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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Isaiah 14 Amplified Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/isaiah/14.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/isaiah/14-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">AMP</a> > Isaiah 14</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../isaiah/13.htm" title="Isaiah 13">◄</a> Isaiah 14 <a href="../isaiah/15.htm" title="Isaiah 15">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Amplified Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nas/esv/isaiah/14.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><p class="hdg">Israel’s Taunt</p><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/14-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>For the LORD will have compassion on Jacob (the captives in Babylon) and will again choose Israel, and will settle them in their own land. Foreigners (Gentiles) will join them [as proselytes] and will attach themselves to the house of Jacob (Israel). <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/14-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>The peoples will take them along and bring them to their own place (Judea), and the house of Israel will possess them as an inheritance in the land of the LORD as male and female servants; and they will take captive those whose captives they have been, and they will rule over their [former] oppressors. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/14-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And it will be in the day when the LORD gives you rest from your pain and turmoil and from the harsh service in which you have been enslaved, <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/14-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>that you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon, and say, <p class="indent1stline">“How the oppressor has ceased [his insolence], <t><p class="indent1"><i>And how</i> the fury has ceased! <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/14-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>“The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, <t><p class="indent1">The scepter of the [tyrant] rulers <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/14-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Which used to strike the peoples in anger with incessant blows, <t><p class="indent1">Which subdued <i>and</i> ruled the nations in wrath with unrelenting persecution. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/14-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“The whole earth is at rest and is quiet; <t><p class="indent1">They break into shouts of joy. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/14-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“Even the cypress trees rejoice over you [kings of Babylon], even the cedars of Lebanon, <i>saying,</i> <t><p class="indent1">‘Since you were laid low, no woodcutter comes up against us.’ <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/14-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[a]</a></span>Sheol below is excited about you to meet you when you come [you tyrant of Babylon]; <t><p class="indent1">It stirs up the spirits of the dead [to greet you], all the leaders of the earth; <t><p class="indent1">It raises all the kings of the nations from their thrones [in astonishment at your fall]. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/14-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>“All of them will respond [tauntingly] and say to you, <t><p class="indent1">‘You have become as weak as we are. <t><p class="indent1">You have become like us. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/14-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>‘Your pomp and magnificence have been brought down to Sheol, <t><p class="indent1">Along with the music of your harps; <t><p class="indent1">The maggots [which prey on the dead] are spread out under you [as a bed] <t><p class="indent1">And worms are your covering [Babylonian rulers].’ <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/14-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“How you have fallen from heaven, <t><p class="indent1">O <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[b]</a></span>star of the morning [light-bringer], son of the dawn! <t><p class="indent1">You have been cut down to the ground, <t><p class="indent1">You who have weakened the nations [king of Babylon]! <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/14-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>“But you said in your heart, <t><p class="indent1">‘I will ascend to heaven; <t><p class="indent1">I will raise my throne above the stars of God; <t><p class="indent1">I will sit on the mount of assembly <t><p class="indent1">In the remote parts of the north. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/14-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>‘I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; <t><p class="indent1">I will make myself like the Most High.’ <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/14-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>“But [in fact] you will be brought down to Sheol, <t><p class="indent1">To the remote recesses of the pit (the region of the dead). <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/14-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>“Those who see you will gaze at you, <t><p class="indent1">They will consider you, <i>saying,</i> <t><p class="indent1">‘Is this the man who made the earth tremble, <t><p class="indent1">Who shook kingdoms, <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/14-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Who made the world like a wilderness <t><p class="indent1">And overthrew its cities, <t><p class="indent1">Who did not permit his prisoners to return home?’ <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/14-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>“All the kings of the nations, all of them lie [dead] in glorious array, <t><p class="indent1">Each one in his own sepulcher. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/14-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>“But you [king of Babylon] have been cast out of your tomb (denied burial) <t><p class="indent1">Like a rejected branch, <t><p class="indent1">Clothed with the slain who are pierced by the sword, <t><p class="indent1">Who go down to the stones of the pit [into which carcasses are thrown], <t><p class="indent1">Like a dead body trampled [underfoot]. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/14-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>“You will not be united with them in burial, <t><p class="indent1">Because you have destroyed your land, <t><p class="indent1">You have slain your people. <t><p class="indent1">May the descendants of evildoers never be named! <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/14-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>“Prepare a slaughtering place for his sons <t><p class="indent1">Because of the wickedness [the sin, the injustice, the wrongdoing] of their fathers. <t><p class="indent1">They must not rise and take possession of the earth, <t><p class="indent1">And fill the face of the world with cities.” <A><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/14-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>“I will rise up against them,” says the LORD of hosts, “and will cut off from Babylon name and survivors, and son and grandson,” declares the LORD. <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/14-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>“I will also make Babylon a possession of the hedgehog and of <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[c]</a></span>swamps of water, and I will sweep it away with the broom of destruction,” declares the LORD of hosts. <p class="hdg">Judgment on Assyria</p><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/14-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>The LORD of hosts has sworn [an oath], saying, “Just as I have intended, so it has certainly happened, and just as I have planned, so it will stand-- <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/14-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>to break the Assyrian in My land, and on My mountains I will trample him underfoot. Then the Assyrian’s <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[d]</a></span>yoke will be removed from them (the people of Judah) and his burden removed from their shoulder. <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/14-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>This is the plan [of God] decided for the whole earth [regarded as conquered and put under tribute by Assyria]; and this is the hand [of God] that is stretched out over all the nations. <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/14-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>For the LORD of hosts has decided <i>and</i> planned, and who can annul it? His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back?” <p class="hdg">Judgment on Philistia</p><p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/14-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>In the year that King Ahaz [of Judah] died this [mournful, inspired] oracle (<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[e]</a></span>a burden to be carried) came: <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/14-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>“Do not rejoice, O Philistia, any of you, <t><p class="indent1">Because the rod [of Judah] that struck you is broken; <t><p class="indent1">For out of the serpent’s root will come a viper [King Hezekiah of Judah], <t><p class="indent1">And its offspring will be a flying serpent. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/14-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>“The firstborn of the helpless [of Judah] will feed [on My meadows], <t><p class="indent1">And the needy will lie down in safety; <t><p class="indent1">But I will kill your root with famine, <t><p class="indent1">And your survivors will be put to death. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/14-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>“Howl, O gate; cry, O city! <t><p class="indent1">Melt away, O Philistia, all of you; <t><p class="indent1">For smoke comes out of the north, <t><p class="indent1">And there is no straggler in his ranks <i>and</i> no one stands detached [in Hezekiah’s battalions]. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/14-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>“Then what answer will one give the messengers of the [Philistine] nation? <t><p class="indent1">That the LORD has founded Zion, <t><p class="indent1">And the afflicted of His people will seek <i>and</i> find refuge in it.”<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse">9</span> I.e. the nether world, the place of the dead, Hades.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[b]</span> <span class="fnverse">12</span> Many students of the Bible have felt that the passage which follows applies to Satan (cf Luke 10:18). It is clear from the larger context that the passage addresses the king of Babylon, but that does not rule out a secondary reference to Satan. Many commentators are of the opinion that the arrogance expressed here is satanic, and that the passage correctly represents Satan’s attitude because he was working through the Babylonian ruler. The Hebrew for this expression is translated “Lucifer” (“light-bringer”) in <i>The Latin Vulgate</i>, and is translated this way in the <i>King James Version</i>. But because of the association of that name with Satan, it is not used in this and other translations. Some students feel that the application of the name Lucifer to Satan, in spite of the long and confident teaching to that effect, is erroneous. The application of the name to Satan has existed since the third century A.D., and is based on the supposition that Luke 10:18 is an explanation of Is 14:12, which many authorities believe is not true. “Lucifer,” the light-bringer, is the Latin equivalent of the Greek word “Phosphoros,” which is used as a title of Christ in 2 Pet 1:19 and corresponds to the name “radiant <i>and</i> brilliant Morning Star” in Rev 22:16, a name Jesus called Himself. This passage here in Is 14:12ff clearly applies to the king of Babylon.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[c]</span> <span class="fnverse">23</span> The city of Babylon was in the middle of a very fertile area, and it would have seemed reasonable to suppose that, regardless of what happened to the population, the region would always furnish pasturage for flocks. But Isaiah said it would become the possession of wild animals and would be covered with “swamps of water.” This is how that prophecy was literally fulfilled: after Babylon was taken, the whole area around the city was put under water from neglect of the canals and dikes of the Euphrates River. It became stagnant “swamps of water” among ruins haunted by wild animals, proclaiming to any who might see it that it had happened just as the LORD intended (Is 14:24).<br><span class="footnotesbot">[d]</span> <span class="fnverse">25</span> The prophecy against Assyria had actually by this time already been fulfilled, but Isaiah attached it to the as yet unfulfilled prophecy against Babylon as a pledge or guarantee of the fulfillment of the latter.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[e]</span> <span class="fnverse">28</span> I.e. an urgent message the prophet is under compulsion to proclaim.<br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Amplified Bible Copyright © 2015<br>by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved <a href="http://www.lockman.org">www.lockman.org</a><br><br><a href="/">Bible Hub</a><br>                                                                                                                                <span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../isaiah/13.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 13"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 13" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../isaiah/15.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 15"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 15" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>