Isaiah 14:20

As a garment defiled with blood shall not be pure, so neither shall you be pure; because you have destroyed my land, and have slain my people: you shall not endure for ever, — you an evil seed.

LXX2012 (US English)

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 you shall be cast forth on the mountains, as a loathed carcass, with many dead who have been pierced with swords, going down to the grave.

21Prepare your children to be slain for the sins of their father; that they arise not, and inherit the earth, nor fill the earth with wars.

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Cross References

Job 18:16His roots shall be dried up from beneath, and his crop shall fall away from above.

Job 18:19He shall not be known among his people, nor his house preserved on the earth.

Psalms 137:8O Lord, you shall recompense them on my behalf: your mercy, O Lord, endures for ever: overlook not the works of your hands.

Isaiah 13:15For whoever shall be taken shall be overcome; and they that are gathered together shall fall by the sword.

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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