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. You will not join them in burialThis phrase speaks to the ultimate disgrace and dishonor in ancient Near Eastern cultures, where a proper burial was of utmost importance. The Hebrew root for "burial" (קָבוּרָה, qeburah) emphasizes the finality and respect associated with being laid to rest. In this context, the denial of burial signifies divine judgment and rejection. Historically, this reflects the fate of tyrants and wicked rulers who, due to their actions, are denied the dignity of being remembered honorably among their ancestors. since you have destroyed your land
The phrase highlights the consequences of the ruler's actions, emphasizing the Hebrew root שָׁחַת (shachat), meaning "to destroy" or "to corrupt." This destruction is not just physical but moral and spiritual, indicating a leader's failure to steward the land entrusted to them. The historical context here is the devastation brought upon a nation by its own leaders, who, through their tyranny and neglect, bring ruin upon their own territories. and slaughtered your people
This phrase underscores the violence and bloodshed caused by the ruler's oppressive reign. The Hebrew word for "slaughtered" (הָרַג, harag) conveys a sense of ruthless killing. In the biblical narrative, leaders are called to protect and nurture their people, but here, the ruler has done the opposite, leading to divine condemnation. This serves as a warning against the abuse of power and the moral responsibility leaders have towards their subjects. The offspring of evildoers
The term "offspring" (זֶרַע, zera) in Hebrew often refers to descendants or progeny. In this context, it signifies the continuation of a legacy. However, the "evildoers" (רָשָׁע, rasha) are those who act wickedly, and their lineage is marked by their iniquity. This phrase suggests that the consequences of sin extend beyond the individual to their descendants, reflecting the biblical principle of generational impact of sin. will never be mentioned again
This phrase indicates a complete erasure from memory, a fate worse than death in ancient cultures where legacy and remembrance were highly valued. The Hebrew root זָכַר (zakar) means "to remember" or "to mention." The divine judgment here is total obliteration from history, a stark contrast to the biblical hope of being remembered by God. This serves as a sobering reminder of the eternal consequences of living a life in opposition to God's will. Persons / Places / Events 1. The King of BabylonThe primary subject of Isaiah 14, often interpreted as a representation of prideful and oppressive rulers. 2. BabylonA historical empire known for its wealth and power, often symbolizing human pride and rebellion against God. 3. IsaiahThe prophet who delivered God's message, warning of judgment and offering hope for the faithful. 4. The People of IsraelThe audience of Isaiah's prophecy, who were often oppressed by foreign powers like Babylon. 5. The Offspring of EvildoersA metaphorical reference to the legacy of those who act wickedly, emphasizing the consequences of sin. Teaching Points The Consequences of Pride and OppressionThe verse highlights the downfall of those who destroy and oppress, reminding us of the dangers of pride and the importance of humility. The Legacy of Righteousness vs. WickednessOur actions leave a legacy. While the righteous are remembered and honored, the wicked are forgotten, urging us to live lives that honor God. Divine Justice and SovereigntyGod's justice is inevitable. He holds rulers and nations accountable, encouraging us to trust in His sovereign plan. The Importance of RepentanceThe fate of Babylon serves as a warning to repent and turn from wicked ways, emphasizing God's mercy for those who seek Him. Hope for the OppressedFor those suffering under oppression, this verse offers hope that God sees their plight and will bring justice. Bible Study Questions 1. How does the fate of the King of Babylon in Isaiah 14:20 serve as a warning against pride and self-exaltation in our own lives? 2. In what ways can we ensure that our legacy is one of righteousness rather than wickedness, as suggested by the contrast in this verse? 3. How does the theme of divine justice in Isaiah 14:20 provide comfort and hope to those who feel oppressed or wronged? 4. What parallels can you draw between the fall of Babylon in Isaiah and the fall of Babylon the Great in Revelation 18, and how do these passages inform our understanding of God's ultimate plan? 5. Reflect on a time when you witnessed or experienced the consequences of pride or oppression. How can Isaiah 14:20 guide your response to similar situations in the future? Connections to Other Scriptures Genesis 11The Tower of Babel, where human pride led to God's judgment, parallels the pride of Babylon. Revelation 18The fall of Babylon the Great, symbolizing the ultimate defeat of worldly powers opposed to God. Proverbs 10:7The memory of the righteous is blessed, but the name of the wicked will rot, echoing the fate of evildoers. Psalm 37:28God will not forsake His saints; they are preserved forever, contrasting with the fate of the wicked. Jeremiah 50-51Prophecies against Babylon, reinforcing the theme of divine judgment against oppressive powers. | The Children of the Ungodly; Or, Parental Responsibility | W. Clarkson | Isaiah 14:20 | | Song of Redeemed Israel | E. Johnson | Isaiah 14:1-23 | | An Image of the Soul | F. Delitzsch. | Isaiah 14:4-23 | | An Ode of Triumph | Prof . E. R. Driver, D. D. | Isaiah 14:4-23 | | Deliverance from an Evil Dominion | R. Macculloch. | Isaiah 14:4-23 | | Destruction of the King of Babylon | | Isaiah 14:4-23 | | Hell | Prof. S. R. Driver, D. D. | Isaiah 14:4-23 | | Hell | W. Day, M. A. | Isaiah 14:4-23 | | Impious Expectations Disappointed | Prof. J. Skinner, D. D. | Isaiah 14:4-23 | | Lucifer | Prof. J. Skinner, D. D. | Isaiah 14:4-23 | | Pride | R. Macculloch. | Isaiah 14:4-23 | | Sin and its Humiliations | W. Clarkson | Isaiah 14:4-23 | | The Bittern | J. Duns, D. D., F. R. S. E. | Isaiah 14:4-23 | | The Bosom of Destruction | | Isaiah 14:4-23 | | The Church's Exultation Over Her Foes | F. B. Meyer, B. A. | Isaiah 14:4-23 | | The Golden City | R. Macculloch. | Isaiah 14:4-23 | | The Proverb Against the King of Babylon | Sir E. Strachey, Bart. | Isaiah 14:4-23 | | Song of Redeemed Israel: the Scene in Hades | E. Johnson | Isaiah 14:9-23 |
People Ahaz, Isaiah, Jacob, Lucifer, SaraphPlaces Babylon, Lebanon, Philistia, ZionTopics Age, Burial, Cause, Death, Descendants, Destroyed, Destruction, Doers, Evil, Evil-doer, Evildoers, Evil-doers, Fathers, Forever, Hast, Join, Joined, Killed, Memory, Mention, Mentioned, Named, Nevermore, Offspring, Renowned, Resting-place, Ruined, Seed, Slain, United, WickedDictionary of Bible Themes Isaiah 14:3-23 4215 Babylon Isaiah 14:12-20 5849 exaltation Isaiah 14:20-22 5724 offspring Library The victory of Life (Preached at the Chapel Royal. )
ISAIAH xxxviii. 18, 19. The grave cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. The living, the living, he shall praise thee. I may seem to have taken a strange text on which to speak,--a mournful, a seemingly hopeless text. Why I have chosen it, I trust that you will see presently; certainly not that I may make you hopeless about death. Meanwhile, let us consider it; for it is in the Bible, and, like all words in the Bible, was written …
Charles Kingsley—The Water of Life and Other SermonsThe Life and Death of Mr. Badman,
Presented to the World in a Familiar Dialogue Between Mr. Wiseman and Mr. Attentive. By John Bunyan ADVERTISEMENT BY THE EDITOR. The life of Badman is a very interesting description, a true and lively portraiture, of the demoralized classes of the trading community in the reign of King Charles II; a subject which naturally led the author to use expressions familiar among such persons, but which are now either obsolete or considered as vulgar. In fact it is the only work proceeding from the prolific …
John Bunyan—The Works of John Bunyan Volumes 1-3 The First Trumpet.
The first trumpet of the seventh seal begins from the final disturbance and overthrow of the Roman idolarchy at the close of the sixth seal; and as it was to bring the first plague on the empire, now beginning to fall, it lays waste the third part of the earth, with a horrible storm of hail mingled with fire and blood; that is, it depopulates the territory and people of the Roman world, (viz. the basis and ground of its universal polity) with a terrible and bloody irruption of the northern nations, …
Joseph Mede—A Key to the Apocalypse The Evil of Sin visible in the Fall of Angels and Men.
1 When the great Builder arch'd the skies, And form'd all nature with a word, The joyful cherubs tun'd his praise, And every bending throne ador'd. 2 High in the midst of all the throng, Satan, a tall archangel, sat, Amongst the morning stars he sung [1] Till sin destroy'd his heavenly state. 3 ['Twas sin that hurl'd him from his throne, Grov'ling in fire the rebel lies: "How art thou sunk in darkness down, "Son of the morning, from the skies!" [2] 4 And thus our two first parents stood Till sin …
Isaac Watts—Hymns and Spiritual Songs Epistle xviii. To John, Bishop.
To John, Bishop. Gregory to John, Bishop of Constantinople [1586] . At the time when your Fraternity was advanced to Sacerdotal dignity, you remember what peace and concord of the churches you found. But, with what daring or with what swelling of pride I know not, you have attempted to seize upon a new name, whereby the hearts of all your brethren might have come to take offence. I wonder exceedingly at this, since I remember how thou wouldest fain have fled from the episcopal office rather than …
Saint Gregory the Great—the Epistles of Saint Gregory the Great Epistle xxi. To Constantina Augusta .
To Constantina Augusta [1593] . Gregory to Constantina, &c. Almighty God, who holds in His right hand the heart of your Piety, both protects us through you and prepares for you rewards of eternal remuneration for temporal deeds. For I have learnt from the letters of the deacon Sabinianus my responsalis with what justice your Serenity is interested in the cause of the blessed Prince of the apostles Peter against certain persons who are proudly humble and feignedly kind. And I trust in the bounty …
Saint Gregory the Great—the Epistles of Saint Gregory the Great That the Ruler Should Be, through Humility, a Companion of Good Livers, But, through the Zeal of Righteousness, Rigid against the vices of Evildoers.
The ruler should be, through humility, a companion of good livers, and, through the zeal of righteousness, rigid against the vices of evil-doers; so that in nothing he prefer himself to the good, and yet, when the fault of the bad requires it, he be at once conscious of the power of his priority; to the end that, while among his subordinates who live well he waives his rank and accounts them as his equals, he may not fear to execute the laws of rectitude towards the perverse. For, as I remember to …
Leo the Great—Writings of Leo the Great The Doctrine of Satan.
I. HIS EXISTENCE AND PERSONALITY. 1. EXISTENCE. 2. PERSONALITY. II. HIS PLACE AND POWER. 1. A MIGHTY ANGEL. 2. PRINCE OF POWER OF THE AIR. 3. GOD OF THIS WORLD. 4. HEAD OF KINGDOM OF DARKNESS. 5. SOVEREIGN OVER DEATH. III. HIS CHARACTER. 1. ADVERSARY. 2. DIABOLOS. 3. WICKED ONE. 4. TEMPTER. IV. OUR ATTITUDE TOWARDS SATAN. 1. LIMITED POWER OF SATAN. 2. RESIST HIM. V. HIS DESTINY. 1. A CONQUERED ENEMY. 2. UNDER ETERNAL CURSE. VI. DEMONS. THE DOCTRINE OF SATAN. Throughout the Scriptures Satan is set …
Rev. William Evans—The Great Doctrines of the Bible The Disciple, -- Master, Some People Say that the Comfort and Joy that Believers Experience...
The Disciple,--Master, some people say that the comfort and joy that believers experience are simply the outcome of their own thoughts and ideas. Is this true? The Master,--1. That comfort and abiding peace which believers have within themselves is due to My presence in their hearts, and to the life-giving influence of the fullness of the Holy Spirit. As for those who say that this spiritual joy is the result only of the thoughts of the heart, they are like a foolish man who was blind from his birth, …
Sadhu Sundar Singh—At The Master's Feet The Power of God
The next attribute is God's power. Job 9:19. If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong.' In this chapter is a magnificent description of God's power. Lo, he is strong.' The Hebrew word for strong signifies a conquering, prevailing strength. He is strong.' The superlative degree is intended here; viz., He is most strong. He is called El-shaddai, God almighty. Gen 17:7. His almightiness lies in this, that he can do whatever is feasible. Divines distinguish between authority and power. God has both. …
Thomas Watson—A Body of Divinity Sargon of Assyria (722-705 B. C. )
SARGON AS A WARRIOR AND AS A BUILDER. The origin of Sargon II.: the revolt of Babylon, Merodach-baladan and Elam--The kingdom of Elam from the time of the first Babylonian empire; the conquest's of Shutruh-nalkunta I.; the princes of Malamir--The first encounter of Assyria and Elam, the battle of Durilu (721 B.C.)--Revolt of Syria, Iaubidi of Hamath and Hannon of Gaza--Bocchoris and the XXIVth Egyptian dynasty; the first encounter of Assyria with Egypt, the battle of Raphia (720 B.C.). Urartu …
G. Maspero—History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, V 7 Use to be Made of the Doctrine of Providence.
Sections. 1. Summary of the doctrine of Divine Providence. 1. It embraces the future and the past. 2. It works by means, without means, and against means. 3. Mankind, and particularly the Church, the object of special care. 4. The mode of administration usually secret, but always just. This last point more fully considered. 2. The profane denial that the world is governed by the secret counsel of God, refuted by passages of Scripture. Salutary counsel. 3. This doctrine, as to the secret counsel of …
John Calvin—The Institutes of the Christian Religion The Holy War,
MADE BY SHADDAI UPON DIABOLUS, FOR THE REGAINING OF THE METROPOLIS OF THE WORLD; OR, THE LOSING AND TAKING AGAIN OF THE TOWN OF MANSOUL. THE AUTHOR OF 'THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS.' 'I have used similitudes.'--Hosea 12:10. London: Printed for Dorman Newman, at the King's Arms in the Poultry; and Benjamin Alsop, at the Angel and Bible in the Poultry, 1682. ADVERTISEMENT BY THE EDITOR. Bunyan's account of the Holy War is indeed an extraordinary book, manifesting a degree of genius, research, and spiritual …
John Bunyan—The Works of John Bunyan Volumes 1-3 Covenanting According to the Purposes of God.
Since every revealed purpose of God, implying that obedience to his law will be given, is a demand of that obedience, the announcement of his Covenant, as in his sovereignty decreed, claims, not less effectively than an explicit law, the fulfilment of its duties. A representation of a system of things pre-determined in order that the obligations of the Covenant might be discharged; various exhibitions of the Covenant as ordained; and a description of the children of the Covenant as predestinated …
John Cunningham—The Ordinance of Covenanting Opposition to Messiah in Vain
He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh; the Lord shall have them in derision. T he extent and efficacy [effects] of the depravity of mankind cannot be fully estimated by the conduct of heathens destitute of divine revelation. We may say of the Gospel, in one sense, what the Apostle says of the Law, It entered that sin might abound (Romans 5:20) . It afforded occasion for displaying the alienation of the heart of man from the blessed God, in the strongest light. The sensuality, oppression and …
John Newton—Messiah Vol. 2 Isaiah
CHAPTERS I-XXXIX Isaiah is the most regal of the prophets. His words and thoughts are those of a man whose eyes had seen the King, vi. 5. The times in which he lived were big with political problems, which he met as a statesman who saw the large meaning of events, and as a prophet who read a divine purpose in history. Unlike his younger contemporary Micah, he was, in all probability, an aristocrat; and during his long ministry (740-701 B.C., possibly, but not probably later) he bore testimony, as …
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