Isaiah 14:4 - Forerunner Commentary

Isaiah 14:4

2 Then people will take them ^aand bring them to their place, and the house of Israel will possess them for servants and maids in the land of the Lord; they will take them captive whose captives they were, ^band rule over their oppressors.

Fall of the King of Babylon

3 It shall come to pass in the day the Lord gives you rest from your sorrow, and from your fear and the hard bondage in which you were made to serve,

4 that you ^awill take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say:
“How the oppressor has ceased,
The ^bgolden city ceased!

5 The Lord has broken ^athe staff of the wicked,
The scepter of the rulers;

6 He who struck the people in wrath with a continual stroke,
He who ruled the nations in anger,
Is persecuted and no one hinders.

7 The whole earth is at rest and quiet;
They break forth into singing.

8 ^aIndeed the cypress trees rejoice over you,
And the cedars of Lebanon,
Saying, ‘Since you¹ were cut down,
No woodsman has come up against us.’

9 “Hell¹^a from beneath is excited about you,
To meet you at your coming;
It stirs up the dead for you,
All the chief ones of the earth;
It has raised up from their thrones
All the kings of the nations.

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Definitions of words in Isaiah 14:4:

Against {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

City {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
City {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

How {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Proverb {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Proverb {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Take {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Babylon {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Babylon {Hitchcock's Bible Names}

King {Easton's Bible Dictionary}

Other definition entries containing Isaiah 14:4:

Isaiah, The Book of {Easton's}

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