Isaiah 14:7
in Isaiah 14All the earth is at peace and at rest; they break out in song.
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ASV
The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing.
KJV
The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing.
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This verse in Isaiah 14
Commentary
9 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
sing this song of contempt
on Isaiah 14:4-8
The "song of contempt against the king of Babylon" names the taunt's target, the Hebrew mashal being a form of mocking poetry. The cedars of Lebanon rejoice that no woodcutter comes against them, since Babylon's building consumed Lebanon's timber. The opening line, "How the oppressor has ceased," sets the tone.
This site's exposition
All the earth is at peace and at rest
Henry calls the fallen king the great disturber of the peace. His death brings the quiet his wars had taken, and Henry sets beside it Proverbs 11:10, where there are shouts of joy. Barnes notes that Babylon's rule reached nearly the whole pagan world.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers2 voices
(Verse 7) The whole earth is at rest and quiet; they break forth into singing. How he has rested and been humbled, and all the land has conspired for his downfall, only making the voice of rejoicing heard.
(Verse 7) For the destruction of the impious king, who struck the nations with an incurable wound and cruelly pursued them, all the earth has rested and become silent, which previously was full of turmoil and sedition.
The Medieval Church1 voice
Second, it contains the ensuing peace: the whole earth is quiet, ceasing from that tumult, and still, ceasing from weeping, it is glad, in your destruction, and has rejoiced, in its liberation: the just shall rejoice when he shall see the revenge (Ps 58:10).
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Now that he is gone the whole earth is at rest and is quiet, for he was the great disturber of the peace; now they all break forth into singing, for when the wicked perish there is shouting ( Prov. xi.
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The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
they--the once subject nations of the whole earth. HOUBIGANT places the stop after "fir trees" (Isa 14:8), "The very fir trees break forth," &c. But the parallelism is better in English Version.
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A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
The whole earth is at rest - The kingdom of Babylonia, or Chaldea, extended nearly over the whole pagan world. Now that Babylon was fallen, and that those oppressions would cease, the world is represented as in peace and quietness. They break forth into singing - That is, the inhabitants of all the nations that were subject to Babylon now rejoice that they are released from its galling and oppressive yoke.
The words behind it
6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| נָ֥חָה | nachah | it is at rest | H5117 → | 142 times |
| שָׁקְטָ֖ה | shaketah | it is at peace | H8252 → | 41 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הָאָ֑רֶץ | haaretz | the earth | H776 → | 2504 times |
| פָּצְח֖וּ | patzechu | people have broken forth | H6476 → | 8 times |
| רִנָּֽה׃ | rinah | a shout of joy | H7440 → | 33 times |
נָ֥חָהit is at rest
nachahH5117 →142 times
שָׁקְטָ֖הit is at peace
shaketahH8252 →41 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הָאָ֑רֶץthe earth
haaretzH776 →2504 times
פָּצְח֖וּpeople have broken forth
patzechuH6476 →8 times
רִנָּֽה׃a shout of joy
rinahH7440 →33 times
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
Isaiah 49:13Shout for joy, O heavens; rejoice, O earth; break forth in song, O mountains! For the LORD has comforted His people, and He will have compassion on His afflicted ones.
it leads to
- Isaiah 44:23
Sing for joy, O heavens, for the LORD has done this; shout aloud, O depths of the earth. Break forth in song, O mountains, you forests and all your trees. For the LORD has…
- Isaiah 51:3
For the LORD will comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; He will make her wilderness like Eden and her desert like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness…
- Psalms 96:11–13
Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice; let the sea resound, and all that fills it.
- Isaiah 52:9
Break forth in joy, sing together, O ruins of Jerusalem, for the LORD has comforted His people; He has redeemed Jerusalem.
- Isaiah 40:1–2
“Comfort, comfort My people,” says your God.
- Isaiah 44:23
Through
Revelation 18:20Rejoice over her, O heaven, O saints and apostles and prophets, because God has pronounced for you His judgment against her.
it leads to
- Revelation 6:10
And they cried out in a loud voice, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You avenge our blood and judge those who dwell upon the earth?”
- Revelation 12:12
Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! But woe to the earth and the sea; with great fury the devil has come down to you, knowing he has only a short…
- Luke 18:7–8
Will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry out to Him day and night? Will He continue to defer their help?
- Revelation 6:10
Where this verse is studied
About Isaiah
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Book of Isaiah; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Franz Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Isaiah; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Isaiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Isaiah.