Isaiah 14:13-24 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 14:4-23

The kings of Babylon, successively, were the great enemies and oppressors of God's people, and therefore the destruction of Babylon, the fall of the king, and the ruin of his family, are here particularly taken notice of and triumphed in. In the day that God has given Israel rest they shall take up this proverb against the king of Babylon. We must not rejoice when our enemy falls, as ours; but when Babylon, the common enemy of God and his Israel, sinks, then rejoice over her, thou heaven, and... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 14:24-32

The destruction of Babylon and the Chaldean empire was a thing at a great distance; the empire had not risen to any considerable height when its fall was here foretold: it was almost 200 years from this prediction of Babylon's fall to the accomplishment of it. Now the people to whom Isaiah prophesied might ask, ?What is this to us, or what shall we be the better for it, and what assurance shall we have of it?? To both questions he answers in these verses, by a prediction of the ruin both of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 14:13

For thou hast said in thine heart ,.... Which shows the pride and haughtiness that were in his heart; and were the cause and reason of his fall, for pride goes before a fall; it was the cause of the fall of angels, and of Adam, and of many kings and kingdoms; see Proverbs 16:18 with this compare Revelation 18:7 , I will ascend into heaven ; be above all men, rule over the whole world; and so the Targum. "I will ascend on high;' unless by it is meant the temple at Jerusalem, where... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 14:14

I will ascend above the heights of the clouds ,.... Which are the chariots of God, and in which he rides, and so this proud monarch affected to be as he; perhaps some reference is had to the cloud in which Jehovah dwelt in the temple. The Targum is, "I will ascend above all people,' compared to clouds for their multitude. In the mystical sense, the true ministers of the word may be meant, so called for their height, motion, swiftness, and fulness of Gospel doctrine, compared to rain; see... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 14:15

Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell ,.... Into a very low and miserable condition; see Matthew 11:23 instead of ascending to heaven: or "to the grave"; though, inasmuch as afterwards a burial is denied him, the word may be taken for the infernal pit, and so is, as much as can be, opposed to heaven; and this will be true of antichrist, when the beast and false prophet will be cast alive into the lake of fire, Revelation 19:20 , to the sides of the pit ; instead of being on the... read more

John Gill

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

John Gill

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 Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 14:18

All the kings of the nations ,.... Of other nations, besides those he governed, and even of those whom he had subdued, at least their ancestors, the greatest part of them however; for the word "all" does not always signify every individual, though by the repetition of it, it here bids fair for such a sense, there being but very few, or scarce any exceptions to this observation; for, on some account or another, both good and bad kings are interred in great state: even all of them lie in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 14:19

But thou art cast out of thy grave ,.... Or rather "from" it F4 מקברך "a sepulchro tuo", Gataker. ; that is, he was not suffered to be put into it, or to have a burial, as the following words show, at least not to be laid in the grave designed for him; though the Jews F5 Seder Olam Rabba c. 28. fol. 81. , who apply this to Nebuchadnezzar, have a fabulous story that he was taken out of his grave by his son, to confirm this prophecy; and which their commentators, Aben Ezra,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 14:20

Thou shall not be joined with them in burial ,.... The kings before mentioned; not that the sense is that he should not be interred in the same place they were, or lie in the same stately monuments they did, for that was never designed by him or others; but that he should not be buried in like manner, be embalmed as they, or have odours burned for him, or lie in such state and pomp, or have a "pyramid" or "mausoleum", or any rich monument, erected over him; unless this can be understood of... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 14:4-23

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 14:24-32

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 14:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 14:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 14:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 14:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 14:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 14:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 14:19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 14:20

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