^{4 Ref} That thou hast taken up this simile Concerning the king of Babylon, and said, How hath the exactor ceased,

^{5 Ref} Ceased hath the golden one. Broken hath Jehovah the staff of the wicked, The sceptre of rulers.

^{6 Ref} He who is smiting peoples in wrath, A smiting without intermission, He who is ruling in anger nations, Pursuing without restraint!