you Philistines,
that the rod that struck you is broken,
for from the root of the snake will come forth an adder,
and its fruit will be a flying fiery serpent.(A)
Isaiah 10:5
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Arrogant Assyria Also Judged
5 Woe to Assyria, the rod of my anger—
the club in their hands is my fury!(A)
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