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Isaiah 14:10
10All of them will respond [tauntingly] and say to you, ‘You have become as weak as we are. You have become like us.
Isaiah 14:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us?
- New International Version (NIV)They will all respond, they will say to you, “You also have become weak, as we are; you have become like us.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)All of them will answer and say to you: 'You too have become as weak as we! You have become like us!'
- New King James Version (NKJV)They all shall speak and say to you: ‘Have you also become as weak as we? Have you become like us?
Context of Isaiah 14:10
8Even the cypress trees rejoice over you [kings of Babylon], even the cedars of Lebanon, saying, ‘Since you were laid low, no woodcutter comes up against us.’ 9Sheol below is excited about you to meet you when you come [you tyrant of Babylon]; It stirs up the spirits of the dead [to greet you], all the leaders of the earth; It raises all the kings of the nations from their thrones [in astonishment at your fall]. All of them will respond [tauntingly] and say to you, ‘You have become as weak as we are. You have become like us. 11Your pomp and magnificence have been brought down to Sheol, Along with the music of your harps; The maggots [which prey on the dead] are spread out under you [as a bed] And worms are your covering [Babylonian rulers].’ 12How you have fallen from heaven, O star of the morning [light-bringer], son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, You who have weakened the nations [king of Babylon]!
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כֻּלָּ֣ם יַֽעֲנ֔וּ וְיֹאמְר֖וּ אֵלֶ֑יךָ גַּם־אַתָּ֛ה חֻלֵּ֥יתָ כָמ֖וֹנוּ אֵלֵ֥ינוּ נִמְשָֽׁלְתָּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Isaiah 14:10
- Psalms 49:6Even those who trust in and rely on their wealth And boast of the abundance of their riches?
- Psalms 82:6I said, “You are gods; Indeed, all of you are sons of the Most High.
- Ecclesiastes 2:16For there is no [more] lasting remembrance of the wise man than of the fool, since in the days to come all will be long forgotten. And how does the wise man die? Even as the fool!
- Luke 16:20And a poor man named Lazarus, was laid at his gate, covered with sores.
Commentaries on Isaiah 14:10
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10All they shall speak - Language of astonishment that one so proud, and who apparently never expected to die, should be brought down to that humiliating condition. It is a severe taunt at the great change which had taken place in a haughty monarch.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10weak, as we are: The Babylonian king had no power over anyone after death and could not leave Sheol. The Israelites will mock this great king who seemed strong on earth but had no weaknesses.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. They taunt him and derive from his calamity consolation under their own (Eze 31:16). weak--as a shade bereft of blood and life. Rephaim, "the dead," may come from a Hebrew root, meaning similarly "feeble," "powerless." The speech of the departed closes with Is 14:11.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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