Isaiah 14:16

They who see thee, upon thee, will gaze, Upon thee, will thoughtfully muse,—Is this the man who startled the earth? Who terrified kingdoms?

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;

In Context

15Howbeit, to Hades, shalt thou be brought down,—To the Recesses of the Pit!

17Who made the world like a desert? And its cities, brake down? Its prisoners, he loosed not, Each one to his home?

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Cross References

Psalms 58:10The righteous man will rejoice when he hath seen an avenging, His feet, will he bathe in the blood of the lawless one:—

Isaiah 14:4that thou shalt take up this taunt over the king of Babylon, and shalt say:—How hath ceased the oppressor! Ceased the exactress!

Jeremiah 51:20A war-club, art thou for me, Weapons of war; Therefore will I Beat down with thee—nations, and Destroy with thee—kingdoms;

Ezekiel 32:27Therefore shall they not lie with the mighty men The fallen ones from age-past times, Who descended into hades with their weapons of war And their swords were placed under their heads. But their iniquities have come upon their bones Because of the terror of the mighty in the land of the living.

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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