Isaiah 14:17
who made the world like a wilderness, who overthrew its cities and did not let his prisoners go home?' 1
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18All the kings of the nations, 1 all of them lie down in honor, each one in his own tomb. 1
Cross References
2 Chronicles 28:8The army of Israel took captive from their relatives 200,000 wives, sons, and daughters. They also took much plunder, which they carried back to Samaria.
Isaiah 13:19Then Babylon, the most admired of kingdoms, the splendor of Chaldean pride, 1 will be overthrown by God like Sodom and Gomorrah. 1
Isaiah 58:6Is not this the fast that I choose: 1 To release wicked bonds, to undo the ropes of the yoke, 1 to set the crushed ones free, and to break every yoke? 1
Ezekiel 6:14I will strike with my hand and make the land desolate and a waste, from the wilderness to Diblah, throughout all the places where they live. Then they will know that I am Yahweh.” + 6:14 Instead of Diblah , some ancient copies and modern versions have Riblah .
Joel 2:3A fire is consuming everything in front of it, 1 and behind it a flame is burning. 1 The land is like the garden of Eden in front of it, 1 but behind it there is a ruined wilderness. 1 Indeed, nothing will escape from it. 1
Zephaniah 2:13and God's hand will attack the north and destroy Assyria, 1 so that Nineveh will become an abandoned devastation, as dry as the desert. 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 →