Ésaïe 14:18

18 Tous les rois des nations, oui tous, reposent avec gloire, chacun dans sa demeure.

Ésaïe 14:18 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 14:18

All the kings of the nations
Of other nations, besides those he governed, and even of those whom he had subdued, at least their ancestors, the greatest part of them however; for the word "all" does not always signify every individual, though by the repetition of it, it here bids fair for such a sense, there being but very few, or scarce any exceptions to this observation; for, on some account or another, both good and bad kings are interred in great state: [even] all of them lie in glory;
in rich tombs and stately monuments, erected for the honour of them; and where they "sleep", as the word signifies, with their fathers, their ancestors, and are at rest, in the state of the dead, where they will continue to the resurrection: everyone in his own house;
or grave, see ( Job 30:23 ) the same with his long home, ( Ecclesiastes 12:5 ) or the house of his world: in reference to which, the Targum paraphrases it by the same phrase here; and though their graves were not in their dwelling houses or palaces, yet often near them, and in their own country, and were what had been erected, or caused to be erected by them, in their lifetime.

Ésaïe 14:18 In-Context

16 Ceux qui te voient fixent leurs yeux sur toi; ils te considèrent: Est-ce là cet homme qui faisait trembler la terre, qui ébranlait les royaumes,
17 Qui changeait le monde en désert, qui détruisait les villes et ne relâchait pas ses prisonniers?
18 Tous les rois des nations, oui tous, reposent avec gloire, chacun dans sa demeure.
19 Mais toi, tu es jeté loin de ta sépulture, comme un rejeton de rebut; tu es recouvert des corps morts, percés par l'épée, qu'on jette sous les pierres d'une fosse; tu es comme un cadavre foulé aux pieds!
20 Tu ne seras pas réuni à eux dans la tombe; car tu as ravagé ta terre, tu as tué ton peuple. La race des méchants ne sera plus nommée à jamais!
The Ostervald translation is in the public domain.