Isaiah 14:21
“Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities .”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Prepare slaughter for his children,.... These words are directed to the Medes and Persians, to prepare instruments of…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Prepare slaughter for his children - That is, cut them off not only from inheriting the honor of their father, but from…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Isaiah 14:4-23
The kings of Babylon, successively, were the great enemies and oppressors of God's people, and therefore the destruction…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
slaughter a place of slaughter (R.V. marg.).
that they do not rise … land R.V. that they rise not up, and possess the…
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