Isaiah 14:11
Brought down to Hades, thy pride. The hum of thy harps, Beneath thee, is spread out corruption, And, thy coverlet—worms!
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
10All of them, answer, and say to thee,—Thou too, made strengthless, as we! Unto us, art thou like!
Cross References
Job 17:13If I wait for hades as my house, in darkness, have spread out my couch;
Job 21:26Together, in the dust, they lie down, and, the worm, spreadeth a covering over them.
Isaiah 21:4My heart fluttereth, A horror, terrifieth me,—My twilight of pleasure, hath he turned for me into a time of trembling.
Isaiah 66:24Then shall they go forth and look upon the dead bodies of the men who had been trespassing against me—For, their worm, shall not die, And, their fire, shall not be quenched; So shall they become an abhorrence to all flesh.
Ezekiel 32:19Than whom, art thou more precious? Descend and be laid low with the uncircumcised:
Daniel 5:25And this is the writing which was inscribed, M’ne, M’ne, T’kel, u-Pharsin.
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 →