Isaiah 14:9

Sheol below is eager to meet you when you go there. 1 It arouses the dead for you, all the kings of the earth, 1 making them rise up from their thrones, all the kings of the nations. 1

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In The King James Version

Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.

In Context

8Even the cypress trees rejoice over you with the cedars of Lebanon; 1 they say, 'Since you are laid low, no woodcutter comes up to cut us down.' 1

10They all will speak and say to you, 1 'You have become as weak as us. You have become like us. 1

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Cross References

Jeremiah 50:8Leave from the midst of Babylon; go out from the land of the Chaldeans; 1 be like male goats that leave before the rest of the flock does. 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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