Isaiah 14:17

Isaiah 14:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?
• New International Version (NIV)the man who made the world a wilderness, who overthrew its cities and would not let his captives go home?”
• English Standard Version (ESV)who made the world like a desert and overthrew its cities, who did not let his prisoners go home?'
• New King James Version (NKJV)Who made the world as a wilderness And destroyed its cities, Who did not open the house of his prisoners?’

Context of Isaiah 14:17

15Yet 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, who made the world a wilderness and destroyed its cities, who never opened the house of his prisoners?” 18All the kings of the nations, all of them, lie in glory, each in his own house. 19But you are cast out of your tomb as a discarded branch, garment of the slain, pierced with a sword, dumped into a stony pit, a corpse trodden underfoot.

Isaiah 14:17 word by word

שָׂ֥ם תֵּבֵ֛ל כַּמִּדְבָּ֖ר וְעָרָ֣יו הָרָ֑ס אֲסִירָ֖יו לֹא־פָ֥תַח בָּֽיְתָה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• madeשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: makeH7760
• the worldתֵּבֵלtêbêl · worldH8398
• as a wildernessמִדְבָּרmidbâr · wildernessH4057
• and destroyedהָרַסhâras · to overthrowH2040
• the citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• openedפָּתַחpâthach · to openH6605
• not the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• of his prisonersאָסִיר'âsîyr · prisonerH615

Cross-references for Isaiah 14:17

• Isaiah 13:19So Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of Chaldean pride, will be just as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
• Isaiah 64:10Our holy and beautiful House, where our fathers praised You, Has been burned with fire— all our pleasant things are laid waste.
• Ezekiel 6:14I will stretch out My hand over them and make the land desolate and waste, more than the wilderness of Diblah, wherever they live. Then they will know that I am Adonai.”
• Joel 2:3A fire devours before them and behind them flame blazes up. Like the Garden of Eden is the land before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness. Nothing at all ever escapes them.
• Zephaniah 2:13He will stretch out his hand against the north and devastate Assyria and make Nineveh as a wasteland— dry as a desert.
• Isaiah 45:13“I stirred Cyrus up in righteousness and I will level all his roads. He will build My city and set My exiles free, with no price or bribe,” says Adonai-Tzva’ot.
• Isaiah 58:6“Is not this the fast I choose: to release the bonds of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to tear off every yoke?
• 2 Chronicles 28:8Men of Israel carried away captive 200,000 of their kinsmen, women, sons and daughters. They also took away a great deal of plunder from them that they brought to Samaria.
• Ezra 1:2“Thus says King Cyrus of Persia: Adonai, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth. He has appointed me to build a House for Him in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.

Commentaries on Isaiah 14:17

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17That made the world as a wilderness - That made cities and kingdoms desolate. That opened not the house of his prisoners - This is a description of his oppression and cruelty. Of course many prisoners would be taken in war. Instead of giving them liberty, he threw them into prison and kept them there. This may be rendered, his prisoners he did not release that they might return home‘ (see the Margin). The Chaldee renders it, To his prisoners he did not…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. 1717. opened not ... house ... prisoners--But Maurer, as Margin, "Did not let his captives loose homewards."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