Isaiah 14:6

Isaiah 14:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth.
• New International Version (NIV)which in anger struck down peoples with unceasing blows, and in fury subdued nations with relentless aggression.
• English Standard Version (ESV)that struck the peoples in wrath with unceasing blows, that ruled the nations in anger with unrelenting persecution.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He who struck the people in wrath with a continual stroke, He who ruled the nations in anger, Is persecuted and no one hinders.

Context of Isaiah 14:6

4That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased! 5The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers. He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth. 7The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing. 8Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid down, no woodsman is come up against us.

Isaiah 14:6 word by word

מַכֶּ֤ה עַמִּים֙ בְּעֶבְרָ֔ה מַכַּ֖ת בִּלְתִּ֣י סָרָ֑ה רֹדֶ֤ה בָאַף֙ גּוֹיִ֔ם מֻרְדָּ֖ף בְּלִ֥י חָשָֽׂךְ׃Read the interlinear

• smoteנָכָהnâkâh · to smiteH5221
• peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• wrathעֶבְרָה‛ebrâh · furyH5678
• continualבִּלְתִּיbiltîy · lestH1115
• continualסָרָהsârâh · revoltH5627
• strokeמַכָּהmakkâh makkeh · woundH4347
• ruledרָדָהrâdâh · to ruleH7287
• nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• angerאַף'aph · face: angerH639
• persecutedמֻרְדָּףmûrdâph · persecutionH4783
• noneבְּלִיbelîy · withoutH1097
• hinderethחָשַׂךְchâώak · to withholdH2820

Cross-references for Isaiah 14:6

• Isaiah 33:1Woe to thee that layest waste, and thou wast not laid waste; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to lay waste, thou shalt be wasted; and when thou shalt make an end of dealing treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.
• Isaiah 47:6I was angry with my people, I have polluted my inheritance, and given them into thy hand: thou didst show them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.
• 2 Chronicles 36:17Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand.
• Jeremiah 25:9Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against its inhabitants, and against all these nations on every side, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an horror, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.
• Daniel 7:19Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was different from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, broke in pieces, and stamped the remainder with his feet;
• James 2:13For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shown no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
• Isaiah 13:14And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one to his own land.
• Isaiah 21:1The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land.
• Isaiah 47:1Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.
• Jeremiah 25:26And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them.
• Jeremiah 50:31Behold, I am against thee, O thou most proud, saith the Lord GOD of hosts: for thy day is come, the time that I will punish thee.
• Revelation 17:16And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the harlot, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.
• Revelation 18:8Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.
• Isaiah 46:10Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
• Job 9:13If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him.
• Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.

Commentaries on Isaiah 14:6

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6He who smote - This may either refer to the king of Babylon, or to the rod or scepter which he had used, and which was now broken. Herder refers it to the scepter, that which smote the nations.‘ (On the meaning of the word “smote,” see the notes at Isaiah 10:20) The people - The nations that were subject to his authority. With a continual stroke - Margin, A stroke without removing.‘ Vulgate, Plaga insanabili - With an incurable plague.‘ - Septuagint the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-23This taunting song about the king of Babylon is written like a funeral song. It speaks as if the king has already died. The song mocks him and announces his downfall (compare Revelation 18).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. people--the peoples subjected to Babylon. is persecuted--the Hebrew is rather, active, "which persecuted them, without any to hinder him" [Vulgate, Jerome, and Horsley].Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 14:6

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• Nation
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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