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Isaiah 14 Summary
Israel's Restoration and Babylon's Fall
The LORD will have mercy on Jacob and choose Israel, setting them in their own land, and strangers shall be joined unto them. Israel shall possess their former oppressors as servants. In the day the LORD gives rest from sorrow and bondage, Israel shall take up a proverb against the king of Babylon, marveling how his oppression hath ceased. The whole earth is at rest and breaks forth into singing; the fir trees and cedars rejoice. The spirits of the dead are moved to meet the king, and from their thrones all kings of nations rise to speak unto him in amazement. His splendor is brought down to the grave, the worm covers him, and he is cast out like an abominable branch. The LORD shall break the Assyrian in His land and cut off Babylon's name and remnant; this is His sworn purpose upon all the earth.
Key themes
Key verses
Isaiah 14:1
“For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.”
Isaiah 14:4
“That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!”
Isaiah 14:12
“How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!”
Isaiah 14:24
“The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:”
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