4 you will accept this parable against the king of Babylon, and you will say: "How is it that the oppressor has ceased, along with his tribute?
5 The Lord has crushed the staff of the impious, the scepter of despots,
6 which struck the people in wrath with an incurable wound, which subjugated the nations in fury, which persecuted with cruelty.
7 All the earth has become quiet and still; it has been gladdened and has rejoiced.
8 The evergreens, too, have rejoiced over you, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying: 'Since you have slept, no one has ascended who would cut us down.'
9 Hell below was stirred up to meet you at your advent; it has awakened the giants for you. All the leaders of the earth have risen from their thrones, all the leaders among the nations."
10 Everyone will respond and will say to you: "Now you are wounded, just as we were; you have become like us.