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that you will take upוְנָשָׂאתָthisהַזֶּהpoemהַמָּשָׁלagainst the kingעַל מֶלֶךְof Babylon,בָּבֶלand say,וְאָמָרְתָּ“Howאֵיךְthe oppressorנֹגֵשׂhas ceased,שָׁבַתthe furyמַדְהֵבָהhas ceased!שָׁבְתָה
Isaiah 14:4
Study it in the app“that you will take up this poem against the king of Babylon, and say, “How the oppressor has ceased, the fury has ceased!”
With the Hebrew beneath
Isaiah 14:4, word by word
- that you will take upנָשָׂאתָnasata
lift up
To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.
Where else “nasata” appears- poemמָּשָׁלmashal
poem
A solemn message spoken as a poem, like Balaam's.
Where else “mashal” appears- against the kingמֶלֶךְmelech
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appears- of Babylonבָּבֶלbavel
Babel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” appears- and sayאָמָרְתָּamarta
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “amarta” appears- the oppressorנֹגֵשׂnoges
taskmaster
One who forces others to work harshly.
Where else “noges” appears- has ceasedשָׁבַתshavat
cease
To leave off working, rest; God did so when done, not from tiredness.
Where else “shavat” appears- the furyמַדְהֵבָהmadheva
fury? (uncertain)
A word of uncertain sense; it may mean fury or oppression; Strong derives it from "gold".
Where else “madheva” appears
Places in this verse
Babylon
Today: Babylon ruins, near Hillah, Iraq
A great city on the Euphrates River, in present-day Iraq, about 53 miles (85 km) south of Baghdad.
In its land the languages were confused at Babel (Gen 11:9). Nebuchadnezzar destroyed Jerusalem and took the people captive there (2 Kgs 25:1-11). Daniel lived there (Dan 1:1-6).
The context
3And it will happen, on the day when YHWH gives you rest from your pain and from your turmoil and from the hard service with which you were made to serve,
4 · This verse (above)
5YHWH has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of rulers,