Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 14:8

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8. the fir trees —now left undisturbed. Probably a kind of evergreen. rejoice at thee — ( :- ). At thy fall ( Psalms 35:19 ; Psalms 35:24 ). no feller —as formerly, when thou wast in power ( Isaiah 10:34 ; Isaiah 37:24 ). Isaiah 37:24- : . THE SCENE CHANGES FROM EARTH TO HELL. Hades (the Amenthes of Egypt), the unseen abode of the departed; some of its tenants, once mighty monarchs, are represented by a bold personification as rising from their seats in astonishment at the descent among them of the humbled king of Babylon. This proves, in opposition to WARBURTON [ The Divine Legation ], that the belief existed among the Jews that there was a Sheol or Hades, in which the "Rephaim" or manes of the departed abode. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-9" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-isa-14-002

절 (explains)

bible-text/isa-14-8

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
• evidence_grade: T_theological