Discovery BoxIsaiah 14:18 
Context14:18 1 As for all the kings of the nations,
all of them 2 lie down in splendor, 3
each in his own tomb. 4
Isaiah 14:26
Context14:26 This is the plan I have devised for the whole earth;
my hand is ready to strike all the nations.” 5
Isaiah 37:18
Context37:18 It is true, Lord, that the kings of Assyria have destroyed all the nations 6 and their lands.
Isaiah 52:10
Context52:10 The Lord reveals 7 his royal power 8
in the sight of all the nations;
the entire 9 earth sees
our God deliver. 10
Isaiah 63:6
Context63:6 I trampled nations in my anger,
I made them drunk 11 in my rage,
I splashed their blood on the ground.” 12
1 sn It is unclear where the quotation of the kings, begun in v. 10b, ends. However, the reference to the “kings of the nations” in v. 18 (see also v. 9) seems to indicate that the quotation has ended at this point and that Israel’s direct taunt (cf. vv. 4b-10a) has resumed. In fact the references to the “kings of the nations” may form a stylistic inclusio or frame around the quotation.
2 tc The phrase “all of them” does not appear in the Qumran scroll 1QIsaa.
3 sn This refers to the typically extravagant burial of kings.
4 tn Heb “house” (so KJV, ASV), but in this context a tomb is in view. Note the verb “lie down” in the preceding line and the reference to a “grave” in the next line.
5 tn Heb “and this is the hand that is outstretched over all the nations.”
6 tn The Hebrew text here has “all the lands,” but the parallel text in 2 Kgs 19:17 has “the nations.”
7 tn Heb “lays bare”; NLT “will demonstrate.”
8 tn Heb “his holy arm.” This is a metonymy for his power.
9 tn Heb “the remote regions,” which here stand for the extremities and everything in between.
10 tn Heb “the deliverance of our God.” “God” is a subjective genitive here.
11 sn See Isa 49:26 and 51:23 for similar imagery.
12 tn Heb “and I brought down to the ground their juice.” “Juice” refers to their blood (see v. 3).
