Verse 17
Isaiah 14:17
Free Bible Version
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Is this the one who turned the world into a desert, destroyed cities, and never let his prisoners return home?’
Original Language Text
hebrew
שָׂ֥ם תֵּבֵ֛ל כַּ/מִּדְבָּ֖ר וְ/עָרָ֣י/ו הָרָ֑ס אֲסִירָ֖י/ו לֹא פָ֥תַח בָּֽיְתָ/ה
English Translation
He put the world as a wilderness, and my ruins I did not open the house.
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Chapter 14 Context
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But the Lord will be merciful to the descendants of Jacob. Once again he will choose Israel and he w...
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Nations will go with them and escort them to their own land. The foreigners who stay in the Lord's l...
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3
At that time the Lord will give you relief from your pain and trouble, and from the hard labor you w...
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You will mock the king of Babylon, saying, “How your oppressive rule has been ended, and your insole...
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5
The Lord has broken the rod of the wicked, the rulers' scepter.
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6
You kept on furiously hitting foreign peoples without stopping, and aggressively ruled nations with...
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Now the whole earth rests peacefully, and everyone starts celebrating!
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8
The cypress and cedar trees are glad you're gone. They sing, ‘Since you were cut down no woodcutters...
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9
Those in the grave beneath are keen to meet you when you arrive. It wakes the spirits of the dead to...
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10
They will all speak up and tell you, ‘So you too are as weak as we are—you've become just like us!
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11
Your pride is now buried with you in the grave, along with the harp music you loved. Maggots are the...
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12
Morning star, son of the dawn, how you have fallen from heaven! Destroyer of nations, you have been...
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13
You said to yourself: ‘I will ascend to heaven. I will raise my throne above the stars of God (Elohi...
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14
I will ascend to the high places above the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.’
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15
But you are dragged down to the grave, into the depths of the pit.
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16
Those who see you will stare at you, examining you closely, asking, ‘Is this the man who shook the e...
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17
Is this the one who turned the world into a desert, destroyed cities, and never let his prisoners re...
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But you are thrown out of your grave like a branch nobody wants, buried underneath the bodies of tho...
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19
you will not be buried like those other kings because you destroyed your own land and killed your ow...
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20
Get ready to execute his sons because of their fathers' sins. Don't let them take over the earth; do...
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21
I will come and attack them, declares the Lord Almighty. I will destroy everything: their reputation...
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22
I will make Babylon into a place for water birds and into marshland. I will sweep her away with the...
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23
The Lord Almighty has sworn an oath: It will be as I have planned. It will happen as I have decided.
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24
I will smash the Assyrians when they are in my country Israel; I will trample them underfoot on my m...
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25
This is the plan I have made regarding the whole earth; my hand stretches out to control all the nat...
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26
The Lord Almighty has made his plan, and who will block it? His hand stretches out, and who will pus...
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27
All you Philistines, don't celebrate the fact that the rod that was hitting you is broken, because f...
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28
The poor will have food, and the needy will live in safety, but you Philistines will die in a famine...
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29
Howl, gates! Weep, town! Melt away in fear, all you Philistines! For a cloud of smoke is approaching...
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30
What will be the answer given to the messengers from that nation? “The Lord was the one who laid the...
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