Isaiah 14:11
Your pride is now buried with you in the grave, along with the harp music you loved. Maggots are the bed you lie on, and worms are your blanket.’
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10They will all speak up and tell you, ‘So you too are as weak as we are—you've become just like us!
Cross References
Job 17:13What am I looking for? To make my home in Sheol, to make my bed in darkness?
Job 21:26Yet they are both buried in the same dust; they are treated alike in death, eaten by maggots.
Isaiah 21:4My mind falters; I shake in panic. The night I looked forward to has become terrifying.
Isaiah 66:24They will go out and see the dead bodies of those who rebelled against me. The worms that eat them won't die, the fire that burns them won't go out, and everyone who sees them will be horrified.
Ezekiel 32:19Do you think you're more beautiful than anyone else? Go down and take your place in the grave with the heathen!
Daniel 5:25What was written on the wall was this: ‘Number, number, weigh, divide.’
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 →