Isaiah 14:11

Isaiah 14:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.
• New International Version (NIV)All your pomp has been brought down to the grave, along with the noise of your harps; maggots are spread out beneath you and worms cover you.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Your pomp is brought down to Sheol, the sound of your harps; maggots are laid as a bed beneath you, and worms are your covers.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Your pomp is brought down to Sheol, And the sound of your stringed instruments; The maggot is spread under you, And worms cover you.’

Context of Isaiah 14:11

9Sheol below wakes up to meet you when you come. It wakes up the ghosts of the dead, all who were leaders on earth. It raises all who were kings of the nations from their thrones. 10All of them will greet you, “You also have become weak like us! You have become like one of us!” Your pride has been brought down to Sheol along with the music of your harps. Maggots are spread out ⌞like a bed⌟ under you, and worms cover you. 12How you have fallen from heaven, you morning star, son of the dawn! How you have been cut down to the ground, you conqueror of nations! 13You thought, “I’ll go up to heaven and set up my throne above God’s stars. I’ll sit on the mountain far away in the north where the gods assemble.

Isaiah 14:11 word by word

הוּרַ֥ד שְׁא֛וֹל גְּאוֹנֶ֖ךָ הֶמְיַ֣ת נְבָלֶ֑יךָ תַּחְתֶּ֙יךָ֙ יֻצַּ֣ע רִמָּ֔ה וּמְכַסֶּ֖יךָ תּוֹלֵעָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thy pompגָּאוֹןgâ'ôn · prideH1347
• is brought downיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
• to the graveשְׁאוֹלshe'ôl she'ôl · hell: SheolH7585
• the noiseהֶמְיָהhemyâh · soundH1998
• of thy violsנֵ֫בֶלnebel nêbel · harpH5035
• the wormרִמָּהrimmâh · wormH7415
• is spreadיָצַעyatsa‛ · to layH3331
• under thee, and the wormsתּוֹלֵעָהtôlâ‛ tôlê‛âh tôla‛ath tôla‛ath · wormH8438
• coverמְכַסֶּהmekasseh · coveringH4374

Cross-references for Isaiah 14:11

• Isaiah 21:4I’m confused. I’m shaking with terror. The twilight hours I longed for make me tremble.
• Isaiah 22:2You are a city filled with shouting, a town filled with noise and excitement. Your people weren’t killed with swords. Your dead didn’t die in battle.
• Job 21:11They send their little children out ⌞to play⌟ like a flock of lambs, and their children dance around.
• Ezekiel 26:13“I will put a stop to your noisy songs, and the music from your harps will no longer be heard.
• Ezekiel 32:19“⌞Tell them,⌟ ‘Are you more beautiful than anyone else? Go down and join the godless people.’
• Daniel 5:1King Belshazzar threw a large banquet for 1,000 nobles and drank wine with them.
• Amos 6:3How horrible it will be for those who think that a day of disaster is far away. They bring the reign of violence closer.
• Revelation 18:11“The merchants of the earth cry and mourn over her, because no one buys their cargo anymore.
• Isaiah 66:24Then they will go out and look at the corpses of those who have rebelled against me. The worms that eat them will not die. The fire that burns them will not go out. All humanity will be disgusted by them.
• Job 17:13If I look for the grave as my home and make my bed in the darkness,
• Job 24:19⌞Just as⌟ drought and heat steal water from snow, so the grave steals people who sin.
• Mark 9:43“So if your hand causes you to lose your faith, cut it off! It is better for you to enter life disabled than to have two hands and go to hell, to the fire that cannot be put out.

Commentaries on Isaiah 14:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11Cover thee "Thy covering" - Twenty-eight MSS. (ten ancient) of Kennicott's, thirty-nine of De Rossi's, twelve editions, with the Septuagint and Vulgate, read ומכסך umechassecha, in the singular number.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11Thy pomp - Thy magnificence (see the note at Isaiah 5:14). The noise of thy viols - Instruments of music were often used in their feasts; and the meaning here is, that instead of being surrounded with splendor, and the instruments of music, the monarch was now brought down to the corruption and stillness of the grave. The instrument referred to by the word viol‘ (נבל nēbel plur. נבלים nebalı̂ym Greek ́ nabla Latin nablium ), was a stringed instrument…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11Babylon's strength, power, and music from the harp ended, and its greatness was destroyed (see also Revelation 18:22). Maggots and worms represented death and decay (Isaiah 66:24).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1111. "Pomp" and music, the accompaniment of Babylon's former feastings (Is 5:12; 24:8), give place to the corruption and the stillness of the grave (Eze 32:27). worm--that is bred in putridity. worms--properly those from which the crimson dye is obtained. Appropriate here; instead of the crimson coverlet, over thee shall be "worms." Instead of the gorgeous couch, "under thee" shall be the maggot. The language is so framed as to apply to the Babylonian king…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 14:11

• Babylon
• Death
• Isaiah
• Music
• 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