John Trapp on Isaiah 14:9

Ver. 9. Hell from beneath is moved for thee] Infernus ab inferendo: Shaeal from its unſatiableneſs, and continual craving. Here is an Ironical and Poetical repreſentation of the King of Babylons coming into Hell, and his entertainment there; the dead Kings riſing from their places for reverence, to receive him.

Even all the chief ones of the earth] Heb. The He-goats, ſuch as lead and go before the flock; ſuch Rhetorick as this we meet with in Lucians Dialogues. Of Laurentius Valla, that great Critick, who found fault with almoſt all Latine Authors, One made this Tetraſtich; Nunc poſtquàm manes defunctus Valla petivit,Trithem. Non audet Pluto verba Latina loqui. Jupiter hunc caeli dignatus honore fuiſſet, Cenſorem linguae ſed timet ipſe ſuae.

From their Thrones] i. e. From their Sepulchres, ſaith Piſcator.