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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 14:4

God's judgments on other nations than our own. The "burdens" are given as a series of prophetic visions; events pass before the prophet's mind as in a moving panorama, and he notes down just the things that more particularly arrested his attention. A prophetical description of an event will differ from an historical account of the same event, by being a irate outline, or else a vigorous word-painting of certain salient features, rather than a circumstantial detail. Prophetical work is akin... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 14:4-23

Triumph over enemies. The "taunt-song" of Israel, as it has been called (Cheyne), like the "song of Deborah" in the Book of Judges (5.), raises the question how far triumph over a national enemy is a feeling that can be indulged with propriety. There can be no doubt that it is— I. A NATURAL FEELING . "The song of Deborah and Barak" expresses the feelings which have usually animated the victors in national contests from the beginning of the world to the present day. The poems of Homer... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 14:4-23

Sin and its humiliations. This strong, poetical utterance of Isaiah, though primarily directed against one particular city and, probably, one individual king, may convey to us all some serviceable lessons respecting sin generally, and more especially the humiliations which are in its train. We gather therefrom— I. THAT THE OPPRESSIVENESS OF SIN , THOUGH LONG CONTINUED , WILL CERTAINLY BE BROKEN DOWN . (Verses 4-7.) Sin is constantly, naturally, oppressive. It... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 14:5

The staff … the scepter . Symbols of Babylonian power (scrap. Isaiah 10:5 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 14:5

The false staff. "The Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked." True of the King of Babylon, this is true also of every evil man. It was a sentence that God commanded to be taken up as a proverb against him, and it may be illustrated as a universal proverb in all ages and nations. Men lean on a staff; and unless God be the Rod and the Staff, assuredly it will be broken. I. HEALTH IS A STAFF . Men lean on that. A well-organized frame and a well-strung nervous system cause men to... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 14:1

For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob - That is, he will pity the captive Jews in Babylon. He will not abandon them, but will remember them, and restore them to their own land.And will yet choose Israel - Will show that he regards them as still his chosen people; or will again “choose” them by recovering them from their bondage, and by restoring them to their country as his people. The names ‘Jacob’ and ‘Israel’ here simply denote the Jews. They do not imply that all of those who were to be... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 14:2

And the people shall take them - That is, the people in Babylon.And bring them to their place - That is, they shall attend them to the land of Judea, and aid in restoring them to their own country. There is reference here, doubtless, to the fact that Cyrus would assist them (compare Ezra 1:1-11), and that many of the inhabitants of Chaldea who would become proselytes, would be willing to accompany them to their own land.And the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the Lord - Not in... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 14:3

And it shall come to pass - That is, then thou shalt take up a taunting song against the king of Babylon Isaiah 14:4.That the Lord shall give thee rest - (compare Isaiah 38:12). The nature of this predicted rest, is more fully described in Ezekiel 28:25-26.From thy sorrow - The long pain of thy captivity in Babylon.And from thy fear - Hebrew, ‘Trembling.’ That is, the apprehension of the ills to which they were continually exposed. Trembling is usually one effect of fear.And from thy hard... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 14:4

That thou shalt take up - Thou shalt utter, declare, or commence. The word ‘take up,’ is used in the sense of utter, speak, or declare, in Exodus 20:7; Exodus 23:1; Psalms 15:2.This proverb - (המשׁל hamâshâl). Vulgate, ‘Parable.’ Septuagint Τὸν ρῆνον ton thrēnon - ‘Lamentation.’ The Hebrew word משׁל mâshâl, usually rendered “proverb,” is also rendered “a parable,” or “a by-word.” It properly denotes “a metaphor, a comparison, a similitude;” and is applied usually to a brief and pungent... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 14:5

The Lord hath broken - Yahweh, by the hand of Cyrus.The staff of the wicked - That is, the scepter of the king of Babylon. The word rendered ‘staff’ (מטה maṭēh) may mean either a bough, stick, staff, rod, or a scepter. The scepter was the symbol of supreme power. It was in the form of a staff, and was made of wood, ivory, or gold. It here means that Yahweh had taken away the power from Babylon, and destroyed his dominion. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 14:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 14:4-23

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 14:4-23

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 14:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 14:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 14:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 14:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 14:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 14:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 14:5

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