Isaías 14:17

17 ¿Es este el que destruyó el mundo
y lo convirtió en una tierra baldía?
¿Es este el rey que demolía las grandes ciudades del mundo
y no tenía compasión de sus prisioneros?”.

Isaías 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.

Isaías 14:17 In-Context

15 En cambio, serás bajado al lugar de los muertos,
a las profundidades más hondas.

16 Allí todos te mirarán y se preguntarán:
“¿Puede ser este el que sacudía la tierra
y hacía temblar a los reinos del mundo?

17 ¿Es este el que destruyó el mundo
y lo convirtió en una tierra baldía?
¿Es este el rey que demolía las grandes ciudades del mundo
y no tenía compasión de sus prisioneros?”.

18 »Los reyes de las naciones yacen en gloria majestuosa,
cada cual en su propia tumba,

19 pero tú serás sacado de tu sepultura
como una rama inútil.
Como un cadáver pisoteado bajo los pies,
serás arrojado a una fosa común
con los que murieron en batalla.
Descenderás al abismo.