Isaiah 14:18

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

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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

17That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed its cities; that opened not the house of his prisoners?

19But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcass trodden under feet.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 24:16And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, both towards God, and towards his house.

Job 3:14With kings and counselors of the earth, who built desolate places for themselves;

Ecclesiastes 6:3If a man begetteth a hundred children , and liveth many years, so that the days of his years are many, and his soul is not filled with good, and also that he hath no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he.

Isaiah 22:16What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out a sepulcher here, as he that heweth him out a sepulcher on high, and that graveth a habitation for himself in a rock?

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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