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<p class="tab-1">In this chapter, I. More weight is added to the burden of Babylon, enough to sink it like a mill-stone; I. It is Israel’s cause that is to be pleaded in this quarrel with Babylon, <a class="bibleref" title="Isa.14.1-Isa.14.3" href="/passage/?search=Isa.14.1-Isa.14.3">Isa. 14:1-3</a>. 2. The king of Babylon, for the time being, shall be remarkably brought down and triumphed over, <a class="bibleref" title="Isa.14.4-Isa.14.20" href="/passage/?search=Isa.14.4-Isa.14.20">Isa. 14:4-20</a>. 3. The whole race of the Babylonians shall be cut off and extirpated, <a class="bibleref" title="Isa.14.21-Isa.14.23" href="/passage/?search=Isa.14.21-Isa.14.23">Isa. 14:21-23</a>. II. A confirmation of the prophecy of the destruction of Babylon, which was a thing at a distance, is here given in the prophecy of the destruction of the Assyrian army that invaded the land, which happened not long after, <a class="bibleref" title="Isa.14.24-Isa.14.27" href="/passage/?search=Isa.14.24-Isa.14.27">Isa. 14:24-27</a>. III. The success of Hezekiah against the Philistines is here foretold, and the advantages which his people would gain thereby, <a class="bibleref" title="Isa.14.28-Isa.14.32" href="/passage/?search=Isa.14.28-Isa.14.32">Isa. 14:28-32</a>.</p>
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