Isaiah 14:6

6 which in anger struck down peoples with unceasing blows, and in fury subdued nations with relentless aggression.

Isaiah 14:6 in Other Translations

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

6 that struck the peoples in wrath with unceasing blows, that ruled the nations in anger with unrelenting persecution.

6 You struck the people with endless blows of rage and held the nations in your angry grip with unrelenting tyranny.

6 That crushed many people. A relentless rain of cruel outrage Established a violent rule of anger rife with torture and persecution.

6 It struck the peoples in anger with unceasing blows. It subdued the nations in rage with relentless persecution.

Isaiah 14:6 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 14:6

He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke,
&c.] The king of Babylon, who made war with the people and nations of the earth, and conquered them, smote them with the edge of the sword to gratify his passions, and satiate his bloodthirsty mind; and those that were spared, he ruled with rigour, and oppressed them with tribute and hard bondage; and, when he had conquered one nation, attacked another, and so went on pursuing his victories without intermission, giving no respite neither to his army, nor to the people: he that ruled the nations in anger;
not with justice and clemency, but in a tyrannical and oppressive way, even his own nation, as well as the nations whom he subdued: is persecuted;
is, pursued by the justice of God, overtaken and seized, and brought to condign punishment; [and] none hindereth;
the execution of the righteous judgment upon him; none of the neighbouring kings and nations, either tributary to him, or in alliance with him, give him the least help or assistance, or attempt to ward off the blow upon him, given him, under the direction and appointment of God, by Cyrus the Persian. So the Romish antichrist, who has made war with the saints, and has smitten them with the sword, and gone on to do so without any intermission for ages together, and has tyrannised over them in a most cruel manner, he shall be persecuted, and taken, and brought to his end, and there shall be none to help him; see ( Revelation 13:7 Revelation 13:10 ) ( Daniel 11:45 ) .

Isaiah 14:6 In-Context

4 you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has come to an end! How his fury has ended!

5 The LORD has broken the rod of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers,

6 which in anger struck down peoples with unceasing blows, and in fury subdued nations with relentless aggression.

7 All the lands are at rest and at peace; they break into singing.

8 Even the junipers and the cedars of Lebanon gloat over you and say, “Now that you have been laid low, no one comes to cut us down.”

Cross References

• 1. Isaiah 10:14
• 2. S Psalms 47:3
• 3. S 2 Kings 15:29; Isaiah 47:6; Habakkuk 1:17