Jesaja 14:17

17 der den Erdkreis der Wüste gleich machte und dessen Städte niederriß, dessen Gefangene nicht in die Heimat entließ?"

Jesaja 14:17 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 14:17

[That] made the world as a wilderness
Both by destroying the inhabitants of it, and by laying waste cities, towns, villages, fields, vineyards, gardens, and all places improved and cultivated, wherever he came, as it follows: and destroyed the cities thereof;
as the Assyrian kings had done, some of which are mentioned in ( Isaiah 10:9 ) ( Isaiah 37:11-13 Isaiah 37:18 ) : [that] opened not the house of his prisoners;
the prison house, in, which they were held; or,

``the gate to his prisoners,''

as the Targum; or rather the words may be rendered, "that opened not to his prisoners", that they might go "home"; or as De Dieu, in short, yet fully, expresses it, "that did not dismiss his prisoners home"; he not only cruelly and inhumanly put many to the sword, but such as surrendered, and were taken captives, he detained them in prison, and would not loose their bonds, but let them die there; which was an instance of great cruelty and inhumanity.

Jesaja 14:17 In-Context

15 Doch in den Scheol wirst du hinabgestürzt, in die tiefste Grube.

16 Die dich sehen, betrachten dich, schauen dich an: "Ist das der Mann, der die Erde beben machte, Königreiche erschütterte;

17 der den Erdkreis der Wüste gleich machte und dessen Städte niederriß, dessen Gefangene nicht in die Heimat entließ?"

18 Alle Könige der Nationen insgesamt liegen mit Ehren, ein jeder in seinem Hause;

19 du aber bist hingeworfen fern von deiner Grabstätte, wie ein verabscheuter Schößling, bedeckt mit Erschlagenen, vom Schwerte Durchbohrten, die zu den Steinen der Grube hinabgefahren sind, wie ein zertretenes Aas.