Christian Standard Bible
Isaiah 14:7
7The whole earth is calm and at rest; people shout with a ringing cry.
Isaiah 14:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing.
- New International Version (NIV)All the lands are at rest and at peace; they break into singing.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The whole earth is at rest and quiet; they break forth into singing.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The whole earth is at rest and quiet; They break forth into singing.
Context of Isaiah 14:7
5The Lord has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers. 6It struck the peoples in anger with unceasing blows. It subdued the nations in rage with relentless persecution. The whole earth is calm and at rest; people shout with a ringing cry. 8Even the cypresses and the cedars of Lebanon rejoice over you: “Since you have been laid low, no lumberjack has come against us.” 9Sheol below is eager to greet your coming, stirring up the spirits of the departed for you — all the rulers of the earth — making all the kings of the nations rise from their thrones.
Read all of Isaiah 14Isaiah 14:7 word by word
נָ֥חָה שָׁקְטָ֖ה כָּל־הָאָ֑רֶץ פָּצְח֖וּ רִנָּֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Isaiah 14:7
- Isaiah 49:13Shout for joy, you heavens! Earth, rejoice! Mountains break into joyful shouts! For the Lord has comforted his people, and will have compassion on his afflicted ones.
- Psalms 96:11Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice; let the sea and all that fills it resound.
- Psalms 98:7Let the sea and all that fills it, the world and those who live in it, resound.
- Psalms 126:1When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dream.
- Proverbs 11:10When the righteous thrive, a city rejoices; when the wicked die, there is joyful shouting.
- Jeremiah 51:48Heaven and earth and everything in them will shout for joy over Babylon because the destroyers from the north will come against her. This is the Lord’s declaration.
- Revelation 18:20Rejoice over her, heaven, and you saints, apostles, and prophets, because God has pronounced on her the judgment she passed on you!
- Revelation 19:1After this I heard something like the loud voice of a vast multitude in heaven, saying, Hallelujah! Salvation, glory, and power belong to our God,
Commentaries on Isaiah 14:7
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7The whole earth is at rest - The kingdom of Babylonia, or Chaldea, extended nearly over the whole pagan world. Now that Babylon was fallen, and that those oppressions would cease, the world is represented as in peace and quietness. They break forth into singing - That is, the inhabitants of all the nations that were subject to Babylon now rejoice that they are released from its galling and oppressive yoke.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. 77. they--the once subject nations of the whole earth. Houbigant places the stop after "fir trees" (Is 14:8), "The very fir trees break forth," &c. But the parallelism is better in English Version.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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