Isaiah 14:18 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 14:18

All the kings of the nations lie in state, each in his own tomb.

BSB

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ASV

All the kings of the nations, all of them, sleep in glory, every one in his own house.

KJV

All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house.

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Commentary

2 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Isaiah (420)

(Verse 18, 19.) All the kings of the nations, all slept in glory, each man in his own house. But you have been cast out of your tomb like a useless branch, defiled and wrapped with those who were slain by the sword, and have gone down to the foundations of the abyss; you will not have the company of a decaying corpse, nor be buried with them. The Hebrews tell the following story: Evilmerodach, who during his father Nebuchadnezzar's lifetime spent seven years among the beasts, had reigned before he was restored to the kingdom.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

All the kings of the nations - That is, this is the common way in which the kings are buried. Lie in glory - They lie in a magnificent mausoleum; they are surrounded with splendor even in their tombs. It is well known that vast sums of money were expended to rear magnificent mausoleums as the burial place of kings. With this design, probably, the pyramids of Egypt were reared; and the temple of Bel in Babylon, we are told, was employed for this purpose. Josephus says that vast quantities of money were buried in the sepulchre of David.

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
מַלְכֵ֥י	mal.Khei	[the] kings of	H4428 →
גוֹיִ֖ם	go.Yim	[the] nations	H1471 →
כֻּלָּ֑ם	ku.Lam	all of them	H3605 →
שָׁכְב֥וּ	sha.khe.Vu	they have lain down	H7901 →
בְכָב֖וֹד	ve.kha.Vod	in splendor	H3519 →
אִ֥ישׁ	'ish	each one	H376 →
בְּבֵיתֽוֹ׃	be.vei.To	in own house his	H1004 →

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Chronicles 24:16
And Jehoiada was buried with the kings in the City of David, because he had done what was good in Israel for God and His temple.
leads to
- Hebrews 6:10
  For God is not unjust. He will not forget your work and the love you have shown for His name as you have ministered to the saints and continue to do so.
- 2 Chronicles 31:20
  So this is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what was good and upright and true before the LORD his God.
Through
Isaiah 22:16
What are you doing here, and who authorized you to carve out a tomb for yourself here—to chisel your tomb in the height and cut your resting place in the rock?
leads to
- Matthew 27:60
  and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut into the rock. Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance to the tomb and went away.
- 2 Samuel 18:18
  During his lifetime, Absalom had set up for himself a pillar in the King’s Valley, for he had said, “I have no son to preserve the memory of my name.” So he gave the…
- 2 Chronicles 16:14
  And he was buried in the tomb that he had cut out for himself in the City of David. They laid him on a bier that was full of spices and various blended perfumes;…
- Job 3:14
  with kings and counselors of the earth, who built for themselves cities now in ruins,
Through
Job 30:23
Yes, I know that You will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living.
leads to
- Ecclesiastes 12:5–7
  when men fear the heights and dangers of the road, when the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper loses its spring, and the caper berry shrivels—for then man goes to his eternal home and mourners…
- Ecclesiastes 9:5
  For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing. They have no further reward, because the memory of them is forgotten.

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Where the connections lead

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06About Isaiah

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

Related verses

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About Isaiah