Isaiah 14:18

All the Kings of the nations, euen they all sleepe in glorie, euery one in his owne house.

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house.

In Context

17He made the worlde as a wildernesse, and destroied the cities thereof, and opened not the house of his prisoners.

19But thou art cast out of thy graue like an abominable branch: like the raiment of those that are slaine, and thrust thorowe with a sword, which goe downe to the stones of the pit, as a carkeise troden vnder feete.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 24:16And they buried him in the citie of Dauid with the kings, because he had done good in Israel, and toward God and his house.

Job 3:14With the Kings and counselers of the earth, which haue buylded themselues desolate places:

Ecclesiastes 6:3If a man beget an hundreth children and liue many yeeres, and the dayes of his yeeres be multiplied, and his soule be not satisfied with good things, and he be not buried, I say that an vntimely fruite is better then he.

Isaiah 22:16What haste thou to doe here? and whome hast thou here? that thou shouldest here hewe thee out a sepulchre, as he that heweth out his sepulchre in an hie place, or that graueth an habitation for him selfe in a rocke?

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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