Isaiah 14:6
Which struck the peoples in wrath 1 with makkat bilti sarah (a continual stroke), 1 which ruled the Goyim in anger, 1 with unrestrained aggression. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
7Kol ha'aretz is at rest, and is quiet; 1 they break forth into rinnah (joyful shouts). 1
Cross References
2 Chronicles 36:17Therefore He brought upon them Melech Kasdim, who slaughtered their bochurim with the cherev in their Beis Mikdash, and had no pity upon bochur or betulah, zaken or the aged man. He gave them all into his yad.
Proverbs 21:30There is no chochmah nor tevunah (understanding) 1 nor etzah against Hashem. 1
Isaiah 10:14And my yad hath found like a ken (nest) 1 the riches of the nations; 1 and like one gathereth beitzim (eggs) that are left, 1 have I gathered kol ha'aretz; 1 and there was none that moved the wing, 1 or opened the beak, or peeped. 1
Isaiah 21:1The massa (burden) concerning the Midbar Yam (desert by the sea): 1 As sufot (whirlwinds) in the Negev sweep through; 1 so it cometh from the midbar, from eretz nora'ah. 1
Isaiah 46:10Making known acharim (end-times things) from reshit (the beginning), 1 and mikedem (from ancient times) the things that have not yet happened, 1 saying: My etza (counsel, purpose, plan) shall stand, 1 and I will do all My pleasure; 1
Jeremiah 25:9Hinei, I will send and take all the mishpekhot of the tzafon (north), saith Hashem, and Avdi Nevukhadretzar Melech Bavel, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these Goyim all around, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and a hissing, and perpetual desolations.
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 →