John Gill Commentary Isaiah 14:5

"Jehovah hath broken the staff of the wicked, the sceptre of the rulers;" — Isaiah 14:5 (ASV)

The Lord has broken the staff of the wicked This is an answer to the above question, how the exactor and his tribute came to cease; this was not by man, but by the Lord himself; for though he made use of Cyrus, the work was his own, he broke the power of the wicked kings of Babylon:

[and] the sceptre of the rulers that were under the king of Babylon; or of the several kings themselves, Nebuchadnezzar, Evilmerodach, and Belshazzar; so Kimchi interprets it.

This may be applied to the kingdom of antichrist, and the antichristian states, which shall be broken to shivers as a potter's vessel by Christ, the King of kings, and Lord of lords, (Revelation 2:27) (Revelation 19:15Revelation 19:16) .

The "staff" and "sceptre" are emblems of power and government; and "breaking" them signifies the utter destruction and cessation of authority and dominion.