Tree of Life Version
Isaiah 14:15
15Yet you will be brought down to Sheol, to the lowest parts of the Pit.
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
13You said in your heart: “I will ascend to heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God. I will sit upon the mount of meeting, in the uttermost parts of the north. 14I will ascend above the high places of the clouds— I will make myself like Elyon.” Yet you will be brought down to Sheol, to the lowest parts of the Pit. 16Those who see you will stare at you, reflecting on what has become of you: “Is this the one who shook the earth, who made kingdoms tremble, 17who made the world a wilderness and destroyed its cities, who never opened the house of his prisoners?”
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אַ֧ךְ אֶל־שְׁא֛וֹל תּוּרָ֖ד אֶל־יַרְכְּתֵי־בֽוֹר׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Isaiah 14:15
- Isaiah 14:3Now in the day when Adonai will give you rest from your sorrow and your turmoil, and from the hard service you were forced to do,
- Ezekiel 28:8They will bring you down to the Pit. You will die the death of those slain in the heart of the seas.
- Matthew 11:23And you, Capernaum? Will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will go down to Sheol! For if the miracles done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained to this day.
- Acts 12:22The people were shouting, “The voice of a god and not a human!”
- Revelation 19:20Then the beast was captured, and along with him the false prophet who had performed the signs before him by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast, as well as those who had worshiped his image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire burning with brimstone.
- Ezekiel 32:23Her graves are set in the deepest parts of the Pit. Her company surrounds her grave —all of them slain, fallen by the sword —who put terror in the land of the living.
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
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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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