God’s Word Translation
Isaiah 14:15
15But you’ve been brought down to Sheol, to the deepest part 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
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. 14I’ll go above the top of the clouds. I’ll be like the Most High.” But you’ve been brought down to Sheol, to the deepest part of the pit. 16Those who see you stare at you; they look at you closely and say, “Is this the man who made the earth tremble, who shook the kingdoms, 17who made the world like a desert and tore down its cities, who didn’t let his prisoners go home?”
Read all of Isaiah 14Isaiah 14:15 word by word
אַ֧ךְ אֶל־שְׁא֛וֹל תּוּרָ֖ד אֶל־יַרְכְּתֵי־בֽוֹר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Isaiah 14:15
- Isaiah 14:3When that day comes, the Lord will give you relief from your pain and suffering, from the hard slavery you were forced to do.
- Ezekiel 28:8They will throw you into a pit, and you will die a violent death in the sea.
- Matthew 11:23And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted to heaven? No, you will go down to hell! If the miracles that had been worked in you had been worked in Sodom, it would still be there today.
- Acts 12:22The people started shouting, “The voice of a god and not of a man!”
- Revelation 19:20The beast and the false prophet who had done miracles for the beast were captured. By these miracles the false prophet had deceived those who had the brand of the beast and worshiped its statue. Both of them were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur.
- Ezekiel 32:23Their graves are in the deepest parts of the pit. Assyria’s army lies around its grave. All of its soldiers are dead. They have been killed in battle. They once terrified people 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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