Isaiah 14:11

Thy ga'on (pomp, pride) is brought down to Sheol, 1 and the noise of thy nevalim (harps); 1 the rimmah (grave-worm) is spread out under thee, 1 and the tola'at (worm) covers thee. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.

In Context

10Kullam (all of them) shall speak and say unto thee, 1 Art thou also become weak as we? 1 Art thou become like unto us? 1

12How art thou fallen from Shomayim, 1 O Heilel Ben Shachar (Bright One of the Dawn, Day Star, Lucifer)! 1 How art thou cast down to the earth, 1 thou, which hast laid low the Goyim! 1

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Cross References

Job 17:13If I wait, Sheol is mine bais; 1 I have made my bed in the choshech. 1

Job 21:26They shall lie down alike in the aphar, 1 and the worms shall cover them. 1

Isaiah 21:4My lev panted, 1 fearfulness seized upon me; 1 the neshef (twilight) of my longing 1 hath become unto me as kharadah (shuddering horror). 1

Isaiah 66:24And they shall go forth, and look upon the pigrei ha'anashim that have rebelled against Me; for their tola'at (worm) shall not die, neither shall their eish be quenched; and they shall be dera'on (loathsome, an abomination) to kol basar. + 66:24 See also on Gehinnom Dan 12:2

Ezekiel 32:19Whom dost thou surpass in beauty? 1 Go down, and be thou laid with the arelim (uncircumcised).

Daniel 5:25And this is the mikhtav (writing) that was written, mene, mene, tekel, ufarsin.

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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