Isaiah Chapter 14 verse 11 Holy Bible
Thy pomp is brought down to Sheol, `and' the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and worms cover thee.
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Your pride has gone down into the underworld, and the noise of your instruments of music; the worms are under you, and your body is covered with them.
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-- Thy pomp is brought down to Sheol, the noise of thy lyres: the maggot is spread under thee, and worms cover thee.
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Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.
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Your pomp is brought down to Sheol, [and] the noise of your viols: the worm is spread under you, and worms cover you.
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Brought down to Sheol hath been thine excellency, The noise of thy psaltery, Under thee spread out hath been the worm, Yea, covering thee is the worm.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 11. - The noise of thy viols. (On the fondness of the Babylonians for music, and the number and variety of their musical instruments, see Daniel 3:7, 10, etc.) The word here translated "viol" is more commonly rendered "psaltery." (On the probable character of the instrument intended, see note on Isaiah 5:12.) The worm is spread under thee, etc.; rather, beneath thee is spread the maggot, and the worm covereth thee. The thought of the grave brings the thought of corruption with it. For cushion and for coverlet the royal corpse has only the loathsome creatures which come with putrescence. At this point the second stanza terminates.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(11) Thy pomp is brought down to the grave. Literally, to Sheol, as in Isaiah 14:9. The "pomp" is the same as the "beauty" of Isaiah 13:19.The noise of thy viols.--Perhaps harps, or cymbals, representing one of the prominent features of Babylonian culture (Daniel 3:5). The singers see, as it were, all this kingly state mouldering in the grave, maggots and worms (the two words are different in the Hebrew) taking the place of the costly shawls and carpets on which the great king had been wont to rest.
