King James Version
Isaiah 14:7 in the King James Version says “The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing.” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 14 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing.”
Isaiah 14:7 · KJV
The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers.
He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth. a continual: Heb. a stroke without removing
The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing.
Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us.
Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations. Hell: or, The grave chief: Heb. leaders, or, great goats
KJV Study — Public Domain
“is at rest”
H5117to rest, i.e., settle down; used in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, intransitive, transitive and causative (to dwell, stay, l
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“into singing”
H7440properly, a creaking (or shrill sound), i.e., shout (of joy or grief)
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