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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)You struck the people with endless blows of rage and held the nations in your angry grip with unrelenting tyranny.

Context of Isaiah 14:6

4you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon: "How the oppressor has ceased, the insolent fury ceased! 5The Lord has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of rulers, that struck the peoples in wrath with unceasing blows, that ruled the nations in anger with unrelenting persecution. 7The whole earth is at rest and quiet; they break forth into singing. 8The cypresses rejoice at you, the cedars of Lebanon, saying, 'Since you were laid low, no woodcutter comes up against us.'

Isaiah 14:6 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• He who smoteנָכָהnâkâh · to smiteH5221
• the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• in wrathעֶבְרָה‛ebrâh · furyH5678
• with a continualסָרָהsârâh · revoltH5627
• with a continualבִּלְתִּיbiltîy · lestH1115
• strokeמַכָּהmakkâh makkeh · woundH4347
• he that ruledרָדָהrâdâh · to ruleH7287
• the nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• in angerאַף'aph · face: angerH639
• is persecutedמֻרְדָּףmûrdâph · persecutionH4783
• noneבְּלִיbelîy · withoutH1097
• hinderethחָשַׂךְchâώak · to withholdH2820

Cross-references for Isaiah 14:6

• Isaiah 33:1Ah, you destroyer, who yourself have not been destroyed, you traitor, whom none has betrayed! When you have ceased to destroy, you will be destroyed; and when you have finished betraying, they will betray you.
• Isaiah 47:6I was angry with my people; I profaned my heritage; I gave them into your hand; you showed them no mercy; on the aged you made your yoke exceedingly heavy.
• 2 Chronicles 36:17Therefore he brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary and had no compassion on young man or virgin, old man or aged. He gave them all into his hand.
• Jeremiah 25:9behold, I will send for all the tribes of the north, declares the Lord, and for Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants, and against all these surrounding nations. I will devote them to destruction, and make them a horror, a hissing, and an everlasting desolation.
• Daniel 7:19"Then I desired to know the truth about the fourth beast, which was different from all the rest, exceedingly terrifying, with its teeth of iron and claws of bronze, and which devoured and broke in pieces and stamped what was left with its feet,
• James 2:13For judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
• Isaiah 13:14And like a hunted gazelle, or like sheep with none to gather them, each will turn to his own people, and each will flee to his own land.
• Isaiah 21:1The oracle concerning the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the Negeb sweep on, it comes from the wilderness, from a terrible land.
• Isaiah 47:1Come 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 shall no more be called tender and delicate.
• Jeremiah 25:26all the kings of the north, far and near, one after another, and all the kingdoms of the world that are on the face of the earth. And after them the king of Babylon shall drink.
• Jeremiah 50:31"Behold, I am against you, O proud 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 that you saw, they and the beast will hate the prostitute. They will make her desolate and naked, and devour her flesh and burn her up with fire,
• Revelation 18:8For this reason her plagues will come in a single day, death and mourning and famine, and she will be burned up with fire; for mighty is the Lord God who has judged her."
• Isaiah 46:10declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, 'My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose,'
• Job 9:13"God will not turn back his anger; beneath him bowed the helpers of Rahab.
• Proverbs 21:30No wisdom, no understanding, no counsel can avail 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
• Isaiah
• Nation
• Rulers

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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