Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
not . . . joined with them—whereas the princes slain with thee shall be buried, thou shalt not.
thou . . . destroyed . . . land—Belshazzar (or Naboned) oppressed his land with wars and tyranny, so that he was much hated [XENOPHON, Cyropædia 4.6, 3; 7.5, 32].
seed . . . never be renowned—rather, "shall not be named for ever"; the Babylonian dynasty shall end with Belshazzar; his family shall not be perpetuated [HORSLEY].
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 14:20:
Isaiah 14:16
Daniel 5:30
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