Isaiah 14:23

I 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

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the LORD of hosts.

In Context

22For 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

24Hashem Tzva'os hath sworn, saying, 1 Surely as I have intended, so shall it come to pass; 1 and as I have purposed, so shall it stand; 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.

Isaiah 13:21But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; 1 and their batim (houses) shall be full of owls; 1 and ostriches shall dwell there, 1 and demons shall dance there. 1

Isaiah 34:11But the desert owl and the screech owl shall possess it; 1 even the yanshuf (great owl) and the orev (raven) shall dwell in it; 1 and He shall stretch out upon it the measuring line of tohu, 1 and the plumbline of vohu. + 34:11 See Gn 1:2 1

Jeremiah 51:25Hineni, I am against thee, O Har HaMashchit (Destroying Mountain), saith Hashem, 1 which destroyest kol ha'aretz; 1 and I will stretch out Mine Yad upon thee, 1 and roll thee down from the cliffs, 1 and will make thee a har serefah (burned out mountain). 1

Zephaniah 2:14And herds shall lie down in the midst of it, 1 every beast of the Goy; 1 both the desert owl and the screech owl 1 will roost on her columns; 1 their voice shall hoot in the windows; 1 desolation shall be in the thresholds; 1 the beams of cedar will be exposed. 1

Revelation 18:2And he cried in a kol gadol, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Bavel Hagedolah. It has become a habitation of shedim (demons) and a beit hasohar of every ruach temei'ah (unclean spirit) and beit hasohar of every unclean bird and a beit hasohar of every unclean beast. And has become detestable, + 18:2 Isa 13:21,22; 34:11,13-15; Jer 50:39; 51:37; Zeph 2:14,15

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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