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Isaiah 14:21 Explained in Context

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Verse 21. Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.

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Role in This Section

The oracle concerning Zion and the nations states or reports “Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers” at Isaiah 14:21 as a specific part of “The Taunt Brings Babylon's King down to Sheol.”

Read It With

  • Isaiah 14:4–23

Keep Isaiah 14:21 with the thought unit titled “The Taunt Brings Babylon's King down to Sheol.” The oracle concerning Zion and the nations states or reports “Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers” at Isaiah 14:21 as a specific part of “The Taunt Brings Babylon's King down to Sheol.” The relevant historical horizon and literary form govern its use.

Why It Needs Context

The verse is a premise, action, image, response, or transition within Isaiah 14:4–23, not an independent maxim. The oracle concerning Zion and the nations states or reports “Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers” at Isaiah 14:21 as a specific part of “The Taunt Brings Babylon's King down to Sheol.”

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Read Isaiah 14:4–23 — The Taunt Brings Babylon's King down to Sheol
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How certain is this explanation? strong

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Biblical text

King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006

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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.

Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.

Exact location: Isaiah 14:4–23, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus

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Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Isaiah

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Open Scriptures, release 2.2

Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology at the exact unit, without treating morphology as apparatus, lexicon, composition history, or interpretation.

Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Isa.xml, OSIS 14:4–23 with Hebrew/KJV versification difference checked

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