Isaías 14:17

17 Que punha o mundo como um deserto, e assolava as suas cidades? que a seus cativos não deixava ir soltos para suas casas?

Isaías 14:17 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 14:17

[That] made the world as a wilderness
Both by destroying the inhabitants of it, and by laying waste cities, towns, villages, fields, vineyards, gardens, and all places improved and cultivated, wherever he came, as it follows: and destroyed the cities thereof;
as the Assyrian kings had done, some of which are mentioned in ( Isaiah 10:9 ) ( Isaiah 37:11-13 Isaiah 37:18 ) : [that] opened not the house of his prisoners;
the prison house, in, which they were held; or,

``the gate to his prisoners,''

as the Targum; or rather the words may be rendered, "that opened not to his prisoners", that they might go "home"; or as De Dieu, in short, yet fully, expresses it, "that did not dismiss his prisoners home"; he not only cruelly and inhumanly put many to the sword, but such as surrendered, and were taken captives, he detained them in prison, and would not loose their bonds, but let them die there; which was an instance of great cruelty and inhumanity.

Isaías 14:17 In-Context

15 Contudo levado serás ao Seol, ao mais profundo do abismo.

16 Os que te virem te contemplarão, considerar-te-ão, e dirão: É este o varão que fazia estremecer a terra, e que fazia tremer os reinos?

17 Que punha o mundo como um deserto, e assolava as suas cidades? que a seus cativos não deixava ir soltos para suas casas?

18 Todos os reis das nações, todos eles, dormem com glória, cada um no seu túmulo.

19 Mas tu és lançado da tua sepultura, como um renovo abominável, coberto de mortos atravessados a espada, como os que descem �s pedras da cova, como cadáver pisado aos pés.