Isa 14:3-5 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Isa 14:3-23: 14:3-23 This taunting song for the king of Babylon is in the form of a funeral dirge (cp. Rev 18 ). 14:3 God gives ... rest (i.e., relief; 28:12 ; see Deut 25:19 ; 2 Sam 7:11 ) from the sorrow and fear, ... slavery and chains Israel experienced under foreign oppressors (see Isa 9:4 ).

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‏ Isaiah 14:3-5

Summary for Isa 14:3-23: 14:3-23 ^a This taunting song for the king of Babylon is in the form of a funeral dirge (cp. Rev 18 ^b). 14:3 ^c God gives ... rest (i.e., relief; 28:12 ^d; see Deut 25:19 ^e; 2 Sam 7:11 ^f) from the sorrow and fear, ... slavery and chains Israel experienced under foreign oppressors (see Isa 9:4 ^g).
14:4 ^h A taunt is a mocking comparison in song form. In this instance, the king of Babylon is compared to a dead man entering the world of the dead.