Isaiah 14:4
that you will take up this parable against the king of Babylon, and say, “How the oppressor has ceased! The golden city has ceased!”This verse in the real world
Where
In what words
- מַדְהֵבָהmadhêbâhgoldmaking, i.e. exactness
- נָגַשׂnâgasto drive (an animal, a workman, a debtor, an army); by implication, to tax, harass, tyrann
- מָשָׁלmâshâlproperly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poe
- שָׁבַתshâbathto repose, i.e. desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurativ
- בָּבֶלBâbelBabel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire
- נָשָׂאnâsâʼto lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
- מֶלֶךְmeleka king
- אָמַרʼâmarto say (used with great latitude)
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Isa 49:26, Isa 14:6, Jer 51:34–35, Jer 27:6–7, Lam 4:1, Rev 18:16, Dan 7:19–25, Isa 13:19