Isaiah 14:18

All the other kings of the nations lie in splendor in their great mausoleums.

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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

17Is this the one who turned the world into a desert, destroyed cities, and never let his prisoners return home?’

19But you are thrown out of your grave like a branch nobody wants, buried underneath the bodies of those killed by the sword. You are like a corpse trodden underfoot. You are tossed into a pit full of rocks—

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 24:16He was buried with the kings in the City of David, for all the good he had done in Israel for God and his Temple.

Job 3:14along with the kings of this world and their officials whose palaces now lie in ruins,

Ecclesiastes 6:3A man could have one hundred children, and grow old, but it wouldn't matter how long his life was if he couldn't enjoy it and at the end receive a decent burial. I would say that a stillborn child would be better off than him.

Isaiah 22:16‘What are you doing here? Who do you think you are, cutting out a tomb for yourself high up on a hill, carving out for yourself a place to rest?

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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