Isaiah 14:22

“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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For I will rise up against them, saith the LORD of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith the LORD.

In Context

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

23“I will also make her into a possession of owls, and into pools of water, 1 and I will sweep her with the broom of destruction”—this is the declaration of Yahweh of hosts. 1

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Cross References

1 Kings 14:10Therefore, look, I will bring disaster on your family; I will cut off from you every male child in Israel, whether slave or free, and will completely remove your family, like someone who burns up dung until it is gone.

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

Proverbs 10:7The righteous person makes those who remember him happy, 1 but the name of the wicked will rot away. 1

Isaiah 21:9Here comes a chariot with a man and a pair of horsemen. 1 He calls out, “Babylon has fallen, fallen, 1 and all the carved figures of its gods are broken to the ground.” 1

Isaiah 47:9But these two things will come to you in a moment in one day: 1 the loss of children and widowhood; in full force they will come on you, 1 despite your sorceries and your many incantations and amulets. 1

Jeremiah 50:29“Summon the archers against Babylon—all those who bend their bows. 1 Camp against her, and let no one escape. 1 Repay her for what she has done. 1 Do to her by the measure she has used. 1 For she had defied Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel. 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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