Isaiah 14:5

This is an answer to the foregoing question. It is God's own work, and not man s; and therefore it is not strange that it is accomplished.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked and the scepter of the rulers, since it was used only for tyrannous oppression.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 10:5 ; Isaiah 14:29 ; Isaiah 9:4 ; Jeremiah 48:15-17 ; Psalms 125:3

⁵ The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers.

Related Commentaries of Isaiah 14:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 14:5