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Isaiah 14:15
15none the less art thou brought down to Sheol, to the recesses of the pit.
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
13And thou that didst say in thy heart, I will ascend into the heavens, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God, and I will sit upon the mount of assembly, in the recesses of the north; 14I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High: none the less art thou brought down to Sheol, to the recesses of the pit. 16They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee; they shall consider thee, [saying,] Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that shook kingdoms; 17[that] made the world as a wilderness, and overthrew the cities thereof; [that] dismissed not his prisoners homewards?
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אַ֧ךְ אֶל־שְׁא֛וֹל תּוּרָ֖ד אֶל־יַרְכְּתֵי־בֽוֹר׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Isaiah 14:15
- Isaiah 14:3And it shall come to pass in the day that Jehovah shall give thee rest from thy sorrow and from thy trouble and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve,
- Ezekiel 28:8They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of those that are slain in the heart of the seas.
- Matthew 11:23And thou, Capernaum, who hast been raised up to heaven, shalt be brought down even to hades. For if the works of power which have taken place in thee, had taken place in Sodom, it had remained until this day.
- Acts 12:22And the people cried out, A god's voice and not a man's.
- Revelation 19:20And the beast was taken, and the false prophet that [was] with him, who wrought the signs before him by which he deceived them that received the mark of the beast, and those that worship his image. Alive were both cast into the lake of fire which burns with brimstone;
- Ezekiel 32:23their graves are set in the sides of the pit, and his assemblage is round about his grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword, — who caused 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
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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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