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Isaiah 14:8
8Even 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!’
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.
- New International Version (NIV)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.”
- 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.’
Context of Isaiah 14:8
6You struck the people with endless blows of rage and held the nations in your angry grip with unrelenting tyranny. 7But finally the earth is at rest and quiet. Now it can sing again! 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!’ 9“In the place of the dead there is excitement over your arrival. The spirits of world leaders and mighty kings long dead stand up to see you. 10With one voice they all cry out, ‘Now you are as weak as we are!
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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 live in joy and peace. The mountains and hills will burst into song, and the trees of the field will clap their hands!
- Ezekiel 31:16I made the nations shake with fear at the sound of its fall, for I sent it down to the grave with all the others who descend to the pit. And all the other proud trees of Eden, the most beautiful and the best of Lebanon, the ones whose roots went deep into the water, took comfort to find it there with them in the depths of the earth.
- Zechariah 11:2Weep, you cypress trees, for all the ruined cedars; the most majestic ones have fallen. Weep, you oaks of Bashan, for the thick forests have 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
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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
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