Isa 14:21 | JFB | e4.org | 21. Prepare, &c.—charge to the Medes and Persians, as if they were God's conscious instruments. his children —Belshazzar's ( ). rise —to occupy the places of their fathers. fill . . . with cities —MAURER translates, "enemies," as the Hebrew means in ; namely, lest they inundate the world with their armies. VITRINGA translates, "disturbers." In English Version the meaning is, "lest they fill the land with such cities" of pride as Babylon was.

‏ Isaiah 14:21

21. Prepare, &c.—charge to the Medes and Persians, as if they were God's conscious instruments.

his children—Belshazzar's (Ex 20:5).

rise—to occupy the places of their fathers.

fill . . . with cities—MAURER translates, "enemies," as the Hebrew means in 1Sa 28:16; Ps 139:20; namely, lest they inundate the world with their armies. VITRINGA translates, "disturbers." In English Version the meaning is, "lest they fill the land with such cities" of pride as Babylon was.