All the kings of the nations, sleep in glory, everyone in his own house.
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All the kings of the nations, sleep in glory, everyone in his own house.
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All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house.
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All the kings of the nations, all of them, sleep in glory, every one in his own house.
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- 2 Chronicles 24:16 They buried him in David’s city among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, and toward God and his house.
- 2 Chronicles 24:25 When they had departed from him (for they left him very sick), his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and killed him on his bed, and he died. They buried him in David’s city, but they didn’t bury him in the tombs of the kings.
- Job 30:23 For I know that you will bring me to death, To the house appointed for all living.
- Isaiah 22:16 ‘What are you doing here? Who has you here, that you have dug out a tomb here?’ Cutting himself out a tomb on high, chiseling a habitation for himself in the rock!”
- Ezekiel 32:18-32 “Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, even her and the daughters of the famous nations, to the lower parts of the earth, with those who go down into the pit. Whom do you pass in beauty? Go down, and be laid with the uncircumcised. They will fall among those who are slain by the sword. She is delivered to the sword. Draw her away with all her multitudes. The strong among the mighty will speak to him out of the middle of Sheol with those who help him. They have gone down. The uncircumcised lie still, slain by the sword. “Asshur is there with all her company. Her graves are all around her. All of them slain, fallen by the sword; whose graves are set in the uttermost parts of the pit, and her company is around her grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who caused terror in the land of the living. “There is Elam and all her multitude around her grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who have gone down uncircumcised into the lower parts of the earth, who caused their terror in the land of the living, and have borne their shame with those who go down to the pit. They have set her a bed among the slain with all her multitude. Her graves are around her; all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword; for their terror was caused in the land of the living, and they have borne their shame with those who go down to the pit. He is put among those who are slain. “There is Meshech, Tubal, and all their multitude. Their graves are around them, all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword; for they caused their terror in the land of the living. They will not lie with the mighty who are fallen of the uncircumcised, who have gone down to Sheol with their weapons of war, and have laid their swords under their heads, and their iniquities are on their bones; for they were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living. “But you will be broken among the uncircumcised, and will lie with those who are slain by the sword. “There is Edom, her kings, and all her princes, who in their might are laid with those who are slain by the sword. They will lie with the uncircumcised, and with those who go down to the pit. “There are the princes of the north, all of them, and all the Sidonians, who have gone down with the slain. They are put to shame in the terror which they caused by their might. They lie uncircumcised with those who are slain by the sword, and bear their shame with those who go down to the pit. “Pharaoh will see them, and will be comforted over all his multitude, even Pharaoh and all his army, slain by the sword,” says the Lord Yahweh. “For I have put his terror in the land of the living. He will be laid among the uncircumcised, with those who are slain by the sword, even Pharaoh and all his multitude,” says the Lord Yahweh.
- Ecclesiastes 6:3 If a man fathers a hundred children, and lives many years, so that the days of his years are many, but his soul is not filled with good, and moreover he has no burial; I say, that a stillborn child is better than he:
- Ecclesiastes 12:5 yes, they shall be afraid of heights, and terrors will be on the way; and the almond tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goes to his everlasting home, and the mourners go about the streets:
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Isa 14:18 All the kings of the nations, [even]…
Isa 14:18 All the kings of the nations, [even] all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house.
Ver. 18. All the kings of the nations,] i.e., Very many of them have their stately pyramids, tombs, mausolean monuments erected, as among us at Westminster Henry VII’s chapel is a curious and costly piece.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain All of them; other kings most commonly do, as…
All of them; other kings most commonly do, as the word all is frequently used.
Every one in his own house; are buried in their own sepulchres, having stately monuments erected to their honour and memory.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain All the kings of the nations,.... Of other nations,…
All the kings of the nations,.... Of other nations, besides those he governed, and even of those whom he had subdued, at least their ancestors, the greatest part of them however; for the word "all" does not always signify every individual, though by the repetition of it, it here bids fair for such a sense, there being but very few, or scarce any exceptions to this observation; for, on some account or another, both good and bad kings are interred in great state:
even all of them lie in glory; in rich tombs and stately monuments, erected for the honour of them; and where they "sleep", as the word signifies, with their fathers, their ancestors, and are at rest, in the state of the dead, where they will continue to the resurrection:
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everyone in his own house; or grave, see Job 30:23 the same with his long home, Ecc 12:5 or the house of his world: in reference to which, the Targum paraphrases it by the same phrase here; and though their graves were not in their dwelling houses or palaces, yet often near them, and in their own country, and were what had been erected, or caused to be erected by them, in their lifetime.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain All - That is, other things most commonly do.…
All - That is, other things most commonly do. Lie - Are buried in their own sepulchres, having stately monuments erected to their memory.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Isa 14:18-20. All the kings of the nations —…
Isa 14:18-20. All the kings of the nations — That is, other kings generally; lie in glory, &c. — Are buried in their own sepulchres, having stately monuments erected to their memory. The persons who are represented as uttering these words are supposed to have before their eyes the carcass of the king of Babylon, lying on the bare ground among the common slain, greatly disfigured and covered with blood and wounds. But thou art cast out of thy grave — Deprived of a grave, or burying-place. Which very probably happened to Belshazzar, who, according to Dan 5:30, was slain in the night in which the city was taken by Cyrus, when his people had neither opportunity nor heart to bestow an honourable interment upon him, and the conquerors would not suffer them to do it. Like an abominable branch — Like a rotten twig of a tree, which he that prunes the trees, casts away: and as raiment of those that are slain — Which, being mangled, and besmeared with mire and blood, is cast away with contempt. That go down to the pit — Who, being slain, are cast into some pit. He saith, to the stones of the pit, because when dead bodies are cast in thither, men use to throw a heap of stones upon them. As a carcass trodden under feet — Neglected, like such a carcass. And this might literally happen to Belshazzar’s dead body. Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial — Not buried, as they are. Because thou hast slain thy people — Thou hast exercised great tyranny and cruelty, not only to thine enemies, but even to thine own subjects. The seed of evil-doers — Such as Belshazzar was, being descended from that Nebuchadnezzar who had made such horrid slaughters and devastations in the world, merely to gratify his own insatiable lusts, and who had been so impious toward God and his temple, and so bloody toward his church and people; shall never be renowned — Or, shall not be renowned for ever: although I have long borne with thee and thy family.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain All the kings of the nations - That is,…
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. The kings of Israel were buried in a royal burying place on Mount Zion 2Ch 21:20; 2Ch 35:24; Neh 3:16. For a description of the sepulchre of David, and of sepulchres in general, “see” Calmet’s “Dict.” Art. “Sepulchre” (compare Ezek. 32.)
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Every one in his own house - In a sepulchre constructed for himself. It was usual for kings to have a splendid tomb constructed for themselves.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain All--that is, This is the usual practice.
All--that is, This is the usual practice.
in glory--in a grand mausoleum.
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house--that is, "sepulchre," as in Ecc 12:5; "grave" (Isa 14:19). To be excluded from the family sepulcher was a mark of infamy (Isa 34:3; Jer 22:19; Kg1 13:22; Ch2 21:20; Ch2 24:25; Ch2 28:27).
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 18. All… kings… lie in glory — This is…
18. All… kings… lie in glory — This is the ordinary fact; and it is a great mark of dishonour not to be buried, even for a private person, (1Ki_13:22,) and how much more for a sovereign. 2Ch_21:20; 2Ch_34:24. The language is not that of derision, but of astonishment.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 18. every one in his own house] This yields…
18. every one in his own house] This yields a perfectly good sense as it stands, the “house” being the tomb prepared by the king in his lifetime. But it forms a short half-line where a long one is required by the measure; hence the proposal to transfer the words to Isa_14:17 (see on that verse).
18, 19. The contrast here is that between the honourable burial accorded to other kings and the indignity to which the king of Babylon is subjected by being deprived of sepulchral rites.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (18) All the kings of the nations . .…
(18) All the kings of the nations . . .—The “house” in which the monarchs lie is, of course, their sepulchre. Such sepulchres, as in the case of the pyramid graves of the Egyptian kings, the “eternal home” as they themselves called it (comp. Ecc_12:5), were often almost literally the “house,” or palace, of the dead.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain All the kings of the nations, etc.; i.e. the…
All the kings of the nations, etc.; i.e. the other kings, speaking generally, died in peace, and had an honorable burial, each one in the sepulcher that he had prepared for himself as his final abode or "house". (Isa_22:16) The care taken to prepare tombs was not confined to Egypt, though there obtaining its greatest development. Among others, the Persian kings certainly prepared their own sepulchers; and probably the practice was general.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Connecting Statement:
Connecting Statement:
This is the end of the taunt song that the Israelites will sing to the king of Babylon.
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all of them lie down in honor
This means that their bodies were buried in an honorable way. AT: "all the kings who have died are buried in an honorable way" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
But you are cast out of your grave
Being thrown out of the grave represents not being buried. AT: "But you are not buried. Your body is left on the ground" (See: Metaphor)
like a branch thrown away
A branch thrown away represents something worthless. AT: "like a worthless branch that is tossed aside" (See: Simile)
The dead cover you like a garment
This represents many dead bodies being on top of his body. AT: "The bodies of dead people completely cover your body" or "The bodies of dead soldiers are piled on top of your body" (See: Simile)
those pierced by the sword
This describes "the dead" spoken of at the beginning of this sentence. Being pierced by the sword represents being killed in battle. AT: "those who were killed in battle" (See: Metonymy)
who go down to the stones of the pit
The pit refers either to hell, or to a large hole in the ground where many dead bodies are simply dumped.
You will not join them in burial
The word "them" refers to the other kings who died and were buried properly. Joining them in burial represents being buried as they were. AT: "you will never be buried as other kings were buried" (See: Metaphor)
The offspring of evildoers will never be mentioned again
This can be stated in active form. AT: "no one will ever speak again about the descendants of evildoers" (See: Active or Passive)
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 14:18-20 The absence of a proper burial was a…
14:18-20 The absence of a proper burial was a sign of great shame and dishonor. Unlike other kings, the king of Babylon would be disgraced in judgment.
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