Daily Devotions
Isaiah
"Your pomp is brought down to Sheol"
Text: Isaiah 14:11
PERSONIFICATION OF HELL
Hell is personified in this text. “Sheol” the abode of the death is used in conjunction with “Hell”.
“Hell from beneath is excited about you,
To meet you at your coming;
It stirs up the dead for you,
All the chief ones of the earth;
It has raised up from their thrones
All the kings of the nations.
They all shall speak and say to you:
‘Have you also become as weak as we?
Have you become like us?
Your pomp is brought down to Sheol,
And the sound of your stringed instruments;
The maggot is spread under you,
And worms cover you.'”
Isaiah 14:9-11
1. Hell’s excitement.
a) Hell is described as excited about greeting the king of Babylon.
b) Hell would bring the following to greet the Babylonian king:
i) The dead chiefs.
ii) All the kings of the earth.
iii) All were eager to meet the mighty king of Babylon.
2. The remarks of these dead kings.
a) They are astonished that the king of Babylon would be brought down to Hell.
b) They thought that the Babylonian king could not be brought down to their state.
3. The pomp and orchestra of the Babylonian king.
a) They were legendary.
b) Everyone had seen or heard of the majesty and might of the Babylonian king.
4. What awaits the Babylonian king?
a) Maggots and worms await the mighty Babylonian king.
b) They will cover the king with destruction.
c) The Babylonian king was not indestructible after all.