^{3 Ref} And it shall come to pass in the day that Jehovah shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy trouble, and from the hard service wherein thou wast made to serve,

^{4 Ref} that thou shalt take up this parable against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!

^{5 Ref} Jehovah hath broken the staff of the wicked, the sceptre of the rulers;

^{6 Ref} that smote the peoples in wrath with a continual stroke, that ruled the nations in anger, with a persecution that none restrained.

^{7 Ref} The whole earth is at rest, `and' is quiet: they break forth into singing.