Isaiah 14:11
Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, And the sound of thy harps. Vermin have become thy couch, And worms thy covering.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
10They all accost thee, and say, 'Art thou, too, become weak as we? Art thou become like us?'
Cross References
Job 17:13Yea, I look to the grave as my home; I have made my bed in darkness.
Job 21:26Alike they lie down in the dust, And the worms cover them.
Isaiah 21:4My heart panteth, Terror hath seized upon me; The evening of my desire is changed into horror.
Isaiah 66:24Then shall they go forth and see The dead bodies of the men that rebelled against me! For their worm shall not die, And their fire shall not be quenched, And they shall be an abhorrence to all flesh.
Ezekiel 32:19Art thou more beautiful than another? Come down and be laid with the uncircumcised!
Daniel 5:25And this is the writing which was written: Numbered, Numbered, Weighed, and To be Divided.
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 →