Isaiah 14:16
They that see thee shall gaze at thee, 1 and consider thee, saying, 1 Is this the ish (man) that made ha'aretz to tremble, 1 that did shake mamlechot (kingdoms); 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
15Yet thou shalt be brought down to Sheol, 1 to the lowest depths of the bor (pit). 1
Cross References
Psalms 58:10Before your sirot (pots) can feel the burning thorns, 1 may He with a whirlwind blow them away, both green and dry alike. 1
Isaiah 14:4That thou shalt take up this mashal against Melech Bavel, and say: 1 How hath the nogesh (oppressor) ceased! 1 How hast fury ceased! 1
Jeremiah 51:20Thou art my battle ax and klei milchamah (weapons of war); 1 for with thee will I break in pieces the Goyim, 1 and with thee will I destroy mamlechot (kingdoms); 1
Ezekiel 32:27And they shall not lie with the gibborim that are fallen of the arelim (uncircumcised), which are gone down to Sheol with their weapons of milchamah; and they have laid their charavot (swords) under their heads, but their avonot shall be upon their atzmot, though they were the terror of the gibborim in Eretz Chayyim.
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 →