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

4you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon and say: “How the taskmaster has ceased! The raging oppressor, exacter of gold, has ceased! 5Adonai has broken the rod of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers, which struck the people in wrath with continual strokes, which ruled the nations in fury, with relentless persecution. 7The whole earth is at rest, and quiet. They break forth with a ringing cry! 8Even the cypress trees rejoice over you, along with the cedars of Lebanon: “Since you were laid low, no woodcutter comes up against us.”

Isaiah 14:6 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

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

Cross-references for Isaiah 14:6

• Isaiah 33:1Oy , you destroyer, never destroyed, you traitor, never betrayed! When you have stopped destroying, you will be destroyed; and when you finish betraying, they will betray you.
• Isaiah 47:6I was angry with My people. I profaned My heritage. I gave them into your hand, but you showed them no mercy. You made your yoke very heavy on the aged.
• 2 Chronicles 36:17Therefore He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed their young men with the sword in the House of their Temple. He had no pity on young man or virgin, elderly or infirm—He gave them all into his hand.
• Jeremiah 25:9I will soon send for and bring all the families of the north”—it is a declaration of Adonai—“and I will send for King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, My servant, and will bring them against this land, and against its inhabitants, and against all these nations round about, and I will utterly destroy them, and make them a horror, and a hissing, an enduring desolation.
• Daniel 7:19“Then I wanted to know the true meaning of the fourth beast that was different from all the others, exceedingly terrifying with iron teeth and bronze claws, which broke in pieces and devoured and then stomped with its feet anything that remained.
• James 2:13For judgment is merciless to the one who does not show mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
• Isaiah 13:14It will be like a hunted gazelle, or like sheep with no one gathering. Each will return to his own people, each will flee to his own country.
• Isaiah 21:1The burden of the desert by the sea: As windstorms sweep over the South, so it comes from the desert, a terrifying land.
• Isaiah 47:1Come down and sit in the dust, virgin daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, daughter of the Chaldeans. For you will no more be called tender and delicate.
• Jeremiah 25:26all the kings of the north, either far or close to another; and all the kingdoms of the world which are on the face of the earth. And the king of Sheshach will drink after them.”
• Jeremiah 50:31“Look, I am against you, arrogant one” —declares my Lord Adonai-Tzva’ot— “for your day has come, the time when I will punish you.
• Revelation 17:16The ten horns that you saw, and the beast—these will hate the prostitute. They will make her desolate and naked, and devour her flesh and burn her up with fire.
• Revelation 18:8For this reason her plagues will arrive in a single day— death and grief and famine— and she shall be burned down with fire. For mighty is Adonai Elohim who judges her!”
• Isaiah 46:10declaring the end from the beginning, from ancient time, what is yet to come, saying, “My purpose will stand, and I will accomplish all that I please.”
• Job 9:13“God does not restrain His anger; under Him the helpers of Rahab cower.
• Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom, there is no understanding, there is no counsel— against Adonai.

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

• Babylon
• Isaiah
• Nation
• Rulers

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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