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Text -- Isaiah 14:1-18 (NET)
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14:1 The Lord will certainly have compassion on Jacob ; he will again choose Israel as his special people and restore them to their land . Resident foreigners will join them and unite with the family of Jacob .
14:2 Nations will take them and bring them back to their own place . Then the family of Jacob will make foreigners their servants as they settle in the Lord’s land . They will make their captors captives and rule over the ones who oppressed them.
14:3 When the Lord gives you relief from your suffering and anxiety , and from the hard labor which you were made to perform ,
14:4 you will taunt the king of Babylon with these words: “Look how the oppressor has met his end ! Hostility has ceased !
14:5 The Lord has broken the club of the wicked , the scepter of rulers .
14:6 It furiously struck down nations with unceasing blows . It angrily ruled over nations , oppressing them without restraint .
14:7 The whole earth rests and is quiet ; they break into song .
14:8 The evergreens also rejoice over your demise, as do the cedars of Lebanon , singing, ‘Since you fell asleep , no woodsman comes up to chop us down !’
14:9 Sheol below is stirred up about you, ready to meet you when you arrive . It rouses the spirits of the dead for you, all the former leaders of the earth ; it makes all the former kings of the nations rise from their thrones .
14:10 All of them respond to you, saying : ‘You too have become weak like us! You have become just like us!
14:11 Your splendor has been brought down to Sheol , as well as the sound of your stringed instruments . You lie on a bed of maggots , with a blanket of worms over you.
14:12 Look how you have fallen from the sky , O shining one, son of the dawn ! You have been cut down to the ground , O conqueror of the nations !
14:13 You said to yourself , “I will climb up to the sky . Above the stars of El I will set up my throne . I will rule on the mountain of assembly on the remote slopes of Zaphon .
14:14 I will climb up to the tops of the clouds ; I will make myself like the Most High !”
14:15 But you were brought down to Sheol , to the remote slopes of the pit .
14:16 Those who see you stare at you, they look at you carefully , thinking: “Is this the man who shook the earth , the one who made kingdoms tremble ?
14:17 Is this the one who made the world like a desert , who ruined its cities , and refused to free his prisoners so they could return home ?”’
14:18 As for all the kings of the nations , all of them lie down in splendor , each in his own tomb .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Isaiah, The Book of |
Isaiah |
SHEOL |
ISAIAH, 8-9 |
PROVERB |
ISAIAH, BOOK OF |
Babylon |
ISAIAH, 1-7 |
Rulers |
Hell |
Pride |
Nation |
Ambition |
Death |
Lucifer |
GOD, 2 |
CONGREGATION, MOUNT OF |
ESCHATOLOGY OF THE OLD TESTAMENT |
Lebanon |
DAY-STAR |
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expand allCommentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes
NET Notes -> Isa 14:1; Isa 14:1; Isa 14:1; Isa 14:1; Isa 14:2; Isa 14:3; Isa 14:4; Isa 14:4; Isa 14:6; Isa 14:6; Isa 14:6; Isa 14:8; Isa 14:8; Isa 14:8; Isa 14:8; Isa 14:9; Isa 14:9; Isa 14:9; Isa 14:9; Isa 14:11; Isa 14:11; Isa 14:11; Isa 14:12; Isa 14:12; Isa 14:12; Isa 14:12; Isa 14:13; Isa 14:13; Isa 14:13; Isa 14:14; Isa 14:14; Isa 14:15; Isa 14:15; Isa 14:16; Isa 14:17; Isa 14:17; Isa 14:18; Isa 14:18; Isa 14:18; Isa 14:18
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NET Notes: Isa 14:2 Heb “and the house of Jacob will take possession of them [i.e., the nations], on the land of the Lord, as male servants and female servants.R...
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NET Notes: Isa 14:3 The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.
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NET Notes: Isa 14:4 The word in the Hebrew text (מַדְהֵבָה, madhevah) is unattested elsewhere and of uncertain meani...
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NET Notes: Isa 14:6 Heb “it was ruling in anger nations [with] oppression without restraint.” The participle (“ruling”) suggests repeated or conti...
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NET Notes: Isa 14:9 Heb “lifting from their thrones all the kings of the nations.” הֵקִים (heqim, a Hiphil perfect third m...
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NET Notes: Isa 14:12 In this line the taunting kings hint at the literal identity of the king, after likening him to the god Helel and a tree. The verb גָ...
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NET Notes: Isa 14:13 Zaphon, the Canaanite version of Olympus, was the “mountain of assembly” where the gods met.
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NET Notes: Isa 14:14 Normally in the OT the title “Most High” belongs to the God of Israel, but in this context, where the mythological overtones are so strong...
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NET Notes: Isa 14:15 The Hebrew term בּוּר (bor, “cistern”) is sometimes used metaphorically to refer to the place of the dead or...
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NET Notes: Isa 14:16 The word “thinking” is supplied in the translation in order to make it clear that the next line records their thoughts as they gaze at him...
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NET Notes: Isa 14:17 Heb “and his prisoners did not let loose to [their] homes.” This really means, “he did not let loose his prisoners and send them bac...
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