17 He made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof, and opened not [a]the house of his prisoners.

18 All the kings of the nations, even they all sleep in glory, everyone in his own house.

19 But thou art [b]cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch: like the raiment of those that are slain, and thrust through with a sword, which go down to the stones of the pit, as a carcass trodden under feet.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 14:17 To set them at liberty: noting his cruelty.
  2. Isaiah 14:19 Thou wast not buried in the sepulchre of thy fathers, thy tyranny was so abhorred.

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