Isaías 14:17

17 que puso al mundo como un desierto, que derribó sus ciudades, que a sus prisioneros no abrió la cárcel?"

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 Sin embargo, has sido derribado al Seol, a lo más remoto del abismo.

16 Los que te ven te observan, te contemplan, y dicen: "¿Es éste aquel hombre que hacía temblar la tierra, que sacudía los reinos,

17 que puso al mundo como un desierto, que derribó sus ciudades, que a sus prisioneros no abrió la cárcel?"

18 Todos los reyes de las naciones, todos ellos yacen con gloria, cada uno en su sepulcro.

19 Pero tú has sido echado de tu sepulcro como vástago desechado, como ropa de muertos traspasados a espada, que descienden a las piedras de la fosa, como cadáver pisoteado.