Isaiah 14:18
16 Those who see you will stare; they will ponder your fate: “Is this the man who shook the earth and made the kingdoms tremble,
17 who turned the world into a desert and destroyed its cities, who refused to let the captives return to their homes?”
All the kings of the nations lie in state, each in his own tomb.
19 But you are cast out of your grave like a rejected branch, covered by those slain with the sword, and dumped into a rocky pit like a carcass trampled underfoot.
20 You will not join them in burial, since you have destroyed your land and slaughtered your own people. The offspring of the wicked will never again be mentioned.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- All the kings of the nations lie in state, each in his own tomb.
- KJV
- All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house.
- WEB
- All the kings of the nations sleep in glory, everyone in his own house.
- ASV
- All the kings of the nations, all of them, sleep in glory, every one in his own house.
- DARBY
- All the kings of the nations, all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house;
- BLB
- All the kings of the nations, all of them, lie down in glory, each man in his own house;
- ÅB
- Alle folkenes konger, alle sammen, de ligger med ære, hver i sitt hus;
- OTB
- Alle nasjonenes herskere hviler i ære, hver i sin egen grav.
- B1930
- Alle folkenes konger, alle sammen, de ligger med ære, hver i sitt hus;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Chronicles 24:16
And Jehoiada was buried with the kings in the City of David, because he had done what was good in Israel for God and His temple.
Read in contextEzekiel 32:18–32
“Son of man, wail for the multitudes of Egypt, and consign her and the daughters of the mighty nations to the depths of the earth with those who descend to the Pit:
Read in context2 Chronicles 24:25
And when the Arameans had withdrawn, they left Joash severely wounded. His own servants conspired against him for shedding the blood of the son of Jehoiada the priest, and they killed him on his bed. So he died and was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.
Read in contextJob 30:23
Yes, I know that You will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living.
Read in contextIsaiah 22:16
What are you doing here, and who authorized you to carve out a tomb for yourself here—to chisel your tomb in the height and cut your resting place in the rock?
Read in contextEcclesiastes 12:5
when men fear the heights and dangers of the road, when the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper loses its spring, and the caper berry shrivels— for then man goes to his eternal home and mourners walk the streets.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 6:3
A man may father a hundred children and live for many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he is unsatisfied with his prosperity and does not even receive a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.
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