Charles Ellicott Commentary Isaiah 14:6

"that smote the peoples in wrath with a continual stroke, that ruled the nations in anger, with a persecution that none restrained." — Isaiah 14:6 (ASV)

He who smote ... —Better, which smote, the whole verse being of the nature of a relative clause, with the “sceptre” for antecedent.

A continual stroke. —Literally, a stroke without ceasing.

Is persecuted, and none hindereth. —Better, completing the parallelism, with a trampling that is not stayed.