Isaiah 14:16

Thy beholders look to thee, to thee they attend, Is this the man causing the earth to tremble, Shaking kingdoms?

Young's Literal Translation

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

15Only — unto Sheol thou art brought down, Unto the sides of the pit.

17He hath made the world as a wilderness, And his cities he hath broken down, Of his bound ones he opened not the house.

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Cross References

Psalms 58:10The righteous rejoiceth that he hath seen vengeance, His steps he washeth in the blood of the wicked.

Isaiah 14:4That thou hast taken up this simile Concerning the king of Babylon, and said, How hath the exactor ceased,

Jeremiah 51:20An axe [art] thou to me — weapons of war, And I have broken in pieces by thee nations, And I have destroyed by thee kingdoms,

Ezekiel 32:27And they lie not with the mighty, Who are falling of the uncircumcised, Who have gone down to sheol with their weapons of war, And they put their swords under their heads, And their iniquities are on their bones, For the terror of the mighty [is] 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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