Isaiah 14:15

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

13But you said in your heart, ‘I will ascend to heaven; I will raise my throne above the stars of God, And I will sit on the mount of assembly In the recesses of the north. 14I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.’ Nevertheless you will be thrust down to Sheol, To the recesses of the pit. 16Those who see you will gaze at you, They will ponder over you, saying, ‘Is this the man who made the earth tremble, Who shook kingdoms, 17Who made the world like a wilderness And overthrew its cities, Who did not allow his prisoners to go home?’

Isaiah 14:15 word by word

אַ֧ךְ אֶל־שְׁא֛וֹל תּוּרָ֖ד אֶל־יַרְכְּתֵי־בֽוֹר׃Read the interlinear

• Neverthelessאַךְ'ak · surelyH389
• will be thrustיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
• to Sheolשְׁאוֹלshe'ôl she'ôl · hell: SheolH7585
• To the recessesיַרְכָהyerêkâh · flankH3411
• of the pitבּוֹרbôr · pitH953

Cross-references for Isaiah 14:15

• Isaiah 14:3And it will be in the day when the Lord gives you rest from your pain and turmoil and harsh service in which you have been enslaved,
• Ezekiel 28:8They will bring you down to the pit, And you will die the death of those who are slain In the heart of the seas.
• Matthew 11:23And you, Capernaum, will not be exalted to heaven, will you? You will descend to Hades; for if the miracles had occurred in Sodom which occurred in you, it would have remained to this day.
• Acts 12:22The people kept crying out, “The voice of a god and not of a man!”
• Revelation 19:20And the beast was seized, and with him the false prophet who performed the signs in his presence, by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image; these two were thrown alive into the lake of fire which burns with brimstone.
• Ezekiel 32:23whose graves are set in the remotest parts of the pit and her company is round about her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword, who spread 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

Topics related to Isaiah 14:15

• Ambition
• Babylon
• Burial
• Death
• Hell
• Isaiah
• Pride
• Rulers

In the dictionaries

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• Canon of the Old Testament
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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