Isaiah 14:9

New International Reader's Version

“King of Babylon, many people in the place of the dead are really excited. They’re excited about meeting you when you go down there. The spirits of the dead get up to welcome you. At one time all of them were leaders in the world. They were kings over the nations. They get up from their thrones.

Cross References

Proverbs 15:24

The path of life leads up for those who are wise. It keeps them from going down to the place of the dead.

Isaiah 5:14

So Death opens its jaws to receive them. Its mouth is open wide to swallow them up. Their nobles and the rest of the people will go down into it. They will go there together with all those who have wild parties.

Jeremiah 50:8

“People of Judah, run away from Babylon. Leave the land of Babylon. Be like the goats that lead the flock.

Ezekiel 26:20

So I will bring you down together with those who go down into the grave. The people there lived long ago. You will have to live in the earth below. It will be like living in buildings that were destroyed many years ago. You will go down into the grave along with others. And you will never come back. You will not take your place in this world again.