Verse 5

Yahweh has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers,

Referenced Verses

• Ps 125:3 : 3 For the scepter of wickedness won't remain over the allotment of the righteous; so that the righteous won't use their hands to do evil.
• Isa 9:4 : 4 For the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, you have broken as in the day of Midian.
• Isa 10:5 : 5 Alas Assyrian, the rod of my anger, the staff in whose hand is my indignation!
• Isa 14:29 : 29 Don't rejoice, O Philistia, all of you, because the rod that struck you is broken; for out of the serpent's root an adder will emerge, and his fruit will be a fiery flying serpent.
• Jer 48:15-17 : 15 Moab is laid waste, and they are gone up into his cities, and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, says the King, whose name is Yahweh of Armies. 16 The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hurries fast. 17 All you who are around him, bemoan him, and all you who know his name; say, How is the strong staff broken, the beautiful rod!