Isaiah 14:16

They that see thee will gaze at thee, will regard thee well, [saying,] “Is this the man that caused the earth to tremble, that made kingdoms quake?

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;

In Context

15But into the nether world shalt thou be brought down, into the lowest depth.

17That rendered the world as a wilderness, and pulled down its cities: never opened the prison-house of his prisoners?”

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Cross References

Psalms 58:10(58:11) The righteous will rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he will bathe his steps in the blood of the wicked.

Isaiah 14:4That thou wilt take up this parable against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath ceased the oppressor! ceased the exactress of gold!

Jeremiah 51:20Thou art a hammer unto me, weapons of war; and I strike down with thee nations, and I destroy with thee kingdoms;

Ezekiel 32:27And those who are fallen of the uncircumcised shall not lie with the mighty, who are gone down to the nether world with their weapons of war, while men laid their swords under their heads, and the [instruments of] their iniquities were upon their bones; for the terror of the mighty was in the land of the living.

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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