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

13You said to yourself, “I will climb up to the sky. Above the stars of El I will set up my throne. I will rule on the mountain of assembly on the remote slopes of Zaphon. 14I will climb up to the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High!” But you were brought down to Sheol, to the remote slopes of the pit. 16Those who see you stare at you, they look at you carefully, thinking: “Is this the man who shook the earth, the one who made kingdoms tremble? 17Is this the one who made the world like a desert, who ruined its cities, and refused to free his prisoners so they could return home?”’

Isaiah 14:15 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Yet thou shalt be brought downיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
• to hellשְׁאוֹלshe'ôl she'ôl · hell: SheolH7585
• to the sidesיַרְכָהyerêkâh · flankH3411
• of the pitבּוֹרbôr · pitH953

Cross-references for Isaiah 14:15

• Isaiah 14:3When the Lord gives you relief from your suffering and anxiety, and from the hard labor which you were made to perform,
• Ezekiel 28:8They will bring you down to the pit, and you will die violently in the heart of the seas.
• Matthew 11:23And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? No, you will be thrown down to Hades! For if the miracles done among you had been done in Sodom, it would have continued to this day.
• Acts 12:22But the crowd began to shout, “The voice of a god, and not of a man!”
• Revelation 19:20Now the beast was seized, and along with him the false prophet who had performed the signs on his behalf – signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. Both of them were thrown alive into the lake of fire burning with sulfur.
• Ezekiel 32:23Their graves are located in the remote slopes of the pit. Her assembly is around her grave, all of them struck down by the sword, those 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

• Besom
• Fall
• Fashion
• Feller
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• Rule
• Serve
• Canon of the Old Testament
• Congregation, Mount of

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