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Isaiah 14:7

And therfore the whole worlde is nowe at rest and quietnesse, and men sing for ioy.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Babylon;   Isaiah;   Nation;   Rulers;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Babylon;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Babylon;   Funeral;   Nebuchadnezzar;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Kill, Killing;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Isaiah, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Judgment Damnation;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Babylon ;   Type;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Medes;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Isa'iah, Book of;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Belshazzar;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Break;   Isaiah;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Satire;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The whole earth is calm and at rest;people shout with a ringing cry.
Hebrew Names Version
The whole eretz is at rest, [and] is quiet: they break forth into singing.
King James Version
The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing.
English Standard Version
The whole earth is at rest and quiet; they break forth into singing.
New American Standard Bible
"The whole earth is at rest and is quiet; They break forth into shouts of joy.
New Century Version
But now, the whole world rests and is quiet. Now the people begin to sing.
Amplified Bible
"The whole earth is at rest and is quiet; They break into shouts of joy.
World English Bible
The whole earth is at rest, [and] is quiet: they break forth into singing.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The whole worlde is at rest and is quiet: they sing for ioye.
Legacy Standard Bible
The whole earth is at rest and is quiet;They break forth into shouts of joy.
Berean Standard Bible
All the earth is at peace and at rest; they break out in song.
Contemporary English Version
Now all the world is at peace; its people are celebrating with joyful songs.
Complete Jewish Bible
The whole earth is at rest and quiet. They break into song.
Darby Translation
The whole earth is at rest, is quiet: they break forth into singing.
Easy-to-Read Version
But now, the whole country rests and is quiet. Now the people begin to celebrate.
George Lamsa Translation
The whole earth is at rest and is quiet; they break forth into singing.
Good News Translation
Now at last the whole world enjoys rest and peace, and everyone sings for joy.
Lexham English Bible
All of the earth rests and is quiet; they break forth into singing.
Literal Translation
All the earth is at rest, quiet; they break forth into singing.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And therfore ye whole worlde is now at rest and quyetnesse, & men synge for ioye.
American Standard Version
The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing.
Bible in Basic English
All the earth is at rest and is quiet: they are bursting into song.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet; they break forth into singing.
King James Version (1611)
The whole earth is at rest and is quiet: they breake foorth into singing.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
All the earth cries aloud with joy:
English Revised Version
The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Ech lond restide, and was stille; it was ioiful, and made ful out ioie.
Update Bible Version
The whole earth is at rest, [and] is quiet: they break forth into singing.
Webster's Bible Translation
The whole earth is at rest, [and] is quiet: they break forth into singing.
New English Translation
The whole earth rests and is quiet; they break into song.
New King James Version
The whole earth is at rest and quiet; They break forth into singing.
New Living Translation
But finally the earth is at rest and quiet. Now it can sing again!
New Life Bible
"Now the whole earth is at rest and quiet. They sing out with joy.
New Revised Standard
The whole earth is at rest and quiet; they break forth into singing.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Quiet, at rest, the whole earth, - Men have burst into shouting!
Douay-Rheims Bible
The whole earth is quiet and still, it is glad and hath rejoiced.
Revised Standard Version
The whole earth is at rest and quiet; they break forth into singing.
Young's Literal Translation
At rest -- quiet hath been all the earth, They have broken forth [into] singing.
THE MESSAGE
And now it's over, the whole earth quietly at rest. Burst into song! Make the rafters ring! Ponderosa pine trees are happy, giant Lebanon cedars are relieved, saying, "Since you've been cut down, there's no one around to cut us down." And the underworld dead are all excited, preparing to welcome you when you come. Getting ready to greet you are the ghostly dead, all the famous names of earth. All the buried kings of the nations will stand up on their thrones With well-prepared speeches, royal invitations to death: "Now you are as nothing as we are! Make yourselves at home with us dead folks!"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"The whole earth is at rest and is quiet; They break forth into shouts of joy.

Contextual Overview

4 Then shalt thou vse this mockage vpon the kyng of Babylon, and say: Howe happeneth it that the oppressour leaueth of? Is the golden tribute come to an ende? 5 The Lorde hath broken the scepter of the vngodly, and the rod of the lordelye, 6 Which when he is wroth, smiteth the people with continuall strokes, and in wrath raigneth ouer the heathen, who he persecuteth without compassion. 7 And therfore the whole worlde is nowe at rest and quietnesse, and men sing for ioy. 8 Yea euen the Firre trees and Cedars of Libanus reioyce at thy fall, saying: Nowe that thou art layde downe, there come no mo vp to hewe downe vs. 9 Hell also beneath trembleth to meete thee at thy commyng, and for thy sake hath raysed his dead, all mightie men and princes of the earth, all kynges of the earth stande vp from their seates, 10 That they may all aunswere and speake vnto thee, Art thou become weake also as we? Art thou become lyke vnto vs? 11 Thy pompe and thy pride is layde downe into the pit, and so is the melodie of thy instrumentes. Wormes be layde vnder thee, & wormes be thy coueryng. 12 Howe art thou fallen from heauen O Lucifer, thou faire mornyng chylde? Howe hast thou gotten a fall euen to the grounde, which didst weaken the nations? 13 For thou saydest in thine heart, I wyll clymbe vp into heauen, and exalt my throne aboue beside the starres of God, I wyll sit also vpon the mount of the congregation towarde the North.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

they: Isaiah 49:13, Psalms 96:11-13, Psalms 98:7-9, Psalms 126:1-3, Proverbs 11:10, Jeremiah 51:48, Revelation 18:20, Revelation 19:1-6

Reciprocal: Isaiah 52:9 - Break Ezekiel 35:14 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 14:1
And it came to passe in the dayes of Amraphel kyng of Sinar, Arioch kyng of Elasar, Chodorlaomer kyng of Elam, and Thidai kyng of the nations:
Genesis 14:8
And there went out the kyng of Sodome, and the kyng of Gomorrhe, and the kyng of Adma, and the kyng of Seboiim, and the kyng of Bela, whiche is Soar.
Genesis 14:12
And they caryed awaye Lot also Abrams brothers sonne, & his goodes, (for he dwelled in Sodome) and departed.
Genesis 14:16
And recouered all the goodes, and also brought agayne his brother Lot, & his goodes, the wome also, & the people.
Genesis 16:14
Wherfore ye well was called the well of hym that lyueth and seeth me: and it is betweene Cades and Bared.
Genesis 20:1
And Abraham departed thence towarde the south countrey, & dwelled betweene Cades and Sur, and soiourned in Gerar.
Genesis 36:12
And Thimna was concubine to Eliphas Esaus sonne, and bare vnto Eliphas Amalec: and these be the sonnes of Ada Esaus wife.
Genesis 36:16
Duke Theman, duke Omar, duke Sepho, duke Cenaz, and duke Corah, duke Gatham, & duke Amalec: these are the dukes that came of Eliphas in the lande of Edom, and these were the sonnes of Ada.
Numbers 13:26
And they went, and came to Moyses and Aaron, and vnto all the multitude of the chyldren of Israel in the wyldernesse Pharan to Cades, and brought them worde, and also vnto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruite of the lande.
Numbers 14:43
For the Amalechites and the Chanaanites are there before you, & ye wyll fall vpon the sworde, because ye are turned away from the Lorde, & the Lorde wyll not be with you.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The whole earth is at rest, [and] is quiet,.... The troubler of them being gone; and which will be the ease of the people of God, who in the latter day will fill the face of the earth, when the beast and false prophet will be taken and cast alive into the lake of fire; and especially when Satan shall be bound, and put in prison for a thousand years, that he may deceive the nations no more, Revelation 19:20:

they break forth into singing; that is, the inhabitants of the earth, because of the fall of the king of Babylon, they being delivered from so great a tyrant or oppressor; or, "utter a song of praise", as the Targum, Aben Ezra says the word in the Arabic language is expressive of "clearness", and so it does signify to speak purely, dearly, and fluently, with open, mouth, and a clear voice z; it is rendered in Psalms 98:4 "make a loud noise"; by singing a joyful song; and such a song will be sung by the church, when the mystical Babylon is fallen; see Revelation 15:2.

z "perspicuo, puriore sermone fuit, fluida oratione disertas fuit, ----diserte, eleganter locutus est", Castel. col. 3040.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The whole earth is at rest - The kingdom of Babylonia, or Chaldea, extended nearly over the whole pagan world. Now that Babylon was fallen, and that those oppressions would cease, the world is represented as in peace and quietness.

They break forth into singing - That is, the inhabitants of all the nations that were subject to Babylon now rejoice that they are released from its galling and oppressive yoke.


 
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