The Meaning of Isaiah 14:21 Explained

Isaiah 14:21

KJV: 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.

YLT: Prepare ye for his sons slaughter; Because of the iniquity of their fathers, They rise not, nor have possessed the land, Nor filled the face of the world with cities.

Darby: Prepare ye slaughter for his children, because of the iniquity of their fathers; that they may not rise up and possess the earth, nor fill the face of the world with cities.

ASV: Prepare ye slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers, that they rise not up, and possess the earth, and fill the face of the world with cities.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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. 

What does Isaiah 14:21 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Isaiah 14

1  God's merciful restoration of Israel
3  Their triumphant exultation over Babel
24  God's purpose against Assyria
29  Philistia is threatened

What do the individual words in Isaiah 14:21 mean?

Prepare for his children slaughter because of the iniquity of their fathers lest they rise up and possess the land and fill the face of the world with cities
הָכִ֧ינוּ לְבָנָ֛יו מַטְבֵּ֖חַ בַּעֲוֺ֣ן אֲבוֹתָ֑ם בַּל־ יָקֻ֙מוּ֙ וְיָ֣רְשׁוּ אָ֔רֶץ וּמָלְא֥וּ פְנֵֽי־ תֵבֵ֖ל עָרִֽים

הָכִ֧ינוּ  Prepare 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperative, masculine plural
Root: כּוּן 
Sense: to be firm, be stable, be established.
לְבָנָ֛יו  for  his  children 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
מַטְבֵּ֖חַ  slaughter 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: מַטְבֵּחַ  
Sense: slaughtering place, slaughter.
בַּעֲוֺ֣ן  because  of  the  iniquity 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, common singular construct
Root: עָוֹן  
Sense: perversity, depravity, iniquity, guilt or punishment of iniquity.
אֲבוֹתָ֑ם  of  their  fathers 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine plural
Root: אָב  
Sense: father of an individual.
בַּל־  lest 
Parse: Adverb
Root: בַּל 
Sense: not, hardly, else.
יָקֻ֙מוּ֙  they  rise  up 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: קוּם 
Sense: to rise, arise, stand, rise up, stand up.
וְיָ֣רְשׁוּ  and  possess 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person common plural
Root: יָרַשׁ  
Sense: to seize, dispossess, take possession off, inherit, disinherit, occupy, impoverish, be an heir.
אָ֔רֶץ  the  land 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.
וּמָלְא֥וּ  and  fill 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person common plural
Root: מָלֵא 
Sense: to fill, be full.
פְנֵֽי־  the  face 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
תֵבֵ֖ל  of  the  world 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: תֵּבֵל  
Sense: world.
עָרִֽים  with  cities 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: עִיר 
Sense: excitement, anguish.

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