Isaiah 14:6

He who Better, as R.V., that; the antecedent being the staff,

is persecuted, and none hindereth R.V. "with a persecution that none restrained." The parallelism requires instead of "persecution" a noun cognate with the verb rendered "rule," as in the preceding line. An easy emendation (mirdathfor murdâph) supplies this; and this reading is almost universally accepted. The balance of clauses is then perfect:

That struck the peoples in anger, with incessant stroke;

That trod down the nations in wrath, with unrelenting tread.