Isaiah 14:22

Isaiah 14:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For I will rise up against them, saith the Lord of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith the Lord.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"I will rise up against them," declares the Lord of hosts, "and will cut off from Babylon name and remnant, descendants and posterity," declares the Lord.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“For I will rise up against them,” says the Lord of hosts, “And cut off from Babylon the name and remnant, And offspring and posterity,” says the Lord.
• New Living Translation (NLT)This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: “I, myself, have risen against Babylon! I will destroy its children and its children’s children,” says the Lord.

Context of Isaiah 14:22

20you will not join them in burial, for you have destroyed your land and killed your people. Let the offspring of the wicked never be mentioned again. 21Prepare a place to slaughter his children for the sins of their ancestors; they are not to rise to inherit the land and cover the earth with their cities. “I will rise up against them,” declares the Lord Almighty. “I will wipe out Babylon’s name and survivors, her offspring and descendants,” declares the Lord. 23“I will turn her into a place for owls and into swampland; I will sweep her with the broom of destruction,” declares the Lord Almighty. 24The Lord Almighty has sworn, “Surely, as I have planned, so it will be, and as I have purposed, so it will happen.

Isaiah 14:22 word by word

וְקַמְתִּ֣י עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם נְאֻ֖ם יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֑וֹת וְהִכְרַתִּ֨י לְבָבֶ֜ל שֵׁ֥ם וּשְׁאָ֛ר וְנִ֥ין וָנֶ֖כֶד נְאֻם־יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For I will rise upקוּםqûm · to arise: riseH6965
• against them, saithנְאֻםne'ûm · utteranceH5002
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• of hostsצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · HostsH6635
• and cut offכָּרַתkârath · to cut: eliminateH3772
• from Babylonבָּבֶ֫ל, בָּבֶלbâbel · BabylonH894
• the nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• and remnantשְׁאָרshe'âr · remnantH7605
• and sonנִיןnîyn · offspringH5209
• and nephewנֶ֫כֶדneked · progenyH5220

Cross-references for Isaiah 14:22

• Isaiah 13:5They come from faraway lands, from the ends of the heavens— the Lord and the weapons of his wrath— to destroy the whole country.
• Isaiah 21:9Look, here comes a man in a chariot with a team of horses. And he gives back the answer: ‘Babylon has fallen, has fallen! All the images of its gods lie shattered on the ground!’ ”
• Isaiah 43:14This is what the Lord says— your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “For your sake I will send to Babylon and bring down as fugitives all the Babylonians, in the ships in which they took pride.
• Isaiah 47:9Both of these will overtake you in a moment, on a single day: loss of children and widowhood. They will come upon you in full measure, in spite of your many sorceries and all your potent spells.
• Jeremiah 50:26Come against her from afar. Break open her granaries; pile her up like heaps of grain. Completely destroy her and leave her no remnant.
• Jeremiah 51:3Let not the archer string his bow, nor let him put on his armor. Do not spare her young men; completely destroy her army.
• Job 18:16His roots dry up below and his branches wither above.
• Proverbs 10:7The name of the righteous is used in blessings, but the name of the wicked will rot.
• Jeremiah 51:62Then say, ‘Lord, you have said you will destroy this place, so that neither people nor animals will live in it; it will be desolate forever.’
• 1 Kings 14:10“ ‘Because of this, I am going to bring disaster on the house of Jeroboam. I will cut off from Jeroboam every last male in Israel—slave or free. I will burn up the house of Jeroboam as one burns dung, until it is all gone.

Commentaries on Isaiah 14:22

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22For I will rise up against them, saith the Lord of hosts - That is, against the family of, the king of Babylon. And cut off from Babylon the name - That is, all the “males” of the royal family, so that the name of the monarch shall become extinct (compare Rth 4:5 ; Isaiah 56:5). And remnant - All that is left of them; so that the family shall cease to exist. The son and nephew - Everyone of the family who could claim to be an heir of the throne. The…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22-23Isaiah summarized the earlier taunt (Isaiah 14:3–21) with this prophecy, spoken in the first person. God declares that Babylon will be destroyed and left in ruins.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2222. against them--the family of the king of Babylon. name--all the male representatives, so that the name shall become extinct (Is 56:5; Ru 4:5). remnant--all that is left of them. The dynasty shall cease (Da 5:28-31). Compare as to Babylon in general, Jr 51:62.Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 14:22

• Babylon
• Isaiah
• Sin

In the dictionaries

• Babylon
• Babylon, Babylonia, Babylonian
• Lord of Hosts
• Besom
• Fall
• Fashion
• Feller
• Hard
• Lie
• Rule

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