Isaiah 14:20
New International Version
you will not join them in burial, for you have destroyed your land and killed your people. Let the offspring of the wicked never be mentioned again.

New Living Translation
You will not be given a proper burial, for you have destroyed your nation and slaughtered your people. The descendants of such an evil person will never again receive honor.

English Standard Version
You will not be joined with them in burial, because you have destroyed your land, you have slain your people. “May the offspring of evildoers nevermore be named!

Berean Standard Bible
You will not join them in burial, since you have destroyed your land and slaughtered your own people. The offspring of the wicked will never again be mentioned.

King James Bible
Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned.

New King James Version
You will not be joined with them in burial, Because you have destroyed your land And slain your people. The brood of evildoers shall never be named.

New American Standard Bible
“You will not be united with them in burial, Because you have ruined your country, You have killed your people. May the descendants of evildoers never be mentioned.

NASB 1995
“You will not be united with them in burial, Because you have ruined your country, You have slain your people. May the offspring of evildoers not be mentioned forever.

NASB 1977
“You will not be united with them in burial, Because you have ruined your country, You have slain your people. May the offspring of evildoers not be mentioned forever.

Legacy Standard Bible
You will not be united with them in burial, Because you have ruined your country, You have killed your people. May the seed of evildoers not be called upon forever.

Amplified Bible
“You will not be united with them in burial, Because you have destroyed your land, You have slain your people. May the descendants of evildoers never be named!

Christian Standard Bible
You will not join them in burial, because you destroyed your land and slaughtered your own people. The offspring of evildoers will never be mentioned again.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You will not join them in burial, because you destroyed your land and slaughtered your own people. The offspring of evildoers will never be remembered.

American Standard Version
Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, thou hast slain thy people; the seed of evil-doers shall not be named for ever.

Contemporary English Version
You won't be buried with kings; you ruined your country and murdered your people. You evil monster! We hope that your family will be forgotten forever.

English Revised Version
Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, thou hast slain thy people; the seed of evil-doers shall not be named for ever.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
You won't be joined by the kings in the tomb, because you have destroyed your land and killed your people. The descendants of the wicked will never be mentioned again.

Good News Translation
Because you ruined your country and killed your own people, you will not be buried like other kings. None of your evil family will survive.

International Standard Version
you will not be united with them in burial, for you have destroyed your land, you have slain your people. People will never mention the descendants of those who practice evil again!

Majority Standard Bible
You will not join them in burial, since you have destroyed your land and slaughtered your own people. The offspring of the wicked will never again be mentioned.

NET Bible
You will not be buried with them, because you destroyed your land and killed your people. The offspring of the wicked will never be mentioned again.

New Heart English Bible
You will not join them in burial, because you have destroyed your land. You have killed your people. The offspring of evildoers will not be mentioned forever.

Webster's Bible Translation
Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evil-doers shall never be renowned.

World English Bible
You will not join them in burial, because you have destroyed your land. You have killed your people. The offspring of evildoers will not be named forever.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
You are not united with them in burial, "" For you have destroyed your land, "" You have slain your people, "" The seed of evildoers is not named for all time.

Young's Literal Translation
Thou art not united with them in burial, For thy land thou hast destroyed, Thy people thou hast slain, Not named to the age is the seed of evil doers.

Smith's Literal Translation
Thou shalt not be united with them in the grave, for thou destroyedst thy land, and didst slay thy people: the seed of those doing evil shall not be called forever.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Thou shalt not keep company with them, even in burial: for thou hast destroyed thy land, thou hast slain thy people: the seed of the wicked shall not be named for ever.

Catholic Public Domain Version
You will not be associated with them, even in the grave. For you have destroyed your own land; you have slain your own people. The offspring of the wicked ones will not be called upon for eternity.

New American Bible
You will never be together with them in the grave, For you have ruined your land, you have slain your people! Let him never be named, that offshoot of evil!

New Revised Standard Version
You will not be joined with them in burial, because you have destroyed your land, you have killed your people. May the descendants of evildoers nevermore be named!
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
You shall not rejoice with them in the grave, because you have destroyed your land and slain your people; the offspring of the evildoer shall never rise again.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And you shall not rejoice with them in the grave, because you destroyed your land and you have killed your people. The evil seed shall never rise
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, Because thou hast destroyed thy land, Thou hast slain thy people; The seed of evil-doers shall not Be named for ever.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
As a garment defiled with blood shall not be pure, so neither shalt thou be pure; because thou hast destroyed my land, and hast slain my people: thou shalt not endure for ever, - thou an evil seed.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Downfall of the King of Babylon
19But you are cast out of your grave like a rejected branch, covered by those slain with the sword, and dumped into a rocky pit like a carcass trampled underfoot. 20You will not join them in burial, since you have destroyed your land and slaughtered your own people. The offspring of the wicked will never again be mentioned. 21Prepare a place to slaughter his sons for the iniquities of their forefathers. They will never rise up to possess a land or cover the earth with their cities.…

Cross References
Ezekiel 28:15-17
From the day you were created you were blameless in your ways—until wickedness was found in you. / By the vastness of your trade, you were filled with violence, and you sinned. So I drove you in disgrace from the mountain of God, and I banished you, O guardian cherub, from among the fiery stones. / Your heart grew proud of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor; so I cast you to the earth; I made you a spectacle before kings.

Jeremiah 50:39-40
So the desert creatures and hyenas will live there and ostriches will dwell there. It will never again be inhabited or lived in from generation to generation. / As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah along with their neighbors,” declares the LORD, “no one will dwell there; no man will abide there.

Revelation 18:21-24
Then a mighty angel picked up a stone the size of a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying: “With such violence the great city of Babylon will be cast down, never to be seen again. / And the sound of harpists and musicians, of flute players and trumpeters, will never ring out in you again. Nor will any craftsmen of any trade be found in you again, nor the sound of a millstone be heard in you again. / The light of a lamp will never shine in you again, and the voices of a bride and bridegroom will never call out in you again. For your merchants were the great ones of the earth, because all the nations were deceived by your sorcery.” ...

Jeremiah 51:26
No one shall retrieve from you a cornerstone or a foundation stone, because you will become desolate forever,” declares the LORD.

Revelation 19:20-21
But the beast was captured along with the false prophet, who on its behalf had performed signs deceiving those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. Both the beast and the false prophet were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur. / And the rest were killed with the sword that proceeded from the mouth of the One seated on the horse. And all the birds gorged themselves on their flesh.

Ezekiel 32:24-25
Elam is there with all her multitudes around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword—those who went down uncircumcised to the earth below, who once spread their terror in the land of the living. They bear their disgrace with those who descend to the Pit. / Among the slain they prepare a resting place for Elam with all her hordes, with her graves all around her. All of them are uncircumcised, slain by the sword, although their terror was once spread in the land of the living. They bear their disgrace with those who descend to the Pit. They are placed among the slain.

Jeremiah 49:18
As Sodom and Gomorrah were overthrown along with their neighbors,” says the LORD, “no one will dwell there; no man will abide there.

Revelation 14:8
Then a second angel followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who has made all the nations drink the wine of the passion of her immorality.”

Jeremiah 25:12
But when seventy years are complete, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their guilt, declares the LORD, and I will make it an everlasting desolation.

Revelation 17:16-18
And the ten horns and the beast that you saw will hate the prostitute. They will leave her desolate and naked, and they will eat her flesh and burn her with fire. / For God has put it into their hearts to carry out His purpose by uniting to give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God are fulfilled. / And the woman you saw is the great city that rules over the kings of the earth.”

Ezekiel 31:14-17
This happened so that no other trees by the waters would become great in height and set their tops among the clouds, and no other well-watered trees would reach them in height. For they have all been consigned to death, to the depths of the earth, among the mortals who descend to the Pit.’ / This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘On the day it was brought down to Sheol, I caused mourning. I covered the deep because of it; I held back its rivers; its abundant waters were restrained. I made Lebanon mourn for it, and all the trees of the field fainted because of it. / I made the nations quake at the sound of its downfall, when I cast it down to Sheol with those who descend to the Pit. Then all the trees of Eden, the choicest and best of Lebanon, all the well-watered trees, were consoled in the earth below. ...

Jeremiah 51:62-64
and say, ‘O LORD, You have promised to cut off this place so that no one will remain—neither man nor beast. Indeed, it will be desolate forever.’ / When you finish reading this scroll, tie a stone to it and cast it into the Euphrates. / Then you are to say, ‘In the same way Babylon will sink and never rise again, because of the disaster I will bring upon her. And her people will grow weary.’” Here end the words of Jeremiah.

Revelation 18:2
And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable beast.

Ezekiel 26:20-21
then I will bring you down with those who descend to the Pit, to the people of antiquity. I will make you dwell in the earth below like the ancient ruins, with those who descend to the Pit, so that you will no longer be inhabited or set in splendor in the land of the living. / I will make you an object of horror, and you will be no more. You will be sought, but will never be found,’ declares the Lord GOD.”

Jeremiah 50:13
Because of the wrath of the LORD, she will not be inhabited; she will become completely desolate. All who pass through Babylon will be horrified and will hiss at all her wounds.


Treasury of Scripture

You shall not be joined with them in burial, because you have destroyed your land, and slain your people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned.

the seed

Isaiah 13:15-19
Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword…

Job 18:16,19
His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off…

Psalm 21:10
Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.

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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














You will not join them in burial
This phrase speaks to the ultimate disgrace and dishonor in ancient Near Eastern cultures, where a proper burial was of utmost importance. The Hebrew root for "burial" (קָבוּרָה, qeburah) emphasizes the finality and respect associated with being laid to rest. In this context, the denial of burial signifies divine judgment and rejection. Historically, this reflects the fate of tyrants and wicked rulers who, due to their actions, are denied the dignity of being remembered honorably among their ancestors.

since you have destroyed your land
The phrase highlights the consequences of the ruler's actions, emphasizing the Hebrew root שָׁחַת (shachat), meaning "to destroy" or "to corrupt." This destruction is not just physical but moral and spiritual, indicating a leader's failure to steward the land entrusted to them. The historical context here is the devastation brought upon a nation by its own leaders, who, through their tyranny and neglect, bring ruin upon their own territories.

and slaughtered your people
This phrase underscores the violence and bloodshed caused by the ruler's oppressive reign. The Hebrew word for "slaughtered" (הָרַג, harag) conveys a sense of ruthless killing. In the biblical narrative, leaders are called to protect and nurture their people, but here, the ruler has done the opposite, leading to divine condemnation. This serves as a warning against the abuse of power and the moral responsibility leaders have towards their subjects.

The offspring of evildoers
The term "offspring" (זֶרַע, zera) in Hebrew often refers to descendants or progeny. In this context, it signifies the continuation of a legacy. However, the "evildoers" (רָשָׁע, rasha) are those who act wickedly, and their lineage is marked by their iniquity. This phrase suggests that the consequences of sin extend beyond the individual to their descendants, reflecting the biblical principle of generational impact of sin.

will never be mentioned again
This phrase indicates a complete erasure from memory, a fate worse than death in ancient cultures where legacy and remembrance were highly valued. The Hebrew root זָכַר (zakar) means "to remember" or "to mention." The divine judgment here is total obliteration from history, a stark contrast to the biblical hope of being remembered by God. This serves as a sobering reminder of the eternal consequences of living a life in opposition to God's will.

(20) Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial . . .--The curse of the dishonoured death is connected with its cause. The conqueror had inflicted that shame even on his own people, and was punished in like kind himself. Comp. Jeremiah's prediction as to Jehoiakim (Jeremiah 22:19), and parallel instances in 2Chronicles 21:20; 2Chronicles 24:25; Ezekiel 29:5.

The seed of evildoers shall never be renowned.--Literally, shall not be named for ever. Here we have a parallel in the sentence on Coniah (Jeremiah 22:30). In the inscription of Eshmunazzar, king of Sidon (quoted by Cheyne), we have both elements of the imprecation: "Let him (the man who violates the sacredness of the king's tomb) not have a couch with the shade, and let him not be buried in the grave, and let him not have son or seed in his stead." In the inscriptions of Tiglath-pileser (Records of the Past, v. 26) and Merodach-baladan III. (ib., ix. 36) we find like curses. Historically, as the Behistun inscription shows, the dynasty of Nabopolassar disappeared from history. and Darius boasts of having subdued an impostor, a second Nebuchadnezzar, who claimed to represent it (Records of the Past, i. 114). . . .

Verse 20. - If we make the alteration suggested in the preceding note, this verse will begin as follows: "They that have gone down to the stoner of the pit, with these thou shalt not be joined in burial" - a repetition certainly of the first clause of ver. 19, but with amplification, and with the reason appended. Thou hast destroyed thy land; i.e. "brought ruin on it by displeasing God, and causing him to visit it with a judgment." The seed of evil-doers shall never be renowned; rather, shall not be named forever (comp. Psalm 109:13). The meaning is that they shall have no seed, or, if they have any, that it shall be early cut off, and the whole race blotted out. Pretenders rose up under Darius Hystaspis, claiming descent from Belshazzar's father, Nabenidus; but the claim is characterized as false, and a false claim would scarcely have been set up had real descendants survived.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
You will not
לֹֽא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

join
תֵחַ֤ד (ṯê·ḥaḏ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 3161: To be united

them in burial,
בִּקְבוּרָ֔ה (biq·ḇū·rāh)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 6900: Sepulture, a sepulchre

since
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

you have destroyed
שִׁחַ֖תָּ (ši·ḥa·tā)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 7843: Perhaps to go to ruin

your land
אַרְצְךָ֥ (’ar·ṣə·ḵā)
Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

and slaughtered
הָרָ֑גְתָּ (hā·rā·ḡə·tā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 2026: To smite with deadly intent

your own people.
עַמְּךָ֣ (‘am·mə·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

The offspring
זֶ֥רַע (ze·ra‘)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 2233: Seed, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity

of the wicked
מְרֵעִֽים׃ (mə·rê·‘îm)
Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 7489: To spoil, to make, good for, nothing, bad

will never again
לֹֽא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

be mentioned.
יִקָּרֵ֥א (yiq·qā·rê)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7121: To call, proclaim, read


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