Isaiah 14:3
in Isaiah 14On the day that the LORD gives you rest from your pain and torment, and from the hard labor into which you were forced,
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ASV
And it shall come to pass in the day that Jehovah shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy trouble, and from the hard service wherein thou wast made to serve,
KJV
And it shall come to pass in the day that the Lord shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve,
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This verse in Isaiah 14
Commentary
7 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
And it shall come to pass - That is, then thou shalt take up a taunting song against the king of Babylon Isa 14:4. That the Lord shall give thee rest - (compare Isa 38:12). The nature of this predicted rest, is more fully described in Eze 28:25-26. From thy sorrow - The long pain of thy captivity in Babylon. And from thy fear - Hebrew, ‘Trembling.’ That is, the apprehension of the ills to which they were continually exposed. Trembling is usually one effect of fear.
This site's exposition
will have mercy on Jacob
on Isaiah 14:1-3
Will have mercy on Jacob opens the promise on the far side of the taunt-song that follows, restoration named for Israel by its own name rather than transferred to another people, the referent the text itself fixes. The strangers who join themselves to the house of Jacob describe proselytes drawn into Israel's household, and the reversal named in verse 2, Israel ruling over the very nations that had ruled over her, answers the exile's humiliation point for point. The mercy promised here is bound to a real land and a real people before the taunt against Babylon's king even begins.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 3) And it shall be in that day, when the Lord has given you rest from your labor, and from your turmoil, and from your hard service which you had to bear, that you shall recite this proverb against the king of Babylon and say, The speech is addressed to Israel, that after Jerusalem has been restored and the yoke of servitude has been cast off, they should remember the former power of Nebuchadnezzar and the height of Babylon, and lament him with a pitiful voice, because he has come to such great calamity that he seems worthy of even his own enemies' pity.
The Medieval Church1 voice
And it shall come to pass. Here the insult of the liberated people against their captor, who has now been destroyed, is set out. And first, the title or the inscription is set out, containing three things: the time, when God shall give you rest …
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
6 He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth. 7 The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing. 8 Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us.
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And it shall come to pass in the day that the Lord shall give thee rest from thy sorrow,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
In the day “In that day” - ביום ההוא bayom hahu. The word ההוא hahu is added in two MSS. of Kennicott’s, and was in the copies from which the Septuagint and Vulgate translated: εν τῃ ἡμερᾳ εκεινῃ, in die illa, (ᾑ αναπαυσει, MS. Pachom. adding ה), in that day. This is a matter of no great consequence: however, it restores the text to the common form, almost constantly used on such occasions; and is one among many instances of a word apparently lost out of the printed copies.
The words behind it
13 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהָיָ֗ה | vehayah | and it will be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| בְּי֨וֹם | beyom | on [the] day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הָנִ֤יחַ | haniach | gives rest | H5117 → | 142 times |
| יְהוָה֙ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| לְךָ֔ | lekha | to <the> you | ||
| מֵֽעָצְבְּךָ֖ | meatzebekha | from pain your | H6090 → | |
| וּמֵרָגְזֶ֑ךָ | umeragezekha | and from turmoil your | H7267 → | |
| וּמִן־ | umin- | and from | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| הָעֲבֹדָ֥ה | haavodah | the labor | H5656 → | 145 times |
| הַקָּשָׁ֖ה | hakashah | <the> hard | H7186 → | 36 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עֻבַּד־ | ʾubad- | it was labored | H5647 → | 288 times |
| בָּֽךְ׃ | bakh | by <the> you |
וְהָיָ֗הand it will be
vehayahH1961 →3559 times
בְּי֨וֹםon [the] day
beyomH3117 →2304 times
הָנִ֤יחַgives rest
haniachH5117 →142 times
יְהוָה֙Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
לְךָ֔to <the> you
lekha
מֵֽעָצְבְּךָ֖from pain your
meatzebekhaH6090 →
וּמֵרָגְזֶ֑ךָand from turmoil your
umeragezekhaH7267 →
וּמִן־and from
umin-H4480 →1188 times
הָעֲבֹדָ֥הthe labor
haavodahH5656 →145 times
הַקָּשָׁ֖ה<the> hard
hakashahH7186 →36 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
עֻבַּד־it was labored
ʾubad-H5647 →288 times
בָּֽךְ׃by <the> you
bakh
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Zechariah 8:8I will bring them back to dwell in Jerusalem, where they will be My people, and I will be their faithful and righteous God.”
it leads to
- Ezekiel 36:28
Then you will live in the land that I gave your forefathers; you will be My people, and I will be your God.
- Ezekiel 11:20
so that they may follow My statutes, keep My ordinances, and practice them. Then they will be My people, and I will be their God.
- Jeremiah 31:33
“But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And…
- Revelation 21:3
And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying: “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man, and He will dwell with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will…
- Ezekiel 36:28
Through
Isaiah 32:18Then my people will dwell in a peaceful place, in safe and secure places of rest.
it leads to
- Zechariah 2:5
For I will be a wall of fire around it, declares the LORD, and I will be the glory within it.’”
- Hosea 2:18–23
On that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the creatures that crawl on the ground. And I will abolish…
- Jeremiah 33:16
In those days Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will dwell securely, and this is the name by which it will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.
- Zechariah 2:5
Through
Jeremiah 30:10As for you, O Jacob My servant, do not be afraid, declares the LORD, and do not be dismayed, O Israel. For I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 46:27–28
But you, O Jacob My servant, do not be afraid, and do not be dismayed, O Israel. For I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of…
- Jeremiah 46:27–28
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About Isaiah
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jerome, Commentary on Isaiah; John Calvin, Commentary on the Book of the Prophet Isaiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Isaiah.