Isaiah 14:20

Thou shalt not be joined with them in kevurah (burial), 1 because thou hast destroyed thy land, 1 and slain thy people; 1 the zera of ra'im (evildoers) 1 shall never be renowned. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned.

In Context

19But thou art cast out of thy kever 1 like a rejected netzer + 14:19 see Mt 2:23 (branch); 1 and your raiment is those that are slain, thrust through with a cherev, 1 that go down to the stones of the bor (pit); 1 as a peger (corpse) trodden under feet. 1

21Prepare the matbe'ach (slaughterhouse) for his banim 1 for the avon (iniquity) of their avot; 1 that they do not rise, nor inherit eretz, 1 nor cover the surface of the tevel (earth) with towns. 1

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Cross References

Job 18:16His shorashim shall be dried up beneath, 1 and above his branch shall wither. 1

Job 18:19He shall neither have offspring nor descendant among his am (people), 1 nor is there a sarid in his dwellings. 1

Psalms 37:28For Hashem loveth mishpat, 1 and forsaketh not His chasidim; 1 they are preserved l'olam; 1 but the zera resha'im shall be cut off. 1

Psalms 137:8O Bat Bavel, who art to be destroyed, 1 ashrei shall he be, that repayeth thee 1 the gemul thou hast done to us. 1

Isaiah 13:15Every one that is found 1 yidaker (shall be pierced through, see Zech 12:10 for this same word and Moshiach); 1 and every one that is caught 1 shall fall by the cherev. 1

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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