4 that you will atake up this taunt against the king of Babylon, and say,
“How bthe taskmaster has ceased,
And how fury has ceased!
5 Yahweh has broken the staff of the wicked,
The scepter of rulers
6 aWhich used to strike the peoples in fury with unceasing strokes,
Which had dominion over the nations in anger with unrestrained persecution.
7 The whole earth is at rest and is quiet;
They abreak forth into shouts of joy.
8 Even the acypress trees are glad over you, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying,
‘Since you were laid low, no tree cutter comes up against us.’