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Isaiah 14:19

But you are cast out of your grave like a rejected branch, covered by those slain with the sword, and dumped into a rocky pit like a carcass trampled underfoot.

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ASV

But thou art cast forth away from thy sepulchre like an abominable branch, clothed with the slain, that are thrust through with the sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a dead body trodden under foot.

KJV

But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet.

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְאַתָּ֞הve.'a.Tahand youH859 →
הָשְׁלַ֤כְתָּha.she.Lakh.tayou have been thrown outH7993 →
מִֽקִּבְרְךָ֙mi.kiv.re.Chafrom tomb yourH6913 →
כְּנֵ֣צֶרke.Ne.tzerlike a branchH5342 →
נִתְעָ֔בnit.'AvabhorredH8581 →
לְב֥וּשׁle.Vush[the] clothing ofH3830 →
הֲרֻגִ֖יםha.ru.Gim[those who] were slainH2026 →
מְטֹ֣עֲנֵיme.To.'a.nei[who were] pierced ofH2944 →
חָ֑רֶבCha.rev[the] swordH2719 →
יוֹרְדֵ֥יyor.Dei[who] go downH3381 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
אַבְנֵי־'av.nei-[the] stones ofH68 →
ב֖וֹרVor[the] pitH953 →
כְּפֶ֥גֶרke.Fe.gerlike a corpseH6297 →
מוּבָֽס׃mu.Vastrodden downH947 →

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Jeremiah 41:7And when they came into the city, Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the men with him slaughtered them and threw them into a cistern.Jeremiah 41:9Now the cistern into which Ishmael had thrown all the bodies of the men he had struck down along with Gedaliah was a large one that King Asa had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel. Ishmael son of Nethaniah filled it with the slain.Psalms 63:9But those who seek my life to destroy it will go into the depths of the earth.Jeremiah 51:4And they will fall slain in the land of the Chaldeans, and pierced through in her streets.John 15:6If anyone does not remain in Me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers. Such branches are gathered up, thrown into the fire, and burned.1 Kings 21:19Tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Have you not murdered a man and seized his land?’ Then tell him that this is also what the LORD says: ‘In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth, there also the dogs will lick up your blood—yes, yours!’”Jeremiah 8:1–2“At that time,” declares the LORD, “the bones of the kings of Judah, the bones of the officials, the bones of the priests, the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the people of Jerusalem will be removed from their graves.2 Kings 9:34–36Then Jehu went in and ate and drank. “Take care of this cursed woman,” he said, “and bury her, for she was the daughter of a king.”2 Kings 9:25And Jehu said to Bidkar his officer, “Pick him up and throw him into the field of Naboth the Jezreelite. For remember that when you and I were riding together behind his father Ahab, the LORD lifted up this burden against him:1 Kings 21:24Anyone belonging to Ahab who dies in the city will be eaten by dogs, and anyone who dies in the field will be eaten by the birds of the air.”Jeremiah 22:19He will be buried like a donkey, dragged away and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem.Ezekiel 32:23Her graves are set in the depths of the Pit, and her company is all around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword—those who once spread terror in the land of the living.Jeremiah 16:6“Both great and small will die in this land. They will not be buried or mourned, nor will anyone cut himself or shave his head for them.Isaiah 22:16–18What 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?Hebrews 10:29How much more severely do you think one deserves to be punished who has trampled on the Son of God, profaned the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and insulted the Spirit of grace?Isaiah 18:6They will all be left to the mountain birds of prey, and to the beasts of the land. The birds will feed on them in summer, and all the wild animals in winter.1 Kings 14:10Because of all this, behold, I am bringing disaster on the house of Jeroboam: I will cut off from Jeroboam every male, both slave and free, in Israel; I will burn up the house of Jeroboam as one burns up dung until it is gone!Isaiah 25:5like heat in a dry land. You subdue the uproar of foreigners. As the shade of a cloud cools the heat, so the song of the ruthless is silenced.

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About Isaiah

The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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