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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

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 14:15

"Yet thou shalt be brought down to Sheol, to the uttermost parts of the pit. They that see thee shall gaze at thee, they shall consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms; that made the world as a wilderness, and overthrew the cities thereof; that let not loose his prisoners to their home? All the kings of the nations, all of them, sleep in glory, everyone in his own house. But thou art cast forth away from thy sepulchre like an abominable... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 14:21

"Prepare ye slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers, that they rise not up, and possess the earth, and fill the face of the world with cities. And I will rise up against them, saith Jehovah of hosts, and cut off from Babylon name and remnant, and son and son's son, saith Jehovah. I will also make it a possession for the porcupine, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the bosom of destruction, saith Jehovah of hosts."This little paragraph is a kind of final curse... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 14:24

PROPHECY AGAINST ASSYRIASome writers love to refer to this brief paragraph as "a fragment"; but it is no such thing. It is merely the inspired prophet's manner of revealing God's Word to men, "here a little, there a little, line upon line, line upon line, precept upon precept, line upon line, etc." See the Introduction."Jehovah of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely, as I have thought, so shall it surely come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand: that I will break the Assyrian in my... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 14:28

PROPHECY AGAINST PHILISTIA"In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden. Rejoice not, O Philistia, all of thee, because the rod that smote thee is broken; for out of the serpent's root shall come forth an adder, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent. And the first-born of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety; and I will kill thy root with famine, and thy remnant shall be slain. Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou art melted away, O Philistia, all of thee; for there... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 14

CHAP. XIV. God's merciful restoration of Israel: their triumph in the fall of the king of Babylon. God's purpose against Assyria. Palestine is threatened. Before Christ 712. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 14:1

Isaiah 14:1. For the Lord will have mercy— The prophet here continues his discourse concerning Babylon, wherein we have a continuation of the prophesy concerning the fall of the Babylonish empire and its rulers, Isa 14:1-23 and a prophesy interwoven, concerning the great slaughter which the king of Assyria should meet with on the mountains of Israel; Isa 14:24-27 the former part describes, first, the fruit or consequence of the fall of Babylon; that is to say, the perfect deliverance of the... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 14:4-7

Isaiah 14:4-7. Thou shalt take up this proverb— The latter member of this discourse is employed in a figurative enarration of the fall of the kings of Babylon, Isa 14:4-21 and of Babylon itself, Isaiah 14:22-23. The prophet introduces his prediction concerning the fall of the kings of Babylon by a poetic or dramatic song, in which the church congratulates herself and all other people on this event: in this song he elegantly represents, as in a scene, various persons speaking; as, first, the... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 14:22-23

Isaiah 14:22-23. For I will rise, &c. Thus the prophet ends this remarkable song, and again informs us, what he had set forth in the first part of this prophesy, that the judgment should not rest in the royal house, but should pass to all the other inhabitants of Babylon; who should also be wholly cut off; and the city itself entirely wasted and destroyed. See the note on chap. Isaiah 13:19-22. It is remarkable, that the river Euphrates having been turned out of its course by Cyrus when he... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Isaiah 14:24-27

Isaiah 14:24-27. The Lord of Hosts hath sworn— This period, though of a peculiar and different, is not of a totally foreign argument: it contains the epilogue and conclusion of the foregoing prophesy. As what the prophet foretold concerning the destruction of Babylon might justly seem great beyond expectation, he was desirous that the truth of the prediction should be collected from another remarkable and not dissimilar divine judgment, which should precede the completion of this prophesy;... read more

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