The parable to be taken up against the king of Babylon
바벨론 왕에 대하여 지어 이를 노래
Isaiah 14:3–11: the text says, “It will happen in the day that the LORD will give you rest from your sorrow, from your trouble, and from the hard service in which you were made to serve, that you will take up this parable against the king of Babylon, and say, ‘How the oppressor has ceased! The golden city has ceased!’ The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers, who struck the peoples in wrath with a continual stroke, who ruled the nations in anger, with a persecution that no one restrained. The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet. They break out in song. Yes, the cypress trees rejoice with you, with the cedars of Lebanon, saying, ‘Since you are humbled, no lumberjack has come up against us.’ Sheol from beneath has moved for you to meet you at your coming. It stirs up the departed spirits for you, even all the rulers of the earth. It has raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations. They all will answer and ask you, ‘Have you also become as weak as we are? Have you become like us?’ Your pomp is brought down to Sheol, with the sound of your stringed instruments. Maggots are spread out under you, and worms cover you.” WEB closes the words of the parable at the end of 14:4 and gives 14:5–11 outside them; the Korean Revised Version, which calls it 이 노래 (this song) at 14:4, does not close it at the end of 14:11. At 14:4 it reads 강포한 성 where WEB reads “The golden city”, and at 14:9 그것이 세상에서의 모든 영웅을 너로 인하여 동하게 하며 where WEB reads “It stirs up the departed spirits for you, even all the rulers of the earth”.
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- ISA 14:3–11, engwebp
3It will happen in the day that the LORD will give you rest from your sorrow, from your trouble, and from the hard service in which you were made to serve,
4that you will take up this parable against the king of Babylon, and say, “How the oppressor has ceased! The golden city has ceased!”
5The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers,
6who struck the peoples in wrath with a continual stroke, who ruled the nations in anger, with a persecution that no one restrained.
7The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet. They break out in song.
8Yes, the cypress trees rejoice with you, with the cedars of Lebanon, saying, “Since you are humbled, no lumberjack has come up against us.”
9Sheol from beneath has moved for you to meet you at your coming. It stirs up the departed spirits for you, even all the rulers of the earth. It has raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
10They all will answer and ask you, “Have you also become as weak as we are? Have you become like us?”
11Your pomp is brought down to Sheol, with the sound of your stringed instruments. Maggots are spread out under you, and worms cover you.
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[Bibliadatum entry report] Entry: The parable to be taken up against the king of Babylon (event-isa-14-the-parable-against-the-king-of-babylon) Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/event/isa-14-the-parable-against-the-king-of-babylon Current wording: Isaiah 14:3–11: the text says, “It will happen in the day that the LORD will give you rest from your sorrow, from your trouble, and from the hard service in which you were made to serve, that you will take up this parable against the king of Babylon, and say, ‘How the oppressor has ceased! The golden city has ceased!’ The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers, who struck the peoples in wrath with a continual stroke, who ruled the nations in anger, with a persecution that no one restrained. The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet. They break out in song. Yes, the cypress trees rejoice with you, with the cedars of Lebanon, saying, ‘Since you are humbled, no lumberjack has come up against us.’ Sheol from beneath has moved for you to meet you at your coming. It stirs up the departed spirits for you, even all the rulers of the earth. It has raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations. They all will answer and ask you, ‘Have you also become as weak as we are? Have you become like us?’ Your pomp is brought down to Sheol, with the sound of your stringed instruments. Maggots are spread out under you, and worms cover you.” WEB closes the words of the parable at the end of 14:4 and gives 14:5–11 outside them; the Korean Revised Version, which calls it 이 노래 (this song) at 14:4, does not close it at the end of 14:11. At 14:4 it reads 강포한 성 where WEB reads “The golden city”, and at 14:9 그것이 세상에서의 모든 영웅을 너로 인하여 동하게 하며 where WEB reads “It stirs up the departed spirits for you, even all the rulers of the earth”. Cited evidence: ISA 14:3–11, engwebp Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending What looks wrong: (not written yet) --- This collection records what the text says and does not settle interpretation. A report about a reading that divides opinion may be registered as an unresolved issue rather than corrected.