Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 14:21
Prepare slaughter for his children; O ye Medes and Persians, cut off all the branches of the royal family of Babylon. For the iniquity of their fathers; in the guilt whereof the children are justly involved, partly because of that community of nature and interest which is between parents and children, which makes them for the most part bear a share with them, as in their rewards and advantages, so also in their punishments and miseries; and partly because they justified their sins by their... read more
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 14:20
Thou shalt not be joined with them; not in place, for so the kings of several nations did not use to be joined in the same sepulchre; but in condition, not be buried as they are. Thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people; thou hast exercised great tyranny and cruelty, not only to thine enemies, but even to thine own subjects; which it is more than probable Belshazzar did, and it is certain that his parents and predecessors had done, whose sins contributed, together with his, to bring... read more