Isaiah 14:16
Good News Translation
The dead will stare and gape at you. They will ask, "Is this the man who shook the earth and made kingdoms tremble?

New Revised Standard Version
Those who see you will stare at you, and ponder over you: “Is this the man who made the earth tremble, who shook kingdoms,

Contemporary English Version
Those who see you will stare and wonder, "Is this the man who made the world tremble and shook up kingdoms?

New American Bible
When they see you they will stare, pondering over you: “Is this the man who made the earth tremble, who shook kingdoms?

Douay-Rheims Bible
They that shall see thee, shall turn toward thee, and behold thee. Is this the man that troubled the earth, that shook kingdoms,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

They that shall see thee, shall turn toward thee, and behold thee. Is this the man that troubled the earth, that shook kingdoms,

shall narrowly

Psalm 58:10,11 The just shall rejoice when he shall see the revenge: he shall wash his hands in the blood of the sinner. . . .

Psalm 64:9 And every man was afraid. And they declared the works of God, and understood his doings.

is this

Isaiah 14:4,5 Thou shalt take up this parable against the king of Babylon, and shalt say: How is the oppressor come to nothing, the tribute hath ceased? . . .

Psalm 52:7 Behold the man that made not God his helper: But trusted in the abundance of his riches: and prevailed in his vanity.

Jeremiah 50:23 How is the hammer of the whole earth broken, and destroyed! how is Babylon turned into a desert among the nations!

Jeremiah 51:20-23 Thou dashest together for me the weapons of war, and with thee I will dash nations together, and with thee I will destroy kingdoms: . . .

Context
Downfall of the King of Babylon
15But yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, into the depth of the pit. 16They that shall see thee, shall turn toward thee, and behold thee. Is this the man that troubled the earth, that shook kingdoms,17That made the world a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof, that opened not the prison to his prisoners?…
Cross References
Isaiah 14:15
But yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, into the depth of the pit.

Isaiah 14:17
That made the world a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof, that opened not the prison to his prisoners?

Nahum 3:6
And I will cast abominations upon thee, and will disgrace thee, and will make an example of thee.

Habakkuk 1:10
And their prince shall triumph over kings, and princes shall be his laughingstock: and he shall laugh at every strong hold, and shall cast up a mount, and shall take it.

Isaiah 14:15
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