1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| Isaiah 14:9 | Hell below was in an uproar to meet thee at thy coming, it stirred up the giants for thee. All the princes of the earth are risen up from their thrones, all the princes of nations. | Hell is personified, deriding the Chaldean monarch, Baltassar, who perished the very night after he had profaned the sacred vessels, Daniel 5:3. He probably received only the burial of an ass, ver. 11, 19. (Calmet) |