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Isaiah 14:15

Isaiah 14:15
Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell,.... Into a very low and miserable condition; see Mat 11:23 instead of ascending to heaven: or "to the grave"; though, inasmuch as afterwards a burial is denied…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell - Hebrew, ‘To sheol’ (compare Isa 14:9). To the sides of the pit - The word ‘pit,’ here, is evidently synonymous with “hell” or “hades,” represented as a deep,…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Isaiah 14:4-23

The kings of Babylon, successively, were the great enemies and oppressors of God's people, and therefore the destruction of Babylon, the fall of the king, and the ruin of his family, are here…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

thou shalt be brought down to Sheol] Such is the end of the "vaulting ambition that o'erleaps itself." The Babylonian Hades (Aralu) seems to have been conceived as situated underthe mountain of the…