Isaiah 14:18

All the kings of the nations lie in state, each in his own tomb.

Majority Standard Bible

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 turned the world into a desert and destroyed its cities, who refused to let the captives return to their homes?”

19But you are cast out of your grave like a rejected branch, covered by those slain with the sword, and dumped into a rocky pit like a carcass trampled underfoot.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 24:16And Jehoiada was buried with the kings in the City of David, because he had done what was good in Israel for God and His temple.

Job 3:14with kings and counselors of the earth, who built for themselves cities now in ruins,

Ecclesiastes 6:3A man may father a hundred children and live for many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he is unsatisfied with his prosperity and does not even receive a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.

Isaiah 22:16What are you doing here, and who authorized you to carve out a tomb for yourself here—to chisel your tomb in the height and cut your resting place in the rock?

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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