“who made the world like a wilderness, and overthrew its cities, who didn’t release his prisoners to their home?””

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Isaiah 14 contains 32 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.