the people = peoples. their place = their own place. See Isaiah 49:22 ; Isaiah 60:9 ; Isaiah 66:20 . the house of Israel. See note on Isaiah 5:7 . possess them. For servants and handmaids. This is to be fulfilled at a later day: still future (Isaiah 49:23 ; Isaiah 60:9-14 ; Isaiah 61:5 ). oppressors. Compare Isaiah 60:14 . read more
take up this proverb. Reference to Pentateuch (Numbers 23:7 , Numbers 23:24 ; Numbers 24:3 , Numbers 24:15 , Numbers 24:20 , Numbers 24:21 , Numbers 24:23 ). Elsewhere only in Micah 2:4 .Habakkuk 2:6 , and Job 27:1 ; Job 29:1 . proverb = triumph-song. king of Babylon. Figure of speech Polyonymia . One of the names for the Antichrist. See note on Daniel 7:8 . How. ! Figure of speech Chleuasmos. App-6 . golden city: or exactress of gold. Some, by reading (= R) for (= D) read "oppression". read more
wicked = lawless ones (plural) Hebrew. rasha'. App-44 . read more
continual = unremitting. ruled the nations = trod down nations. is persecuted, and none hindereth = with an unsparing persecution. read more
break forth into singing. This word (Hebrew. pazah) occurs once in the "former" portion (here), and five times in the "latter" portion (Isaiah 44:23 ; Isaiah 49:13 ; Isaiah 52:9 ; Isaiah 54:1 ; Isaiah 55:12 ). See App-92 . read more
fir trees. Compare Isaiah 37:24 ; Isaiah 41:19 ; Isaiah 55:13 ; Isaiah 60:13 . the cedars of Lebanon, Baying, &c. It refers to Nebuchadnezzar's and Esar-haddon's cutting down, as recorded in their Inscriptions, p. 58 (published by Oppert, Paris, 1865). They tell how they "brought the greatest trees from the summits of Lebanon to Babylon". Nebuchadnezzar moreover boasts that he will do it in his message to Hezekiah (Isaiah 37:28 . See App-67 .). laid down = laid low. read more
Hell = the grave. Hebrew Sheol. App-85 . dead = Rephaim. See App-23 and App-25 . Compare Isaiah 26:14 , Isaiah 26:19 . read more
speak. say. Figure of speech Prosopopoeia , by which the dead are represented as speaking. read more
the grave. Hebrew Sheol. App-35 . Same word as "hell", Isaiah 14:9 and Isaiah 14:15 . worm. This shows the meaning to be given to Hebrew "Sheol" in verses: Isaiah 14:9 , Isaiah 14:15 ; as worms are material, not spirit. Compare Isaiah 66:24 .Mark 9:44 , Mark 9:46 , Mark 9:48 . cover thee = are thy coverlet. read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 14:1
choose. See note on Isaiah 1:29 . set them = make them rest. Compare Isaiah 14:3 . land = soil strangers = sojourners, foreign proselytes. Isaiah sees far beyond the Captivity. Hebrew. gur. See note on Isaiah 5:17 . Thus, the mention of strangers is not confined to latter part of Isaiah as alleged by some. See App-79 . the house of Jacob. See note on Isaiah 2:5 . read more