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# Connecting Statement:
This is part of the taunt song that the Israelites will sing to the king of Babylon.
# Yahweh has broken the staff of the wicked
The staff of the wicked probably refers to a stick that wicked people would hit other people with. Breaking that stick represents destroying their power to treat people cruelly. Alternate translation: "Yahweh has destroyed the power of the wicked" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
# the scepter of those rulers
A scepter represents a ruler's power to rule. Breaking the scepter represents destroying the ruler's power. Alternate translation: "Yahweh has destroyed the power of the wicked rulers" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])