King James Version (KJV)
Isaiah 14:17
“[That] made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; [that] opened not the house of his prisoners?”
Verse in context — Isaiah 14
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Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
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They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, [and] consider thee, [saying, Is] this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;
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[That] made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; [that] opened not the house of his prisoners?
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All the kings of the nations, [even] all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house.
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But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, [and as] the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet.
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