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Let them die because of their father’s sins! They must not rise and conquer the earth, filling the world with their cities.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/14.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Prepare slaughter for his sons because of the guilt of their fathers, lest they rise and possess the earth, and fill the face of the world with cities.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/14.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/14.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/14.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Prepare slaughter for his children Because of the iniquity of their fathers, Lest they rise up and possess the land, And fill the face of the world with cities.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/14.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Prepare a place of slaughter for his sons Because of the wrongdoing of their fathers. They must not arise and take possession of the earth, And fill the surface of the world with cities.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/14.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Prepare for his sons a place of slaughter Because of the iniquity of their fathers. They must not arise and take possession of the earth And fill the face of the world with cities.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/14.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Prepare for his sons a place of slaughter Because of the iniquity of their fathers. They must not arise and take possession of the earth And fill the face of the world with cities.” <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/14.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Prepare for his sons a place of slaughter Because of the iniquity of their fathers. They must not arise and take possession of the earth And fill the face of the world with cities.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/14.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Prepare a slaughtering place for his sons Because of the wickedness [the sin, the injustice, the wrongdoing] of their fathers. They must not rise and take possession of the earth, And fill the face of the world with cities.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/14.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Prepare a place of slaughter for his sons, because of the iniquity of their ancestors. They will never rise up to possess a land or fill the surface of the earth with cities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/14.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Prepare a place of slaughter for his sons, because of the iniquity of their fathers. They will never rise up to possess a land or fill the surface of the earth with cities.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/14.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/14.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />We will slaughter your sons to make them pay for the crimes of their ancestors. They won't take over the world or build cities anywhere on this earth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/14.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/14.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Prepare a place to slaughter their sons because of their ancestors' guilt. They won't be able to rise, possess the earth, and rebuild cities all over it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/14.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Let the slaughter begin! The sons of this king will die because of their ancestors' sins. None of them will ever rule the earth or cover it with cities. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/14.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Prepare a massacre for his sons because of the guilt of their forefathers! They are not to rise and inherit the earth, and cover the surface of the world with cities."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/14.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/14.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Prepare to execute his sons for the sins their ancestors have committed. They must not rise up and take possession of the earth, or fill the surface of the world with cities." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/14.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/14.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they may not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/14.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />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. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/14.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Prepare slaughter for his sons; Because of the iniquity of their fathers, "" They do not rise, nor have possessed the land, "" Nor filled the face of the world [with] cities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/14.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Prepare ye for his sons slaughter; Because of the iniquity of their fathers, They rise not, nor have possessed the land, Nor filled the face of the world with cities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/14.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Prepare slaughter for his sons, for the iniquity of their fathers; they shall not rise and possess the land, and fill the face of the habitable globe with cities.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/14.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Prepare his children for slaughter for the iniquity of their fathers: they shall not rise up, nor inherit the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/14.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Prepare his sons for the slaughter, according to the iniquity of their fathers. They will not rise up, nor inherit the earth, nor fill the face of the world with cities.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/14.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Make ready to slaughter his sons for the guilt of their fathers; Lest they rise and possess the earth, and fill the breadth of the world with cities. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/14.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Prepare slaughter for his sons because of the guilt of their father. Let them never rise to possess the earth or cover the face of the world with cities.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/14.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />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 war.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/14.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Prepare slaughter for his children by the evil of their fathers, lest they arise and possess the Earth, and they fill the face of the world with war<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/14.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/14.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Prepare thy children to be slain for the sins of their father; that they arise not, and inherit the earth, nor fill the earth with wars.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/14-21.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=3149" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/14.htm">Downfall of the King of Babylon</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">20</span>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. <span class="reftext">21</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3559.htm" title="3559: hā·ḵî·nū (V-Hifil-Imp-mp) -- A primitive root; properly, to be erect; hence to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal, or figurative.">Prepare</a> <a href="/hebrew/4293.htm" title="4293: maṭ·bê·aḥ (N-ms) -- A slaughtering place. From tabach; slaughter.">a place to slaughter</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: lə·ḇā·nāw (Prep-l:: N-mpc:: 3ms) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">his sons</a> <a href="/hebrew/5771.htm" title="5771: ba·‘ă·wōn (Prep-b:: N-csc) -- Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity. Or oavown; from avah; perversity, i.e. evil.">for the iniquities</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: ’ă·ḇō·w·ṯām (N-mpc:: 3mp) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">of their forefathers.</a> <a href="/hebrew/1077.htm" title="1077: bal- (Adv) -- Not. From balah; properly, a failure; by implication nothing; usually not at all; also lest.">They will never</a> <a href="/hebrew/6965.htm" title="6965: yā·qu·mū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To arise, stand up, stand. A primitive root; to rise.">rise up</a> <a href="/hebrew/3423.htm" title="3423: wə·yā·rə·šū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- Or yaresh; a primitive root; to occupy; by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin.">to possess</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: ’ā·reṣ (N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">a land</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: p̄ə·nê- (N-mpc) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">or cover</a> <a href="/hebrew/8398.htm" title="8398: ṯê·ḇêl (N-fs) -- From yabal; the earth; by extension, the globe; by implication, its inhabitants; specifically, a partic. Land, as Babylonia, Palestine.">the earth</a> <a href="/hebrew/4390.htm" title="4390: ū·mā·lə·’ū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To be full, to fill. Or malae; a primitive root, to fill or be full of, in a wide application.">with their</a> <a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: ‘ā·rîm (N-fp) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense.">cities.</a> </span><span class="reftext">22</span>“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.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/20-5.htm">Exodus 20:5</a></span><br />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,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/5-9.htm">Deuteronomy 5:9</a></span><br />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,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/14-18.htm">Numbers 14:18</a></span><br />‘The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion, forgiving iniquity and transgression. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers upon their children to the third and fourth generation.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/31-29.htm">Jeremiah 31:29-30</a></span><br />“In those days, it will no longer be said: ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge.’ / Instead, each will die for his own iniquity. If anyone eats the sour grapes, his own teeth will be set on edge.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/18-19.htm">Ezekiel 18:19-20</a></span><br />Yet you may ask, ‘Why shouldn’t the son bear the iniquity of his father?’ Since the son has done what is just and right, carefully observing all My statutes, he will surely live. / The soul who sins is the one who will die. A son will not bear the iniquity of his father, and a father will not bear the iniquity of his son. The righteousness of the righteous man will fall upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked man will fall upon him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/9-26.htm">2 Kings 9:26</a></span><br />‘As surely as I saw the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons yesterday, declares the LORD, so will I repay you on this plot of ground, declares the LORD.’ Now then, according to the word of the LORD, pick him up and throw him on the plot of ground.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/21-29.htm">1 Kings 21:29</a></span><br />“Have you seen how Ahab has humbled himself before Me? Because he has humbled himself before Me, I will not bring the calamity during his days, but I will bring it upon his house in the days of his son.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/21-19.htm">Job 21:19</a></span><br />It is said that God lays up one’s punishment for his children. Let God repay the man himself, so he will know it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/5-7.htm">Lamentations 5:7</a></span><br />Our fathers sinned and are no more, but we bear their punishment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/109-13.htm">Psalm 109:13-15</a></span><br />May his descendants be cut off; may their name be blotted out from the next generation. / May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD, and the sin of his mother never be blotted out. / May their sins always remain before the LORD, that He may cut off their memory from the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/22-30.htm">Jeremiah 22:30</a></span><br />This is what the LORD says: “Enroll this man as childless, a man who will not prosper in his lifetime. None of his descendants will prosper to sit on the throne of David or to rule again in Judah.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-35.htm">Matthew 23:35-36</a></span><br />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. / Truly I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/11-50.htm">Luke 11:50-51</a></span><br />As a result, this generation will be charged with the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the foundation of the world, / from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, all of it will be charged to this generation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/5-12.htm">Romans 5:12</a></span><br />Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/6-23.htm">Romans 6:23</a></span><br />For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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.</p><p class="hdg">slaughter</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/20-5.htm">Exodus 20:5</a></b></br> Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God <i>am</i> a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth <i>generation</i> of them that hate me;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/26-39.htm">Leviticus 26:39</a></b></br> And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/23-35.htm">Matthew 23:35</a></b></br> That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.</p><p class="hdg">do not</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/27-6.htm">Isaiah 27:6</a></b></br> He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/habakkuk/2-8.htm">Habakkuk 2:8-12</a></b></br> Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men's blood, and <i>for</i> the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/2-21.htm">Arise</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-2.htm">Children</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-17.htm">Cities</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-11.htm">Cover</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-11.htm">Covering</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-18.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/7-15.htm">Evil-Doing</a> <a href="/isaiah/9-15.htm">Face</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/6-3.htm">Fathers</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-21.htm">Fill</a> <a href="/proverbs/22-28.htm">Forefathers</a> <a href="/isaiah/6-7.htm">Guilt</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-2.htm">Heritage</a> <a href="/proverbs/28-10.htm">Inherit</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-11.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-34.htm">Places</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-2.htm">Possess</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/2-7.htm">Possessed</a> <a href="/proverbs/28-10.htm">Possession</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/10-19.htm">Prepare</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-13.htm">Ready</a> <a href="/isaiah/8-7.htm">Rise</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-18.htm">Sins</a> <a href="/isaiah/13-18.htm">Slaughter</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/11-1.htm">Surface</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-17.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-17.htm">World</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/14-22.htm">Arise</a> <a href="/isaiah/17-3.htm">Children</a> <a href="/isaiah/17-2.htm">Cities</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-4.htm">Cover</a> <a href="/isaiah/15-3.htm">Covering</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-26.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/isaiah/26-21.htm">Evil-Doing</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-4.htm">Face</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-12.htm">Fathers</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-18.htm">Fill</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-12.htm">Forefathers</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-6.htm">Guilt</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-23.htm">Heritage</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-8.htm">Inherit</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-14.htm">Iniquity</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-31.htm">Places</a> <a href="/isaiah/34-11.htm">Possess</a> <a href="/isaiah/63-18.htm">Possessed</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-23.htm">Possession</a> <a href="/isaiah/21-5.htm">Prepare</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-5.htm">Ready</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-22.htm">Rise</a> <a href="/isaiah/33-24.htm">Sins</a> <a href="/isaiah/27-7.htm">Slaughter</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-17.htm">Surface</a> <a href="/isaiah/15-1.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-26.htm">World</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 14</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/14-1.htm">God's merciful restoration of Israel</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/14-3.htm">Their triumphant exultation over Babel</a></span><br><span class="reftext">24. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/14-24.htm">God's purpose against Assyria</a></span><br><span class="reftext">29. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/14-29.htm">Philistia is threatened</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the context of Isaiah, this is directed towards Babylon, a nation known for its pride and oppression. The idea of "slaughter" indicates a complete and decisive judgment. Biblically, this echoes the concept found in <a href="/exodus/20-5.htm">Exodus 20:5</a>, where God speaks of visiting "the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation." Historically, the Babylonians were known for their cruelty, and this prophecy foretells their downfall. Theologically, it underscores the seriousness of sin and its far-reaching effects. This also serves as a warning to all nations and individuals about the consequences of turning away from God.<p><b>They will never rise up to possess a land</b><br>This part of the verse indicates a permanent downfall. The Babylonians, once a powerful empire, are prophesied to lose their ability to conquer and rule. This is significant in the context of ancient Near Eastern politics, where land possession was a sign of power and divine favor. The prophecy was fulfilled historically when Babylon fell to the Medes and Persians, and it never regained its former glory. This can be connected to the broader biblical theme of God's sovereignty over nations, as seen in <a href="/daniel/2-21.htm">Daniel 2:21</a>, where God "removes kings and sets up kings."<p><b>or cover the earth with their cities.</b><br>The imagery of cities covering the earth suggests expansion and influence. Babylon was known for its impressive architecture and urban development, including the famous Hanging Gardens. However, this prophecy declares that their influence will cease. This reflects the biblical theme of the futility of human pride and ambition without God, as seen in the story of the Tower of Babel (<a href="/genesis/11.htm">Genesis 11:1-9</a>). Theologically, it points to the ultimate establishment of God's kingdom, which will fill the earth, as prophesied in <a href="/daniel/2-35.htm">Daniel 2:35</a>. This serves as a reminder of the transient nature of human achievements compared to the eternal kingdom of God.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a></b><br>A major prophet in the Old Testament, Isaiah is the author of the book bearing his name. He prophesied during the reigns of several kings of Judah and is known for his messages of both judgment and hope.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylon.htm">Babylon</a></b><br>The context of <a href="/bsb/isaiah/14.htm">Isaiah 14</a> is a prophecy against Babylon, a powerful empire known for its oppression and idolatry. Babylon symbolizes human pride and rebellion against God.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_sons.htm">The Sons</a></b><br>Refers to the descendants of the wicked rulers of Babylon. The prophecy indicates that they will face consequences for the sins of their ancestors.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_iniquity_of_their_fathers.htm">The Iniquity of Their Fathers</a></b><br>This phrase highlights the generational impact of sin, where the consequences of the fathers' sins affect their descendants.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_land.htm">The Land</a></b><br>Represents the promised land and, more broadly, the earth. The prophecy suggests that the wicked will not be allowed to establish their legacy on the earth.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/generational_consequences_of_sin.htm">Generational Consequences of Sin</a></b><br>Sin can have lasting effects beyond the individual, impacting families and communities. It is crucial to break cycles of sin through repentance and seeking God's forgiveness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_justice_and_sovereignty.htm">God's Justice and Sovereignty</a></b><br>God's judgment is just and sovereign. He holds nations and individuals accountable for their actions, ensuring that evil does not ultimately prevail.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_redemption.htm">Hope in Redemption</a></b><br>While judgment is pronounced, the broader message of Isaiah includes hope and redemption. God offers a way out through repentance and faith in Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_pride.htm">The Danger of Pride</a></b><br>Babylon represents human pride and self-reliance. Believers are called to humility and dependence on God, recognizing that all power and authority belong to Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/legacy_and_influence.htm">Legacy and Influence</a></b><br>Consider the legacy you are leaving. Are you building a legacy of faith and righteousness, or one that could lead to negative consequences for future generations?<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_14.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 14</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_ongoing_unrest_if_zephaniah_3_fulfilled.htm">If Zephaniah 3's prophecies were fully realized, why do some biblical texts and modern events suggest ongoing judgment and unrest instead of lasting peace?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_jesus_cry_out_in_mark_15_34.htm">Why does Jesus, believed to be divine, cry out 'My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?' (Mark 15:34)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/deut._9_4-5__just_or_unjust_god.htm">Deuteronomy 9:4-5 - Does the text's justification for driving out other nations align with moral standards or does it conflict with the idea of a just God?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_debauchery.htm">What does the Bible say about debauchery?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/14.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(21) <span class= "bld">Prepare slaughter for his children.</span>--Literally, as in <a href="/jeremiah/51-40.htm" title="I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he goats.">Jeremiah 51:40</a>, <span class= "ital">a slaughter house. </span>The command may be addressed to the Medes of <a href="/isaiah/13-17.htm" title="Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.">Isaiah 13:17</a>, or to any minister of the Divine vengeance. In the judgment of God, as seen in history, that judgment falls necessarily on the last members of an evil and cruel dynasty. In this sense the sins of the fathers are visited on the children, while, in the eternal judgment which lies behind the veil, each single soul stands, as in <a href="/ezekiel/18-4.htm" title="Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sins, it shall die.">Ezekiel 18:4</a>, on its own personal responsibility, and may win pardon for itself. Penitent or impenitent (and the latter seems here implied), the children of the evil-doers should cease to be conquerors and rulers.<p><span class= "bld">Nor fill the face of the world with cities.</span>--The words describe the boast of the great monarchs, who, like Nimrod, built cities to perpetuate their fame. (Comp. <a href="/context/genesis/10-10.htm" title="And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.">Genesis 10:10-12</a>; <a href="/daniel/4-30.htm" title="The king spoke, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honor of my majesty?">Daniel 4:30</a>.) The Babylonian and Assyrian kings record their destructive and constructive work with equal exultation (<span class= "ital">Records of the Past, v.</span>, pp. 80, 119, 123). Various readings have been suggested, giving <span class= "ital">ruined heaps, </span>or <span class= "ital">terrible ones, </span>or <span class= "ital">enemies, </span>or <span class= "ital">conflicts; </span>but there seems no need for any change. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/14.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 21.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Prepare slaughter for his children</span>. Belshazzar had "wives and concubines" (<a href="/daniel/5-2.htm">Daniel 5:2</a>), and therefore probably children. The magnanimity of Cyrus may have spared them; but neither Cambyses nor Darius Hystaspis had the same merciful disposition. As soon as there was seen to be danger of Babylon revolting, they would almost certainly be put to death. <span class="cmt_word">For the iniquity of their fathers</span> (comp. <a href="/exodus/20-5.htm">Exodus 20:5</a>). The destruction of their posterity was a part of the punishment of the fathers. <span class="cmt_word">That they do not rise</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> "that they do not recover themselves and become great monarchs once more, and once more build great cities, "such as those which they were famous for Babel, Erech, Accad, Calneh, Ur, Sepharvaim, Borsippa, Opts, Teredon, etc. It was as city-builders that the Babylonians were especially celebrated (<a href="/genesis/10-10.htm">Genesis 10:10</a>; <a href="/daniel/4-30.htm">Daniel 4:30</a>; Herod., 1:178, etc.). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/14-21.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Prepare</span><br /><span class="heb">הָכִ֧ינוּ</span> <span class="translit">(hā·ḵî·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3559.htm">Strong's 3559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be erect</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a place to slaughter</span><br /><span class="heb">מַטְבֵּ֖חַ</span> <span class="translit">(maṭ·bê·aḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4293.htm">Strong's 4293: </a> </span><span class="str2">A slaughtering place</span><br /><br /><span class="word">his sons</span><br /><span class="heb">לְבָנָ֛יו</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḇā·nāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for the iniquity</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּעֲוֺ֣ן</span> <span class="translit">(ba·‘ă·wōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - common singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5771.htm">Strong's 5771: </a> </span><span class="str2">Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of their fathers.</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲבוֹתָ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ḇō·w·ṯām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> </span><span class="str2">Father</span><br /><br /><span class="word">They will never</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּל־</span> <span class="translit">(bal-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1077.htm">Strong's 1077: </a> </span><span class="str2">A failure, nothing, not at all, lest</span><br /><br /><span class="word">rise up</span><br /><span class="heb">יָקֻ֙מוּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(yā·qu·mū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6965.htm">Strong's 6965: </a> </span><span class="str2">To arise, stand up, stand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to possess</span><br /><span class="heb">וְיָ֣רְשׁוּ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·yā·rə·šū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3423.htm">Strong's 3423: </a> </span><span class="str2">To occupy, to seize, to rob, to inherit, to expel, to impoverish, to ruin</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a land</span><br /><span class="heb">אָ֔רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">or cover</span><br /><span class="heb">פְנֵֽי־</span> <span class="translit">(p̄ə·nê-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> </span><span class="str2">The face</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the earth</span><br /><span class="heb">תֵבֵ֖ל</span> <span class="translit">(ṯê·ḇêl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8398.htm">Strong's 8398: </a> </span><span class="str2">The earth, the globe, its inhabitants, a particular land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with their</span><br /><span class="heb">וּמָלְא֥וּ</span> <span class="translit">(ū·mā·lə·’ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4390.htm">Strong's 4390: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fill, be full of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">cities.</span><br /><span class="heb">עָרִֽים׃</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5892.htm">Strong's 5892: </a> </span><span class="str2">Excitement</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/14-21.htm">Isaiah 14:21 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/14-21.htm">Isaiah 14:21 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/14-21.htm">Isaiah 14:21 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/14-21.htm">Isaiah 14:21 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/14-21.htm">Isaiah 14:21 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/14-21.htm">Isaiah 14:21 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/14-21.htm">Isaiah 14:21 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/14-21.htm">Isaiah 14:21 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/14-21.htm">Isaiah 14:21 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/14-21.htm">Isaiah 14:21 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/14-21.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 14:21 Prepare for slaughter of his children because (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/14-20.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 14:20"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 14:20" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/14-22.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 14:22"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 14:22" /></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 id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>