Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
Isaiah 14:6
continual. unremitting.
ruled the nations. trod down nations.
is persecuted, and none hindereth. with an unsparing persecution.
continual. unremitting.
ruled the nations. trod down nations.
is persecuted, and none hindereth. with an unsparing persecution.
HE WHO SMOTE - This may either refer to the king of Babylon, or to the rod or scepter which he had used, and which was now broken. Herder refers it to the scepter, ‘that which smote the nations.’ (On...
CHAPTER 14 Israel's Restoration and Blessing After Babylon is Fallen and the Burden of Philistia 1. _Israel's restoration and exaltation (Isaiah 14:1)_ 2. _The proverb against the king of Babylon (Is...
ISAIAH 13:1 TO ISAIAH 14:23. THE UTTER RUIN OF BABYLON AND TRIUMPHAL ODE OVER HER MONARCH'S DEATH. Historical conditions are here presupposed entirely different from those of Isaiah's time. The subjec...
_b_ 8. The first strophe is like a sigh of relief breathed by the whole of creation, when the disturber of its peace has vanished from the scene....
_b_ 21. The song of triumph over the king of Babylon is one of the finest specimens of Hebrew poetry which the Old Testament contains. A division into five strophes, each containing seven long lines,...
_He who_ Better, as R.V., THAT; the antecedent being the staff, _is persecuted_, and _none hindereth_ R.V. "with a persecution that none restrained." The parallelism requires instead of "persecution...
THOU SHALT TAKE UP THIS PROVERB— The latter member of this discourse is employed in a figurative enarration of the fall of the kings of Babylon, Isaiah 14:4 and of Babylon itself, Isaiah 14:22. The pr...
CHAPTER FOURTEEN 2. BABYLON (Continued) a. DESPISED TEXT: Isaiah 14:1-11 1 For Jehovah will have compassion on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land; and the sojourner...
That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased! -A CHORUS OF JEWS EXPRESS THEIR JOYFUL SURPRISE AT BABYLON'S DOWNFA...
THE JUDGMENT OF BABYLON AND ITS KING This is the first of a series of prophecies dealing mainly with foreign nations. Its subject is Babylon, where the Jews are represented as undergoing exile, from w...
1. STRANGERS] The thought of the voluntary adhesion of strangers is prominent in the later Chapter s of the book (Isaiah 44:5; Isaiah 55:5; Isaiah 60:5)....
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD’S PLANS FOR JUDAH, ASSYRIA AND EGYPT ISAIAH CHAPTER S 10 TO 20 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 14 THE *LORD’S PEOPLE WILL COME HOME V1 The *Lord will pity the peo...
HE WHO SMOTE... — Better, _which smote,_ the whole verse being of the nature of a relative clause, with the “sceptre” for antecedent. A CONTINUAL STROKE. — Literally, _a stroke without ceasing._ IS...
מַכֶּ֤ה עַמִּים֙ בְּ עֶבְרָ֔ה מַכַּ֖ת בִּלְתִּ֣י...
BOOK 5 PROPHECIES NOT RELATING TO ISAIAH'S TIME In the first thirty-nine Chapter s of the Book of Isaiah-the half which refers to the prophet's own career and the politics contemporary with that - we...
CHAPTER XXVII BABYLON AND LUCIFER DATE UNCERTAIN Isaiah 13:1; Isaiah 14:1 THIS double oracle is against the City Isaiah 13:2; I
Anticipating the great day of restoration, the prophet puts into the mouth of Israel the great parable or song which celebrates the downfall of Assyria. This moves in five distinct strophes. In the fi...
He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, [and] (d) none hindereth. (d) That is, he permitted all violence and injuries to be done....
_Persecuted. The Jews read incorrectly, "is persecuted."_...
I do not interrupt the reading through this long chain of the most wonderful events, because it forms one grand whole. The destruction which will ultimately fall upon the enemies of God and of his Chr...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 13 AND 14. With chapter 12 one division of the whole book closes. That which commences with chapter 13 continues to the end of chapter 27, which describes th...
HE WHO SMOTE THE PEOPLE IN WRATH WITH A CONTINUAL STROKE,.... The king of Babylon, who made war with the people and nations of the earth, and conquered them, smote them with the edge of the sword to g...
He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, [and] none hindereth. Ver. 6. _He that smote the people in wrath, &c._] This is the tyrant...
_He that ruled the nations in anger_ With rigour, and not with clemency; _is persecuted and none hindereth_ Neither the Babylonians themselves nor their confederates. _The whole earth is at rest_ The...
He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, namely, the scepter of the tyrant, HE THAT RULED THE NATIONS IN ANGER, IS PERSECUTED, AND NONE HINDERETH, rather, "he subjugated in anger nati...
THE DELIVERANCE OF ISRAEL...
A CONTINUAL STROKE: _ Heb._ a stroke without removing...
1-23 The whole plan of Divine Providence is arranged with a view to the good of the people of God. A settlement in the land of promise is of God's mercy. Let the church receive those whom God receive...
IN ANGER; with rigour, and not with clemency, as many conquerors have done. NON HINDERETH; neither the Babylonians themselves, nor their confederates, could withstand the power of the Medes and Persia...
Isaiah 14:6 struck H5221 (H8688) people H5971 wrath H5678 continual H1115 H5627 stroke H4347 ruled H7287 ...
THE DEMISE OF BABYLON AND HUMILIATION OF ITS BOASTFUL KINGS (ISAIAH 14:3). The coming of the Babylonian ambassadors to Hezekiah had had a profound influence on Isaiah. As he thought on the future, wit...
Isaiah 14:1. _For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jaco...
CONTENTS: Christ's Kingdom set up on earth with Israel restored, the Beast of hell. Satan's fall and doom. Babylon's final judgment. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: It is the comfort of God's people tha...
Isaiah 14:1. _And set them in their own land._ This prediction is so correct, as appears from the books of Nehemiah and Ezra, that no man can doubt the truth of prophecy; and its literal accomplishmen...
_Thou shalt take up this proverb against the King of Babylon_ THE “PROVERB AGAINST THE KING OF BABYLON” Lowth is generally thought not to speak with exaggeration when he calls it the finest [song] o...
EXPOSITION ISAIAH 14:1 THE RESTORATION OF ISRAEL, AND HER SONG OF TRIUMPH OVER BABYLON. The destruction of Babylon is to be followed by the restoration of Israel, with the good w
For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob (Isaiah 14:1...
2 Chronicles 36:17; Daniel 4:35; Daniel 7:19; Isaiah 13:14;...
Anger — With rigour and not with clemency. None — Neither the Babylonians themselves, nor their confederates....