Isaiah 14:20

You will not join them in burial, since you have destroyed your land and slaughtered your own people. The offspring of the wicked will never again be mentioned.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The speaker pronounces judgment on a ruler who has just been cast out of his grave and dumped in a rocky pit like a trampled carcass.

The words — The Hebrew phrase תֵחַ֤ד אִתָּ֙ם֙ בִּקְבוּרָ֔ה (te.Chad ittam biqvu'rah) literally means "you will be united with them in burial."

The thread — The motif of erased lineage runs through Job 18:19, which notes no offspring will remain among his people, and Psalms 21:10, which declares God will wipe their descendants from the earth.

Why it lands — The text requires the reader to acknowledge that systematic destruction of a land and its people results in permanent genealogical and historical erasure.

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The Hebrew words

לֹֽא־lo'-not תֵחַ֤דte.Chadyou will be united אִתָּם֙'i.Ta/mwith/ them בִּקְבוּרָ֔הbi/k.vu.Rahin/ burial כִּֽי־ki-for אַרְצְךָ֥'ar.tze./Khaland/ your שִׁחַ֖תָּshi.Cha.tayou have ruined עַמְּךָ֣'a.me./Khapeople/ your הָרָ֑גְתָּha.Ra.ge.tayou have slain לֹֽא־lo'-not יִקָּרֵ֥אyi.ka.Re'it will be named לְעוֹלָ֖םle./'o.Lamfor/ ever זֶ֥רַעZe.ra'[the] offspring of מְרֵעִֽים׃me.re.'Imevil-doers

King James Version

Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned.

Cross-references

Job 18:19 He has no offspring or posterity among his people, no survivor where he once lived.
Psalms 21:10 You will wipe their descendants from the earth, and their offspring from the sons of men.
Psalms 37:28 For the LORD loves justice and will not forsake His saints. They are preserved forever, but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off.
Psalms 109:13 May his descendants be cut off; may their name be blotted out from the next generation.
Job 18:16 The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away.
Psalms 137:8 O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us.
Isaiah 1:4 Alas, O sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children who act corruptly! They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on Him.
Isaiah 13:15 Whoever is caught will be stabbed, and whoever is captured will die by the sword.