Isaiah 14:15

Isaiah 14:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
• New International Version (NIV)But you are brought down to the realm of the dead, to the depths of the pit.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But you are brought down to Sheol, to the far reaches of the pit.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Yet you shall be brought down to Sheol, To the lowest depths of the Pit.

Context of Isaiah 14:15

13You said to yourself, “I will ascend to the heavens; I will set up my throne above the stars of God. I will sit on the mount of the gods’ assembly, in the remotest parts of the North. 14I will ascend above the highest clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.” But you will be brought down to Sheol into the deepest regions of the Pit. 16Those who see you will stare at you; they will look closely at you: “Is this the man who caused the earth to tremble, who shook the kingdoms, 17who turned the world into a wilderness, who destroyed its cities and would not release the prisoners to return home?”

Isaiah 14:15 word by word

אַ֧ךְ אֶל־שְׁא֛וֹל תּוּרָ֖ד אֶל־יַרְכְּתֵי־בֽוֹר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Yet thou shalt be brought downיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
• to hellשְׁאוֹלshe'ôl she'ôl · hell: SheolH7585
• to the sidesיַרְכָהyerêkâh · flankH3411
• of the pitבּוֹרbôr · pitH953

Cross-references for Isaiah 14:15

• Isaiah 14:3When the Lord gives you rest from your pain, torment, and the hard labor you were forced to do,
• Ezekiel 28:8They will bring you down to the Pit, and you will die a violent death in the heart of the sea.
• Matthew 11:23And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? No, you will go down to Hades. For if the miracles that were done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until today.
• Acts 12:22The assembled people began to shout, “It’s the voice of a god and not of a man!”
• Revelation 19:20But the beast was taken prisoner, and along with it the false prophet, who had performed the signs in its presence. He deceived those who accepted the mark of the beast and those who worshiped its image with these signs. Both of them were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.
• Ezekiel 32:23Her graves are set in the deepest regions of the Pit, and her assembly is all around her burial place. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword — those who once spread terror in the land of the living.

Commentaries on Isaiah 14:15

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell - Hebrew, To sheol‘ (compare Isaiah 14:9). To the sides of the pit - The word pit,‘ here, is evidently synonymous with “hell” or “hades,” represented as a deep, dark region under ground. The dead were often buried in caves, and the descent was often dark and dreary, to the vaults where they reposed. Hence, it is always represented as going down; or, as the “inferior” regions. The sides of the pit‘ here stand opposed…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15-17This is a restatement of 14:9–11. The spirits in the place of the dead will be surprised and amazed that the Babylonian king, who ruled the world with his merciless might, has absolutely no power in death.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1515. to hell--to Sheol (Is 14:6), thou who hast said, "I will ascend into heaven" (Mt 11:23). sides of the pit--antithetical to the "sides of the north" (Is 14:13). Thus the reference is to the sides of the sepulcher round which the dead were arranged in niches. But Maurer here, as in Is 14:13, translates, "the extreme," or innermost parts of the sepulchre: as in Eze 32:23 (compare 1Sa 24:3).Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 14:15

• Ambition
• Babylon
• Burial
• Death
• Hell
• Isaiah
• Pride
• Rulers

In the dictionaries

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• Canon of the Old Testament
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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