Isaiah 14:19
17 who turned the world into a desert and destroyed its cities, who refused to let the captives return to their homes?”
18 All the kings of the nations lie in state, each in his own tomb.
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.
21 Prepare a place to slaughter his sons for the iniquities of their forefathers. They will never rise up to possess a land or cover the earth with their cities.
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
- 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.
- KJV
- But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet.
- WEB
- But you are cast away from your tomb like an abominable branch, clothed with the slain who are thrust through with the sword, who go down to the stones of the pit; like a dead body trodden under foot.
- ASV
- But thou art cast forth away from thy sepulchre like an abominable branch, clothed with the slain, that are thrust through with the sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a dead body trodden under foot.
- DARBY
- but thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, covered with the slain those thrust through with the sword, that go down to the stones of the pit: like a carcase trodden under foot.
- BLB
- and you are cast out from your grave like a detested branch, the garment of those who are slain, pierced by the sword, going down to the stones of the pit, like a corpse trampled.
- ÅB
- men du er slengt bort, langt fra din grav, lik en foraktet kvist, du ligger dekket av drepte, som er gjennomboret av sverd, og som kastes ned i en stengrav - lik et nedtrådt åtsel.
- OTB
- Men du er kastet ut av din grav som en forkastet gren, dekket med de drepte, de som er gjennomboret av sverdet, som stiger ned til steinene i gropen, som et tråkket lik.
- B1930
- men du er slengt bort, langt fra din grav, lik en foraktet kvist, du ligger dekket av drepte, som er gjennemboret av sverd, og som kastes ned i en stengrav - lik et nedtrådt åtsel.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 41:9
Now the cistern into which Ishmael had thrown all the bodies of the men he had struck down along with Gedaliah was a large one that King Asa had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel. Ishmael son of Nethaniah filled it with the slain.
Read in contextJeremiah 41:7
And when they came into the city, Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the men with him slaughtered them and threw them into a cistern.
Read in context2 Kings 9:34–36
Then Jehu went in and ate and drank. “Take care of this cursed woman,” he said, “and bury her, for she was the daughter of a king.”
Read in contextJeremiah 22:19
He will be buried like a donkey, dragged away and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem.
Read in context1 Kings 21:19
Tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Have you not murdered a man and seized his land?’ Then tell him that this is also what the LORD says: ‘In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth, there also the dogs will lick up your blood—yes, yours!’”
Read in contextEzekiel 32:23
Her graves are set in the depths of the Pit, and her company is all around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword— those who once spread terror in the land of the living.
Read in contextIsaiah 22:16–18
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 context2 Kings 9:25
And Jehu said to Bidkar his officer, “Pick him up and throw him into the field of Naboth the Jezreelite. For remember that when you and I were riding together behind his father Ahab, the LORD lifted up this burden against him:
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