Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
the fir trees—now left undisturbed. Probably a kind of evergreen.
rejoice at thee— (Psalms 96:12). At thy fall (Psalms 35:19, Psalms 35:24).
no feller—as formerly, when thou wast in power (Isaiah 10:34; Isaiah 37:24).
Hades (the Amenthes of Egypt), the unseen abode of the departed; some of its tenants, once mighty monarchs, are represented by a bold personification as rising from their seats in astonishment at the descent among them of the humbled king of Babylon. This proves, in opposition to WARBURTON [The Divine Legation], that the belief existed among the Jews that there was a Sheol or Hades, in which the "Rephaim" or manes of the departed abode.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 14:8:
Isaiah 14:4
Isaiah 14:7
Isaiah 21:2
Isaiah 33:9
Isaiah 37:24
Isaiah 52:9
Jeremiah 50:34
Jeremiah 51:48
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