Isa 14:7, 44:23 | JFB | e4.org | 7. they —the once subject nations of the whole earth. HOUBIGANT places the stop after "fir trees" ( ), "The very fir trees break forth," &c. But the parallelism is better in English Version.

‏ Isaiah 14:7

7. they—the once subject nations of the whole earth. HOUBIGANT places the stop after "fir trees" (Isa 14:8), "The very fir trees break forth," &c. But the parallelism is better in English Version.

‏ Isaiah 44:23

23. Call to inanimate nature to praise God; for it also shall share in the coming deliverance from "the bondage of corruption" (Ro 8:20, 21).

done it—effected redemption for both the literal and spiritual Israel.

lower parts, &c.—antithetical to "heavens"; "mountains," "forest," and "tree," are the intermediate objects in a descending gradation (see Ps 96:11, 12).