John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 14:17
That made the world as a wilderness ,.... Both by destroying the inhabitants of it, and by laying waste cities, towns, villages, fields, vineyards, gardens, and all places improved and cultivated, wherever he came, as it follows: and destroyed the cities thereof ; as the Assyrian kings had done, some of which are mentioned in Isaiah 10:9 , that opened not the house of his prisoners ; the prison house, in, which they were held; or, "the gate to his prisoners,' as the Targum;... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 14:16
They that see thee ,.... These are the words of the dead, speaking of the living, who when they should see the carcass of the king of Babylon lying on the ground, shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee ; whether it is he or not, not knowing at first sight who he was, the alteration being so great; he that was but just now on his throne of glory, with all the ensigns of majesty about him, and on him, now cast to the earth, deprived of life, besmeared with blood, and so... read more