Isaiah 14:22

For I will rise up against them, 1 saith Hashem Tzva'os, 1 and I will cut off from Bavel the shem, and she'ar (remainder), 1 and offspring, and posterity, saith Hashem. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

For I will rise up against them, saith the LORD of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith the LORD.

In Context

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

23I will also make it a possession for the hedgehog, 1 and swamps of mayim; 1 and I will sweep it with the mat'ate (broom) of shmad (destruction), 1 saith Hashem Tzva'os. 1

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Cross References

1 Kings 14:10Therefore, hineni, I will bring ra'ah upon the Bais Yarov'am, and will cut off from Yarov'am mashtin b'kir (him that urinates against the wall), + 14:10 i.e., every male atzur (bond) or azuv (free) in Yisroel, and I will sweep out after the Bais Yarov'am just as one sweepeth out the dung, till it be all gone.

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

Proverbs 10:7The memory of the tzaddik is as bracha, 1 but the shem resha'im shall rot. 1

Isaiah 21:9And, hinei, here cometh a merkavah with a man, 1 a pair of parashim. And he answered and said, 1 Bavel (Babylon) is fallen, is fallen; 1 and all the pesilim (images) of her elohim (g-ds) 1 hath been shattered on the ground. 1

Isaiah 47:9But these two things shall overtake thee 1 in a rega (moment), in yom echad, 1 shechol (the loss of children), and almon (widowhood); 1 they shall come upon thee in their perfection 1 for the multitude of thy kashefanut (sorceries, witchcraft) 1 and for the otzmah (great abundance) of thine khavarim (spells, magic, enchantments). 1

Jeremiah 50:29Call together the archers against Bavel; all ye that bend the keshet, encamp against it all around; let none thereof escape; repay her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her; for she hath arrogantly defied Hashem Kadosh Yisroel.

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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