Isaiah 14:18

All the kings of the earth are at rest in glory, every man in his house,

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In The King James Version

All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house.

In Context

17Who made the world a waste, overturning its towns; who did not let his prisoners loose from the prison-house.

19But you, like a birth before its time, are stretched out with no resting-place in the earth; clothed with the bodies of the dead who have been put to the sword, who go down to the lowest parts of the underworld; a dead body, crushed under foot.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 24:16And they put him into his last resting-place in the town of David, among the kings, because he had done good in Israel for God and for his house.

Job 3:14With kings and the wise ones of the earth, who put up great houses for themselves;

Ecclesiastes 6:3If a man has a hundred children, and his life is long so that the days of his years are great in number, but his soul takes no pleasure in good, and he is not honoured at his death; I say that a birth before its time is better than he.

Isaiah 22:16Who are you, and by what right have you made for yourself a resting-place here?

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 14:5-24

The Doom of the King of Babylon. ( b. c. 739.) 4 That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased! 5 The Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers. 6 He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth. 7 The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing. 8 Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of… Read the whole commentary →

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