Holy Scripture
Isaiah 14:17
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…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
17that made the whole world desolate, and destroyed its cities; he loosed not those who were in captivity.
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In context
15But now thou shalt go down to hell, even to the foundations of the earth.
16They that see thee shall wonder at thee, and say, This is the man that troubled the earth, that made kings to shake;
— Isaiah 14:17 —
18All the kings of the nations lie in honor, every man in his house.
19But thou shalt be cast forth on the mountains, as a loathed carcass, with many dead who have been pierced with swords, going down to the grave.