Isaiah 14:8

Isaiah 14:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us.
• New International Version (NIV)Even the junipers and the cedars of Lebanon gloat over you and say, “Now that you have been laid low, no one comes to cut us down.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)The cypresses rejoice at you, the cedars of Lebanon, saying, 'Since you were laid low, no woodcutter comes up against us.'
• New King James Version (NKJV)Indeed the cypress trees rejoice over you, And the cedars of Lebanon, Saying, ‘Since you were cut down, No woodsman has come up against us.’

Context of Isaiah 14:8

6Which used to strike the peoples in anger with incessant blows, Which subdued and ruled the nations in wrath with unrelenting persecution. 7The whole earth is at rest and is quiet; They break into shouts of joy. Even 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]. 10All of them will respond [tauntingly] and say to you, ‘You have become as weak as we are. You have become like us.

Isaiah 14:8 word by word

גַּם־בְּרוֹשִׁ֛ים שָׂמְח֥וּ לְךָ֖ אַרְזֵ֣י לְבָנ֑וֹן מֵאָ֣ז שָׁכַ֔בְתָּ לֹֽא־יַעֲלֶ֥ה הַכֹּרֵ֖ת עָלֵֽינוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Yea, the fir treesבְּרוֹשׁberôsh · cypressH1265
• rejoiceשָׂמַחώâmach · to rejoiceH8055
• the cedarsאֶ֫רֶז'erez · cedarH730
• of Lebanonלְבָנוֹןlebânôn · LebanonH3844
• Since thou art laid downשָׁכַבshâkab · to lie down: lay downH7901
• no fellerכָּרַתkârath · to cut: cutH3772
• is come upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927

Cross-references for Isaiah 14:8

• Isaiah 55:12For you will go out [from exile] with joy And be led forth [by the Lord Himself] with peace; The mountains and the hills will break forth into shouts of joy before you, And all the trees of the field will clap their hands.
• Ezekiel 31:16I made the nations quake at the sound of its fall when I cast it down to Sheol with those who descend into the pit; and all the well-watered trees of Eden, the choicest and the best of Lebanon, will be comforted in the earth beneath [at Assyria’s downfall].
• Zechariah 11:2Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen, Because the magnificent trees have been destroyed; Wail, O oaks of Bashan, For the inaccessible forest [on the steep mountainside] has come down.

Commentaries on Isaiah 14:8

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee - They join with the inhabitants of the nations in rejoicing at thy downfall - for they now, like those inhabitants, are suffered to remain undisturbed. (On the word rendered “fir trees,” see the notes at Isaiah 1:29.) It is evident that a species of evergreen is meant; and probably some species that grew in Syria or Palestine. The idea is plain. The very forest is represented as rejoicing. It would be safe from the king…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-8The land and people will be peaceful and calm because the oppression has ended and the king of Babylon has died. All of creation will join in praise, able to sing again (see also Isaiah 42:11; 44:23; compare Romans 8:22).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. the fir trees--now left undisturbed. Probably a kind of evergreen. rejoice at thee--(Psa 96:12). At thy fall (Psa 35:19, 24). no feller--as formerly, when thou wast in power (Is 10:34; 37:24). Hades (the Amenthes of Egypt), the unseen abode of the departed; some of its tenants, once mighty monarchs, are represented by a bold personification as rising from their seats in astonishment at the descent among them of the humbled king of Babylon. This proves…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 14:8

• Babylon
• Cedar
• Isaiah
• Lebanon
• Rulers

In the dictionaries

• Lebanon
• Besom
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• Fashion
• Feller
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• Rule
• Serve
• Canon of the Old Testament

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