Isaiah 14:17 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

who made the world like a desert and tore down its cities, who didn't let his prisoners go home?"(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?

ASV:

that made the world as a wilderness, and overthrew the cities thereof; that let not loose his prisoners to their home?

BBE:

Who made the world a waste, overturning its towns; who did not let his prisoners loose from the prison-house.

DBY:

that made the world as a wilderness, and overthrew the cities thereof; that dismissed not his prisoners homewards?

ERV:

that made the world as a wilderness, and overthrew the cities thereof; that let not loose his prisoners to their home?

JPS:

That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?'

WBS:

That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed its cities; that opened not the house of his prisoners?

WEB:

who made the world like a wilderness, and overthrew its cities; who didn't release his prisoners to their home?"

YLT:

He hath made the world as a wilderness, And his cities he hath broken down, Of his bound ones he opened not the house.

Isaiah 14:17 Cross References

XREF:

Isaiah 45:13 "I have aroused him in righteousness And I will make all his ways smooth; He will build My city and will let My exiles go free, Without any payment or reward," says the LORD of hosts.

Joel 2:3 A fire consumes before them And behind them a flame burns. The land is like the garden of Eden before them But a desolate wilderness behind them, And nothing at all escapes them. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

14:17 [That] made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed its cities; [that] opened not {l} the house of his prisoners?
(l) To set them free, noting his cruelty.

WES:

14:17 Cried not - Whereby he signifies both his irresistible power, and his continued cruelty.

MHC:

14:1-23 The whole plan of Divine Providence is arranged with a view to the good of the people of God. A settlement in the land of promise is of God's mercy. Let the church receive those whom God receives. God's people, wherever their lot is cast, should endeavour to recommend religion by a right and winning conversation. Those that would not be reconciled to them, should be humbled by them. This may be applied to the success of the gospel, when those were brought to obey it who had opposed it. God himself undertakes to work a blessed change. They shall have rest from their sorrow and fear, the sense of their present burdens, and the dread of worse. Babylon abounded in riches. The king of Babylon having the absolute command of so much wealth, by the help of it ruled the nations. This refers especially to the people of the Jews; and it filled up the measure of the king of Babylon's sins. Tyrants sacrifice their true interest to their lusts and passions. It is gracious ambition to covet to be like the Most Holy, for he has said, Be ye holy, for I am holy; but it is sinful ambition to aim to be like the Most High, for he has said, He who exalts himself shall be abased. The devil thus drew our first parents to sin. Utter ruin should be brought upon him. Those that will not cease to sin, God will make to cease. He should be slain, and go down to the grave; this is the common fate of tyrants. True glory, that is, true grace, will go up with the soul to heaven, but vain pomp will go down with the body to the grave; there is an end of it. To be denied burial, if for righteousness' sake, may be rejoiced in, Mt 5:12. But if the just punishment of sin, it denotes that impenitent sinners shall rise to everlasting shame and contempt. Many triumphs should be in his fall. God will reckon with those that disturb the peace of mankind. The receiving the king of Babylon into the regions of the dead, shows there is a world of spirits, to which the souls of men remove at death. And that souls have converse with each other, though we have none with them; and that death and hell will be death and hell indeed, to all who fall unholy, from the height of this world's pomps, and the fulness of its pleasures. Learn from all this, that the seed of evil-doers shall never be renowned. The royal city is to be ruined and forsaken. Thus the utter destruction of the New Testament Babylon is illustrated, Re 18:2. When a people will not be made clean with the besom of reformation, what can they expect but to be swept off the face of the earth with the besom of destruction?

CONC:

Allow Bound Broken Captives Cities Desert Destroyed Didn't Dismissed Home Homewards Loose Ones Opened Overthrew Overturning Prisoners Prison-house Release Thereof Towns Waste Wilderness

Allow Bound Broken Captives Cities Desert Destroyed Dismissed Home House Loose Ones Opened Overthrew Overturning Prisoners Prison-House Release Thereof Towns Waste Wilderness World

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