Isaiah 14:4

Old Testament • 11 words with Strong's data

"That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!"

Word-by-Word Analysis

That thou shalt

לָקַח

lâqach

H3947

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

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up this

מָשָׁל

mâshâl

H4912

properly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse)

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קִרְאָה

qirʼâh

H7125

an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)

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the

מֶלֶךְ

melek

H4428

a king

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of

בָּבֶל

Bâbel

H894

Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire

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אָמַר

ʼâmar

H559

to say (used with great latitude)

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How hath the

נָגַשׂ

nâgas

H5065

to drive (an animal, a workman, a debtor, an army); by implication, to tax, harass, tyrannize

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שָׁבַת

shâbath

H7673

to repose, i.e. desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific)

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the

זָהָב

zâhâb

H2091

gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky

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עִיר

ʻîyr

H5892

a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)

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שָׁבַת

shâbath

H7673

to repose, i.e. desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific)

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Key Terms in This Verse

oppressor H5065

נָגַשׂ nâgas

to drive (an animal, a workman, a debtor, an army); by implication, to tax, harass, tyrannize

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proverb H4912

מָשָׁל mâshâl

properly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical nature; hence, a simile (as an adage, poem, discourse)

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ceased H7673

שָׁבַת shâbath

to repose, i.e. desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific)

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ceased H7673

שָׁבַת shâbath

to repose, i.e. desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific)

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golden H2091

זָהָב zâhâb

gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky

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Babylon H894

בָּבֶל Bâbel

Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire

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city H5892

עִיר ʻîyr

a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)

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take H3947

לָקַח lâqach

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

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say H559

אָמַר ʼâmar

to say (used with great latitude)

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against H7125

קִרְאָה qirʼâh

an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)

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Cross References

Isaiah 49:26 cross-reference

And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeeme...

Isaiah 14:17 cross-reference

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

Revelation 18:20 cross-reference

Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.

Revelation 18:16 cross-reference

And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!

Ezekiel 5:15 cross-reference

So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment unto the nations that are round about thee, when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes...

Habakkuk 2:17 cross-reference

For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of beasts, which made them afraid, because of men’s blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.

Isaiah 13:19 cross-reference

And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees’ excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.

Isaiah 51:23 cross-reference

But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went o...

2 Chronicles 36:18 cross-reference

And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king, and of his princes; all these he brought to Babylon.

Lamentations 4:1 cross-reference

How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street.

Isaiah 14:6 cross-reference

He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth.

Isaiah 47:5 cross-reference

Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms.

Jeremiah 24:9 cross-reference

And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.

Daniel 2:38 cross-reference

And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.

Revelation 17:6 cross-reference

And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.

Isaiah 9:4 cross-reference

For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.

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