Isaiah 14:8

Isaiah 14:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The cypresses rejoice at you, the cedars of Lebanon, saying, 'Since you were laid low, no woodcutter comes up against us.'
• New King James Version (NKJV)Indeed the cypress trees rejoice over you, And the cedars of Lebanon, Saying, ‘Since you were cut down, No woodsman has come up against us.’
• New Living Translation (NLT)Even the trees of the forest— the cypress trees and the cedars of Lebanon— sing out this joyous song: ‘Since you have been cut down, no one will come now to cut us down!’

Context of Isaiah 14:8

6which in anger struck down peoples with unceasing blows, and in fury subdued nations with relentless aggression. 7All the lands are at rest and at peace; they break into singing. Even the junipers and the cedars of Lebanon gloat over you and say, “Now that you have been laid low, no one comes to cut us down.” 9The realm of the dead below is all astir to meet you at your coming; it rouses the spirits of the departed to greet you— all those who were leaders in the world; it makes them rise from their thrones— all those who were kings over the nations. 10They will all respond, they will say to you, “You also have become weak, as we are; you have become like us.”

Isaiah 14:8 word by word

גַּם־בְּרוֹשִׁ֛ים שָׂמְח֥וּ לְךָ֖ אַרְזֵ֣י לְבָנ֑וֹן מֵאָ֣ז שָׁכַ֔בְתָּ לֹֽא־יַעֲלֶ֥ה הַכֹּרֵ֖ת עָלֵֽינוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Yea, the fir treesבְּרוֹשׁberôsh · cypressH1265
• rejoiceשָׂמַחώâmach · to rejoiceH8055
• the cedarsאֶ֫רֶז'erez · cedarH730
• of Lebanonלְבָנוֹןlebânôn · LebanonH3844
• Since thou art laid downשָׁכַבshâkab · to lie down: lay downH7901
• no fellerכָּרַתkârath · to cut: cutH3772
• is come upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927

Cross-references for Isaiah 14:8

• Isaiah 55:12You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.
• Ezekiel 31:16I made the nations tremble at the sound of its fall when I brought it down to the realm of the dead to be with those who go down to the pit. Then all the trees of Eden, the choicest and best of Lebanon, the well-watered trees, were consoled in the earth below.
• Zechariah 11:2Wail, you juniper, for the cedar has fallen; the stately trees are ruined! Wail, oaks of Bashan; the dense forest has been cut down!

Commentaries on Isaiah 14:8

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee - They join with the inhabitants of the nations in rejoicing at thy downfall - for they now, like those inhabitants, are suffered to remain undisturbed. (On the word rendered “fir trees,” see the notes at Isaiah 1:29.) It is evident that a species of evergreen is meant; and probably some species that grew in Syria or Palestine. The idea is plain. The very forest is represented as rejoicing. It would be safe from the king…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-8The land and people will be peaceful and calm because the oppression has ended and the king of Babylon has died. All of creation will join in praise, able to sing again (see also Isaiah 42:11; 44:23; compare Romans 8:22).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. the fir trees--now left undisturbed. Probably a kind of evergreen. rejoice at thee--(Psa 96:12). At thy fall (Psa 35:19, 24). no feller--as formerly, when thou wast in power (Is 10:34; 37:24). Hades (the Amenthes of Egypt), the unseen abode of the departed; some of its tenants, once mighty monarchs, are represented by a bold personification as rising from their seats in astonishment at the descent among them of the humbled king of Babylon. This proves…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 14:8

• Babylon
• Cedar
• Isaiah
• Lebanon
• Rulers

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• Lebanon
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• Rule
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• Canon of the Old Testament

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