Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
"Pomp" and music, the accompaniment of Babylon's former feastings (Isaiah 5:12; Isaiah 24:8), give place to the corruption and the stillness of the grave (Ezekiel 32:27).
worm—that is bred in putridity.
worms—properly those from which the crimson dye is obtained. Appropriate here; instead of the crimson coverlet, over thee shall be "worms." Instead of the gorgeous couch, "under thee" shall be the maggot.
The language is so framed as to apply to the Babylonian king primarily, and at the same time to shadow forth through him, the great final enemy, the man of sin, Antichrist, of Daniel, St. Paul, and St. John; he alone shall fulfil exhaustively all the lineaments here given.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 14:11:
Job 7:5
Isaiah 13:9
Isaiah 14:9
Isaiah 14:10
Isaiah 21:4
Jeremiah 51:48
Ezekiel 26:20
Ezekiel 31:16
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