Isaiah 14:7

The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet; they break forth into singing.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing.

In Context

6That smote the peoples in wrath with an incessant stroke, that ruled the nations in anger, with a persecution that none restrained.

8Yea, the cypresses rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon: 'Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us.'

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Cross References

Psalms 98:1A Psalm. O sing unto the LORD a new song; for He hath done marvellous things; His right hand, and His holy arm, hath wrought salvation for Him.

Psalms 126:1A Song of Ascents. When the LORD brought back those that returned to Zion, we were like unto them that dream.

Isaiah 21:2A grievous vision is declared unto me: 'The treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam! besiege, O Media! All the sighing thereof have I made to cease.'

Jeremiah 51:48Then the heaven and the earth, and all that is therein, shall sing for joy over Babylon; for the spoilers shall come unto her from the north, saith the LORD.

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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