Isaiah 14:18

All kings of nations — all of them, Have lain down in honour, each in his house,

Young's Literal Translation

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

19And — thou hast been cast out of thy grave, As an abominable branch, raiment of the slain, Thrust through ones of the sword, Going down unto the sons of the pit, As a carcase trodden down.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 24:16and they bury him in the city of David, with the kings, for he hath done good in Israel, and with God, and his house.

Job 3:14With kings and counsellors of earth, These building wastes for themselves.

Ecclesiastes 6:3If a man doth beget a hundred, and live many years, and is great, because they are the days of his years, and his soul is not satisfied from the goodness, and also he hath not had a grave, I have said, 'Better than he [is] the untimely birth.'

Isaiah 22:16What — to thee here? And who — to thee here? That thou hast hewn out to thee here — a sepulchre? Hewing on high his sepulchre, Graving in a rock a dwelling for himself.

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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