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

13For you said to yourself, ‘I will ascend to heaven and set my throne above God’s stars. I will preside on the mountain of the gods far away in the north. 14I will climb to the highest heavens and be like the Most High.’ Instead, you will be brought down to the place of the dead, down to its lowest depths. 16Everyone there will stare at you and ask, ‘Can this be the one who shook the earth and made the kingdoms of the world tremble? 17Is this the one who destroyed the world and made it into a wasteland? Is this the king who demolished the world’s greatest cities and had no mercy on his prisoners?’

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 14:3In that wonderful day when the Lord gives his people rest from sorrow and fear, from slavery and chains,
• Ezekiel 28:8They will bring you down to the pit, and you will die in the heart of the sea, pierced with many wounds.
• Matthew 11:23“And you people of Capernaum, will you be honored in heaven? No, you will go down to the place of the dead. For if the miracles I did for you had been done in wicked Sodom, it would still be here today.
• Acts 12:22The people gave him a great ovation, shouting, “It’s the voice of a god, not of a man!”
• Revelation 19:20And the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who did mighty miracles on behalf of the beast—miracles that deceived all who had accepted the mark of the beast and who worshiped his statue. Both the beast and his false prophet were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur.
• Ezekiel 32:23Their graves are in the depths of the pit, and they are surrounded by their allies. They struck terror in the hearts of people everywhere, but now they have been slaughtered by the sword.

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