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Isaiah 14:21

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.

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.

22 “I will rise up against them,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will cut off from Babylon her name and her remnant, her offspring and her posterity,” declares the LORD.

23 “I will make her a place for owls and for swamplands; I will sweep her away with the broom of destruction,” declares the LORD of Hosts.

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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.

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BSB
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.
KJV
Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.
WEB
Prepare for slaughter of his children because of the iniquity of their fathers, that they not rise up and possess the earth, and fill the surface of the world with cities.
ASV
Prepare ye slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers, that they rise not up, and possess the earth, and fill the face of the world with cities.
DARBY
Prepare ye slaughter for his children, because of the iniquity of their fathers; that they may not rise up and possess the earth, nor fill the face of the world with cities.
BLB
Prepare slaughter for his sons, for the iniquity of their fathers—lest they rise up and possess the land and fill the face of the world with cities!
ÅB
Gjør et blodbad på hans sønner for deres fedres misgjerning! De skal ikke få reise seg og ta jorden i eie og fylle jorderike med byer.
OTB
Forbered et sted for å slakte hans barn for deres forfedres synder; de må ikke reise seg for å arve landet og fylle jorden med sine byer.
B1930
Gjør et blodbad på hans sønner for deres fedres misgjerning! De skal ikke få reise sig og ta jorden i eie og fylle jorderike med byer.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Matthew 23:35

    And so upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.

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  • Leviticus 26:39

    Those of you who survive in the lands of your enemies will waste away in their iniquity and will decay in the sins of their fathers.

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  • Habakkuk 2:8–12

    Because you have plundered many nations, the remnant of the people will plunder you— because of your bloodshed against man and your violence against the land, the city, and all their dwellers.

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  • Exodus 20:5

    You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,

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  • Isaiah 27:6

    In the days to come, Jacob will take root. Israel will bud and blossom and fill the whole world with fruit.

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