Holy Scripture

Isaiah 14:16

A church father on this verse
“(Verse 16, 17.) Those who see you will bow down to you and look to you (saying in their hearts): Is this the man who troubled the earth, who shook kingdoms, who made the world a wilderness and destroyed its cities, who did not open the prison for his captives? This voice of those insulting and marveling expresses how…”
Jerome, 5th c. — Commentary on Isaiah

Source: Septuagint

Original

16They that see thee shall wonder at thee, and say, This is the man that troubled the earth, that made kings to shake;

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In context

14I will go up above the clouds; I will be like the Most High.

15But now thou shalt go down to hell, even to the foundations of the earth.

— Isaiah 14:16 —

17that made the whole world desolate, and destroyed its cities; he loosed not those who were in captivity.

18All the kings of the nations lie in honor, every man in his house.

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