Isaiah 14:6

Isaiah 14:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth.
• New International Version (NIV)which in anger struck down peoples with unceasing blows, and in fury subdued nations with relentless aggression.
• English Standard Version (ESV)that struck the peoples in wrath with unceasing blows, that ruled the nations in anger with unrelenting persecution.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He who struck the people in wrath with a continual stroke, He who ruled the nations in anger, Is persecuted and no one hinders.

Context of Isaiah 14:6

4you will sing this song of contempt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has ceased, and how his fury has ended! 5The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers. It struck the peoples in anger with unceasing blows; it subdued the nations in rage with relentless persecution. 7All the earth is at peace and at rest; they break out in song. 8Even the cypresses and cedars of Lebanon exult over you: “Since you have been laid low, no woodcutter comes against us.”

Isaiah 14:6 word by word

מַכֶּ֤ה עַמִּים֙ בְּעֶבְרָ֔ה מַכַּ֖ת בִּלְתִּ֣י סָרָ֑ה רֹדֶ֤ה בָאַף֙ גּוֹיִ֔ם מֻרְדָּ֖ף בְּלִ֥י חָשָֽׂךְ׃Read the interlinear

• It struckנָכָהnâkâh · to smiteH5221
• the peoplesעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• in angerעֶבְרָה‛ebrâh · furyH5678
• with unceasingבִּלְתִּיbiltîy · lestH1115
• with unceasingסָרָהsârâh · revoltH5627
• blowsמַכָּהmakkâh makkeh · woundH4347
• it subduedרָדָהrâdâh · to ruleH7287
• the nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• in rageאַף'aph · face: angerH639
• with relentlessבְּלִיbelîy · withoutH1097
• with relentlessחָשַׂךְchâώak · to withholdH2820
• persecutionמֻרְדָּףmûrdâph · persecutionH4783

Cross-references for Isaiah 14:6

• Isaiah 33:1Woe to you, O destroyer never destroyed, O traitor never betrayed! When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed. When you have finished betraying, you will be betrayed.
• Isaiah 47:6I was angry with My people; I profaned My heritage, and I placed them under your control. You showed them no mercy; even on the elderly you laid a most heavy yoke.
• 2 Chronicles 36:17So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who put their young men to the sword in the sanctuary, sparing neither young men nor young women, neither elderly nor infirm. God gave them all into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar,
• Jeremiah 25:9behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surrounding nations. So I will devote them to destruction and make them an object of horror and contempt, an everlasting desolation.
• Daniel 7:19Then I wanted to know the true meaning of the fourth beast, which was different from all the others—extremely terrifying—devouring and crushing with iron teeth and bronze claws, then trampling underfoot whatever was left.
• James 2:13For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
• Isaiah 13:14Like a hunted gazelle, like a sheep without a shepherd, each will return to his own people, each will flee to his native land.
• Isaiah 21:1This is the burden against the Desert by the Sea: Like whirlwinds sweeping through the Negev, an invader comes from the desert, from a land of terror.
• Isaiah 47:1“Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of the Chaldeans! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate.
• Jeremiah 25:26all the kings of the north, both near and far, one after another—all the kingdoms on the face of the earth. And after all of them, the king of Sheshach will drink it too.
• Jeremiah 50:31“Behold, I am against you, O arrogant one,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts, “for your day has come, the time when I will punish you.
• Revelation 17:16And the ten horns and the beast that you saw will hate the prostitute. They will leave her desolate and naked, and they will eat her flesh and burn her with fire.
• Revelation 18:8Therefore her plagues will come in one day— death and grief and famine— and she will be consumed by fire, for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.”
• Isaiah 46:10I declare the end from the beginning, and from ancient times what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’
• Job 9:13God does not restrain His anger; the helpers of Rahab cower beneath Him.
• Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD.

Commentaries on Isaiah 14:6

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6He who smote - This may either refer to the king of Babylon, or to the rod or scepter which he had used, and which was now broken. Herder refers it to the scepter, that which smote the nations.‘ (On the meaning of the word “smote,” see the notes at Isaiah 10:20) The people - The nations that were subject to his authority. With a continual stroke - Margin, A stroke without removing.‘ Vulgate, Plaga insanabili - With an incurable plague.‘ - Septuagint the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-23This taunting song about the king of Babylon is written like a funeral song. It speaks as if the king has already died. The song mocks him and announces his downfall (compare Revelation 18).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. people--the peoples subjected to Babylon. is persecuted--the Hebrew is rather, active, "which persecuted them, without any to hinder him" [Vulgate, Jerome, and Horsley].Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 14:6

• Babylon
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• Nation
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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