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"Mourn for him, all you who
live around him,
Even all of you who know his name; Say, 'How has the mighty ascepter been broken, A staff of splendor!'
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Isaiah 9:4, Isaiah 14:5
Isaiah 9
4
For aYou shall break the yoke of their burden and the staff on their shoulders, The rod of their boppressor, as at the battle of cMidian.
Isaiah 14
5
"The Lord has broken the staff of the wicked, The scepter of rulers