Isaiah 14:20

You will not join them in burial, because you have destroyed your land 1 and killed your people. 1 The offspring of evildoers will never be mentioned again.” 1

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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 are cast out of your grave like a branch thrown away. 1 The dead cover you like a garment, those pierced by the sword, who go down to the stones of the pit. 1

21Prepare your slaughter for his children, for the iniquity of their ancestors, 1 so they will not rise up and possess the earth and fill the whole world with cities. 1

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Cross References

Job 18:16His roots will be dried up beneath; 1 above will his branch be cut off. 1

Job 18:19He will have no son or son's son among his people, 1 nor any remaining kinfolk where he had stayed. 1

Psalms 37:28For Yahweh loves justice 1 and does not abandon his faithful followers. 1 They are preserved forever, 1 but the descendants of the wicked will be cut off. 1

Psalms 137:8Daughter of Babylon, soon to be destroyed— 1 may the person be blessed, whoever pays you back 1 for what you have done to us. 1

Isaiah 13:15Every one who is found will be killed, and every one who is captured will die by the sword. 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 →

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