Isaiah 14:11

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Summary

Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.

Pomp

The worm

General references

Ezekiel 26:13

Bible References

Pomp

My heart fluttereth, A horror, terrifieth me, - My twilight of pleasure, hath he turned for me into a time of trembling.

With tumults, art thou filled, thou citadel in commotion! city exultant! Thy slain, are Not the slain, of the sword, Nor the dead in battle.

They send forth - like a flock - their young ones, and, their children, skip about for joy;

And I will cause to cease the hum of thy songs; And the sound of thy lyres, shall not be heard any more.

Than whom, art thou more precious? Descend and be aid low with the uncircumcised:

Belshazzar the king, made a great feast, to a thousand of his nobles, - and, before the thousand, was drinking, wine.

Ye who are putting far away the day of calamity, - but bringing near the abode of violence:

And, the merchants of the earth, weep and grieve over her, because, their cargo, no one, buyeth any more:

The worm

Then shall they go forth and look upon the dead bodies of the men who had been trespassing against me - For, their worm, shall not die, And, their fire, shall not be quenched; So shall they become an abhorrence to all flesh.

If I wait for hades as my house, in darkness, have spread out my couch;

Drought and heat, steal away snow water, Hades, them who have sinned.

And, if thy hand shall cause thee to stumble, cut it off, - it is, seemly, for thee, maimed, to enter into life, rather than having, the two hands, to depart into the gehenna, into the fire that is not quenched;

General references

And I will cause to cease the hum of thy songs; And the sound of thy lyres, shall not be heard any more.