Isaiah 14:3 - Exposition

The hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve (comp. Isaiah 47:6 ). We have no detailed account of the Babylonian, as we have of the Egyptian, servitude; but it was probably well-nigh as grievous. A few, of royal descent, might be eunuchs in the palace of the great king ( 2 Kings 20:18 ; Daniel 1:3 ), and hold offices of trust; but with the bulk of the nation it was otherwise. Psalms 137:1-9 , has the plaintive ring which marks it as the utterance of a sorely oppressed people. And there are passages of Ezekiel which point in the same direction (see especially Ezekiel 34:27-29 ).