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It shall happen in the day that Yahweh shall give you rest from your sorrow, and from your trouble, and from the hard service in which you were made to serve,
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that you shall take up this parable against the king of Babylon, and say, How has the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!
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Yahweh has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers;
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who struck the peoples in wrath with a continual stroke, who ruled the nations in anger, with a persecution that none restrained.
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The whole earth is at rest, [and] is quiet: they break forth into singing.
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Yes, the fir-trees rejoice at you, [and] the cedars of Lebanon, [saying], Since you are laid low, no lumberjack is come up against us.