4 that you awill take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say:
“How the oppressor has ceased,
The bgolden city ceased!
“How the oppressor has ceased,
The bgolden city ceased!
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.
He who ruled the nations in anger,
Is persecuted and no one hinders.
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.’
And the cedars of Lebanon,
Saying, ‘Since you1 were cut down,
No woodsman has come up against us.’
9 “Hell1a 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.
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.
10 They all shall aspeak and say to you:
‘Have you also become as weak as we?
Have you become like us?
‘Have you also become as weak as we?
Have you become like us?
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
Commentaries:
No entry exists in Adam Clarke for Isaiah 14:6.
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