Isaiah 14
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Isaiah 14:9-31

91SheolH7585 belowH4480H8478 isH7264 excitedH7264 about you, to meetH7122 you when you comeH935; It stirsH5782 the 2spiritsH7496 ofH7496 theH7496 deadH7496 for you, allH3605 the 3leadersH6260 of the earthH776; It raisesH6965 allH3605 the kingsH4428 of the nationsH1471 from their thronesH3678.104They will allH3605 respondH6030 and sayH559 to you, ‘EvenH1571 you have becomeH2470 weakH2470 as we, You have becomeH4911 likeH4911 us.11Your 5prideH1347 and the musicH1998 of your harpsH5035 Have been broughtH3381 downH3381 to SheolH7585; MaggotsH7415 are spreadH3331 outH3331 as your bed beneathH8478 you And wormsH8439 are your coveringH4374.’12HowH349 you have 6fallenH5307 from heavenH4605, You 78starH1966 ofH1966 theH1966 morningH1966, sonH1121 of the dawnH7837! You have been cutH1438 downH1438 to the earthH776, You who defeatedH2522 the nationsH1471!13But you saidH559 in your heartH3824, ‘I will 9ascendH5927 to heavenH4605; I will 10raiseH7311 my throneH3678 aboveH4605 the starsH3556 of GodH410, And I will sitH3427 on the mountH2022 of assemblyH4150 In the recessesH3411 of the northH6828.14I will ascendH5927 aboveH5921 the heightsH1116 of the cloudsH5645; 11I will makeH1819 myself likeH1819 the MostH5945 HighH5945.’15NeverthelessH389 you 12will be broughtH3381 downH3381 to SheolH7585, To the recessesH3411 of the pitH953.16Those who seeH7200 you will stareH7688 at you, They will 13closelyH995 examineH995 you, saying, ‘Is thisH2088 the manH376 who made the earthH776 trembleH7264, Who shookH7493 kingdomsH4467,17Who madeH7760 the worldH8398 like a 14wildernessH4057 And overthrewH2040 its citiesH5892, Who 15did not 16allowH6605 his prisonersH615 to go homeH1004?’18AllH3605 the kingsH4428 of the nationsH1471 lieH7901 in gloryH3519, EachH376 in his own 17tombH1004.19But you have been 18hurledH7993 outH7993 of your tombH6913 Like 19a rejectedH8581 branchH5342, 20ClothedH3830 with those killedH2026 who have been piercedH2944 with a swordH2719, Who goH3381 downH3381 to the stonesH68 of the 21pitH953 Like a 22trampledH947 corpseH6297.20You will not be unitedH3161 with them in burialH6900, BecauseH3588 you have ruinedH7843 your countryH776, You have killedH2026 your peopleH5971. May the 23descendantsH2233 of evildoersH7489 neverH3808H5769 be mentionedH7121.21PrepareH3559 a placeH4293 ofH4293 slaughterH4293 for his sonsH1121 Because of the 24wrongdoingH5771 of their fathersH1. They must not ariseH6965 and takeH3423 possessionH3423 of the earthH776, And fillH4390 the surfaceH6440 of the worldH8398 with citiesH5892.” 22“I will riseH6965 upH6965 againstH5921 them,” declaresH5002 the LordH3068 of armiesH6635, “and eliminateH3772 from BabylonH894 25nameH8034 and survivorsH7605, 26offspringH5209 and descendantsH5220,” declaresH5002 the LordH3068. 23“I will also makeH7760 it the propertyH4180 of the 27hedgehogH7090 and swampsH98 of waterH4325, and I will sweepH2894 it awayH2894 with the broomH4292 of 28destructionH8045,” declaresH5002 the LordH3068 of armiesH6635. 24The LordH3068 of armiesH6635 has swornH7650, sayingH559, “CertainlyH518H3808, 29justH3512 asH3512 I have intendedH1819, soH3651 it has happenedH1961, and justH3512 asH3512 I have plannedH3289, so it will standH6965, 25to 30breakH7665 AssyriaH804 in My landH776, and I will trampleH947 him on My mountainsH2022. Then his 31yokeH5923 will be removedH5493 from them, and his burdenH5448 removedH5493 from their shouldersH7926. 26ThisH2088 is the 32planH6098 33devisedH3289 againstH5921 the entireH3605 earthH776; and thisH2088 is the 34handH3027 that is stretchedH5186 outH5186 againstH5921 allH3605 the nationsH1471. 27For 35the LordH3068 of armiesH6635 has plannedH3289, and whoH4310 can frustrateH6565 it? And as for His stretched-outH5186 handH3027, whoH4310 can turnH7725 it backH7725?”

28In the 36yearH8141 that KingH4428 AhazH271 diedH4194, thisH2088 37pronouncementH4853 cameH1961:29“Do not rejoiceH8055, 38PhilistiaH6429, allH3605 of you, BecauseH3588 the rodH7626 that 39struckH5221 you is brokenH7665; For from the serpent’sH5175 rootH8328 a 40viperH6848 will comeH3318 outH3318, And its fruitH6529 will be a 41wingedH5774 serpentH8314.3042Those who are mostH1060 43helplessH1800 will eatH7462, And the poorH34 will lieH7257 downH7257 in securityH983; I will killH4191 your rootH8328 with 44famineH7458, And it will killH2026 your survivorsH7611.31WailH3213, you 45gateH8179; cryH2199, you cityH5892; 46MeltH4127 awayH4127, 47PhilistiaH6429, allH3605 of you! For smokeH6227 comesH935 from the 48northH6828, And 49thereH369 isH369 noH369 stragglerH909 in his ranksH4151.

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Notes

  1. 1. Isaiah 14:9 Is 5:14 ↩
  2. 2. Isaiah 14:9 Or shades (Heb Repha’im) ↩
  3. 3. Isaiah 14:9 Lit male goats ↩
  4. 4. Isaiah 14:10 Ezek 32:21 ↩
  5. 5. Isaiah 14:11 Is 5:14 ↩
  6. 6. Isaiah 14:12 Is 34:4; Luke 10:18; Rev 8:10; 9:1 ↩
  7. 7. Isaiah 14:12 Heb Helel; i.e., shining one ↩
  8. 8. Isaiah 14:12 2 Pet 1:19; Rev 2:28; 22:16 ↩
  9. 9. Isaiah 14:13 Ezek 28:2 ↩
  10. 10. Isaiah 14:13 Dan 5:22, 23; 8:10; 2 Thess 2:4 ↩
  11. 11. Isaiah 14:14 Is 47:8; 2 Thess 2:4 ↩
  12. 12. Isaiah 14:15 Ezek 28:8; Matt 11:23; Luke 10:15 ↩
  13. 13. Isaiah 14:16 Lit show themselves attentive to ↩
  14. 14. Isaiah 14:17 Joel 2:3 ↩
  15. 15. Isaiah 14:17 Is 45:13 ↩
  16. 16. Isaiah 14:17 Lit open ↩
  17. 17. Isaiah 14:18 Lit house ↩
  18. 18. Isaiah 14:19 Is 22:16-18 ↩
  19. 19. Isaiah 14:19 Lit an abhorred branch ↩
  20. 20. Isaiah 14:19 Or As the clothing of those who are slain ↩
  21. 21. Isaiah 14:19 Jer 41:7, 9 ↩
  22. 22. Isaiah 14:19 Is 5:25 ↩
  23. 23. Isaiah 14:20 Job 18:16, 19; Ps 21:10; 37:28; Is 1:4; 31:2 ↩
  24. 24. Isaiah 14:21 Ex 20:5; Lev 26:39; Is 13:16; Matt 23:35 ↩
  25. 25. Isaiah 14:22 Prov 10:7 ↩
  26. 26. Isaiah 14:22 Job 18:19; Is 47:9 ↩
  27. 27. Isaiah 14:23 Is 34:11; Zeph 2:14 ↩
  28. 28. Isaiah 14:23 1 Kin 14:10; Is 13:6 ↩
  29. 29. Isaiah 14:24 Job 23:13; Is 46:11; 55:8, 9; Acts 4:28 ↩
  30. 30. Isaiah 14:25 Is 10:12; 30:31; 31:8 ↩
  31. 31. Isaiah 14:25 Is 9:4; 10:27; Nah 1:13 ↩
  32. 32. Isaiah 14:26 Is 23:9; Zeph 3:6, 8 ↩
  33. 33. Isaiah 14:26 Lit planned ↩
  34. 34. Isaiah 14:26 Ex 15:12 ↩
  35. 35. Isaiah 14:27 2 Chr 20:6; Is 43:13; Dan 4:31, 35 ↩
  36. 36. Isaiah 14:28 2 Kin 16:20; 2 Chr 28:27 ↩
  37. 37. Isaiah 14:28 Is 13:1 ↩
  38. 38. Isaiah 14:29 Is 2:6; 11:14; Jer 47:1-7; Ezek 25:15-17; Joel 3:4-8; Amos 1:6-8; Zeph 2:4-7; Zech 9:5-7 ↩
  39. 39. Isaiah 14:29 2 Chr 26:6 ↩
  40. 40. Isaiah 14:29 Is 11:8 ↩
  41. 41. Isaiah 14:29 Is 30:6 ↩
  42. 42. Isaiah 14:30 Lit The firstborn of the helpless ↩
  43. 43. Isaiah 14:30 Is 3:14, 15; 7:21, 22; 11:4 ↩
  44. 44. Isaiah 14:30 Is 8:21; 9:20; 51:19 ↩
  45. 45. Isaiah 14:31 Is 3:26; 24:12; 45:2 ↩
  46. 46. Isaiah 14:31 Or Become demoralized ↩
  47. 47. Isaiah 14:31 Is 14:29 ↩
  48. 48. Isaiah 14:31 Jer 1:14 ↩
  49. 49. Isaiah 14:31 Is 34:16 ↩

Commentaries on Isaiah 14

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