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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 14:12

How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer! Babylon's sudden fall is compared, with great force and beauty, to the (seeming) fall of a star from heaven. The word translated "Lucifer" means properly "shining one," and no doubt here designates a star; but whether any particular star or no is uncertain. The LXX . translated by ἑωσφόρος , whence our "Lucifer." The subjoined epithet, "son of the morning" or "of the dawn," accords well with this rendering. How art thou cut down to the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 14:12

The ambitious spirit in man. The word "Lucifer" means the "light-bringer," and so has been in modern times associated with our matches. As standing in this text, it has often been taken as a synonym for Satan; but it really is a highly poetical description of the King of Babylon, and the Babylonian empire is in Scripture represented as the type of the ambitions, aspiring, tyrannical, and self-idolizing power. Isaiah 14:13 gives the supreme boasting of this king: "I will ascend into heaven,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 14:13

For thou hast said ; rather, and thou—thou saidst ; i.e. weak as thou art now shown to have been, it was thou that didst dare to say. I will ascend into heaven, etc. (comp. Isaiah 10:13 , Isaiah 10:14 ; Isaiah 37:24 , Isaiah 37:25 ). Isaiah represents rather the thoughts of the Babylonian monarch than his actual words. The Babylonian inscriptions are full of boasting egotism; but they do not contain anything approaching to impiety. The king may regard himself as, in a certain... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 14:12

How art thou fallen from heaven - A new image is presented here. It is that of the bright morning star; and a comparison of the once magnificent monarch with that beautiful star. He is now exhibited as having fallen from his place in the east to the earth. His glory is dimmed; his brightness quenched. Nothing can be more poetic and beautiful than a comparison of a magnificent monarch with the bright morning star! Nothing more striking in representing his death, than the idea of that star... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 14:13

For thou hast said in thine heart - It was thy purpose or design.I will ascend into heaven - Nothing could more strikingly show the arrogance of the monarch of Babylon than this impious design. The meaning is, that he intended to set himself up as supreme; he designed that all should pay homage to him; be did not intend to acknowledge the authority of God. It is not to be understood literally; but it means that he intended “not” to acknowledge any superior either in heaven or earth, but... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 14:12-14

Isaiah 14:12-14. How art thou fallen from heaven From the height of thy glory; O Lucifer Lucifer is properly a bright star, that ushers in the morning; but is here metaphorically taken for the mighty king of Babylon, who outshone all the kings of the earth by his great splendour. Son of the morning The title of son is given in Scripture, not only to a person or thing begotten or produced by another, but also to any thing which is related to it, in which sense we read of the son of a... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 14:1-23

13:1-23:18 MESSAGES FOR VARIOUS NATIONSAll the nations are under the rule of God, who controls their rise to power and their final destruction according to his purposes. This is the truth that the prophet teaches in the collection of prophecies against various nations in Chapters 13 to 23. The first message is for Babylon, which in Isaiah’s day had not yet risen to a position of international power. The fall of Babylon that is pictured in these chapters would not take place for more than one... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 14:12

Lucifer = Morning-star. Worshipped by the Assyrians as male at sunrise, female at sunset. A name of Satan. weaken = subdue. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 14:13

For = And. hast said = saidst. ascend = mount up. heaven = the heavens. mount of the congregation. Not Zion, but the Divine assembly of judgment. Compare Psalms 75:2 ; Psalms 82:1 .Ezekiel 28:12-14 . sides = recesses. Same word as in Isaiah 14:16 ; Isaiah 37:24 , and 1 Samuel 24:3 .Ezekiel 32:23 . the north. This helps us to localize the dwelling place of God. No "Semitic conception", but Divine revelation of Him Who knows what Satan "said in his heart". Compare Psalms 75:6 . Job 26:7 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 14:12

"How art thou fallen from heaven, O day-star, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, that didst lay low the nations! And thou saidst in thy heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; and I will sit upon the mount of the congregation, in the uttermost parts of the north; I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High."We are glad that our version (American Standard Version) leaves the word "Lucifer" out... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 14:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 14:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 14:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 14:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 14:13

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 14:12-14

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 14:1-23

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 14:12

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 14:13

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 14:12

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