Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Isaiah 14:11
Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, [and] the noise of thy viols: the worm (g) is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.
(g) Instead of your costly carpets and coverings.
Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, [and] the noise of thy viols: the worm (g) is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.
(g) Instead of your costly carpets and coverings.
Verse Isaiah 14:11. _COVER THEE_ - "Thy covering."] _Twenty-eight_ MSS. (_ten_ ancient) of _Kennicott's, thirty-nine_ of _De Rossi's, twelve_ editions, with the _Septuagint_ and _Vulgate_, read ומכסך...
THY POMP - Thy magnificence (see the note at Isaiah 5:14). THE NOISE OF THY VIOLS - Instruments of music were often used in their feasts; and the meaning here is, that instead of being surrounded with...
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THE GRAVE. Hebrew Sheol. App-35. Same word as "hell", Isaiah 14:9 and Isaiah 14:15. WORM. This shows the meaning to be given to Hebrew "Sheol" in verses: Isaiah 14:9;...
_b_ 21. The song of triumph over the king of Babylon is one of the finest specimens of Hebrew poetry which the Old Testament contains. A division into five strophes, each containing seven long lines,...
It is doubtful whether this verse continues the address of the shades. It certainly does not extend further. For _the grave_read SHEOL. _the noise of thy viols_ possibly indicating that the king had...
The second strophe forms an effective contrast to the first. He who had so long troubled the earth becomes a disturbing presence in the under-world; the earth is now at rest, Sheol is troubled....
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The ‘music’ of those who had been wicked rulers refers to their former comfortable life of luxury. Instead of magnificent meals, the body of the king will himself become food for *worms....
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THY POMP IS BROUGHT DOWN TO THE GRAVE. Literally, _to Sheol,_ as in Isaiah 14:9. The “pomp” is the same as the “beauty” of Isaiah 13:19. THE NOISE OF THY VIOLS. — Perhaps _harps,_ or _cymbals,_ repres...
הוּרַ֥ד שְׁאֹ֛ול גְאֹונֶ֖ךָ הֶמְיַ֣ת נְבָלֶ֑יךָ תַּחְתֶּ֨יךָ֙...
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11._Thy pomp is laid down in the grave. _He mentions royal pomp, that this change may be more attentively considered by comparing the latter with the former; and he shows that that pomp could not prev...
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THY POMP IS BROUGHT DOWN TO THE GRAVE,.... Or "hell"; all the state and majesty in which he appeared, when sitting on the throne of his kingdom, with a glittering crown on his head, a sceptre in his h...
Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, [and] the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee. Ver. 11. _Thy pomp is brought down to the grave._] _Ipsaque iusta sepulta...
_He that ruled the nations in anger_ With rigour, and not with clemency; _is persecuted and none hindereth_ Neither the Babylonians themselves nor their confederates. _The whole earth is at rest_ The...
THE DELIVERANCE OF ISRAEL...
Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, all Babylon's earthly glory and majesty destroyed, AND THE NOISE OF THY VIOLS, the sound of the harps which accompanied his feasts of merrymaking on earth; THE W...
1-23 The whole plan of Divine Providence is arranged with a view to the good of the people of God. A settlement in the land of promise is of God's mercy. Let the church receive those whom God receive...
THY POMP IS BROUGHT DOWN TO THE GRAVE; all thy glory is lost and buried with thee. THE NOISE OF THY VIOLS; all thy musical and melodious instruments, which were much used in Babylon, DANIEL 3:5,7,10,...
Isaiah 14:11 pomp H1347 down H3381 (H8717) Sheol H7585 sound H1998 instruments H5035 maggot H7415 spread H3331 ...
THE DEMISE OF BABYLON AND HUMILIATION OF ITS BOASTFUL KINGS (ISAIAH 14:3). The coming of the Babylonian ambassadors to Hezekiah had had a profound influence on Isaiah. As he thought on the future, wit...
GRAVE Hebrew, "Sheol," (_ See Scofield) - (Habakkuk 2:5). _...
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For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob (Isaiah 14:1...
Amos 6:3; Daniel 5:1; Daniel 5:25; Ezekiel 26:13; Ezekiel 32:19;...
Thy pomp — All thy glory is buried with thee. Viols — All thy musical instruments, which were much used in Babylon, and were doubtless used in Belshazzar's solemn feasts, Daniel 5:1, at which time the...