Isaiah 14:21

Prepare 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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Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.

In Context

20You 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

22“I will rise up against them”—this is the declaration of Yahweh of hosts. 1 “I will cut off from Babylon name, descendant, and posterity”—this is Yahweh's declaration. 1

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:39Those who are left among you will waste away in their sins, there in your enemies' lands, and because of their fathers' sins they will waste away as well.

Habakkuk 2:8Because you have plundered many peoples, all the remnant of the peoples will plunder you. 2 For you have shed human blood and acted with violence against the land, the cities, and all who live in them. 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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