Isaiah chapter 14 KJV (King James Version) Lucifer lux Light ferre carry. But the truth is, the text speaks nothing at all concerning Satan nor his fall, nor the occasion of that fall, which many divines have with great confidence deduced from this text. how are you cut down to the ground, which did weaken the nations!How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning!
O Lucifer, son of the morning - The Versions in general agree in this translation, and render הילל heilel as signifying Lucifer, Φωσφωρος, the morning star, whether Jupiter or Venus; as these are both bringers of the morning light, or morning stars, annually in their turn. ((d) Misn. The church of Rome, in the times of the apostles, was famous for its light and knowledge; its faith was spoken of throughout all the earth; and its bishops or pastors were bright stars, in the morning of the Gospel dispensation: how art thou cut down to the ground; like a tall tree that is cut down, and laid along the ground, and can never rise and flourish more, to which sometimes great monarchs and monarchies are compared; see which didst weaken the nations! In two other places Son of the morning - This is a Hebraism (see the note at Which didst weaken the nations - By thy oppressions and exactions, rendering once mighty nations feeble. 2. Isaiah 14:12 Parallel Verses [⇓ See commentary ⇓] Isaiah 14:12, NIV: "How you have fallen from heaven, morning star, son of the dawn!You have been cast down to the earth, you who once laid low the nations!" You said in your heart, ‘I will ascend to heaven; above the stars of God I will set my throne on high; I will sit on the mount of assembly in the far reaches of the north; I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.’ 2 High in the midst of all the throng, Satan, a tall archangel, sat, Amongst the morning stars he sung [1] Till sin destroy'd his heavenly state. Divines distinguish between authority and power. The superlative degree is intended here; viz., He is most strong. (h) You who thought yourself most glorious and as it were placed in the heaven for the morning star that goes before the sun, is called Lucifer, to whom Nebuchadnezzar is compared.The words are addressed to the Israel of the future in the Israel of the present, as in How are you fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! O how necessary it is to understand the literal meaning of Scripture, that preposterous comments may be prevented! If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong.' Isaiah 14:12, ESV: "“How you are fallen from heaven, O Day Star, son of Dawn!How you are cut down to the ground, you who laid the nations low!" Besides, I doubt much whether our translation be correct.
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SARGON AS A WARRIOR AND AS A BUILDER. how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! That the Holy Spirit by his prophets should call this arch-enemy of God and man the light-bringer, would be strange indeed. 2.
He only was supposed to bear the light, to carry the light which is Jesus Christ - John 8,12. The Hebrew word for strong signifies a conquering, prevailing strength. Why I have chosen it, I trust that you will see presently; certainly not that I may make you hopeless about death. Urartu History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, V 7 So the Romish antichrist has got the power over many nations of the earth, and has reigned over the kings of it, and by various methods has drained them of their wealth and riches, and so greatly enfeebled them; nay, they have of themselves given their power and strength unto the beast, "thou art cast down to the earth, who killedst the people:'' (c) T. Bab. by subduing them, taking cities and towns, plundering the inhabitants of their substance, carrying them captive, or obliging them to a yearly tribute, by which means he weakened them, and kept them under. KJV: King James Version The language is so framed as to apply to the Babylonian king primarily, and at the same time to shadow forth through him, the great final enemy, the man of sin, Antichrist, of Daniel, St. Paul, and St. John; he alone shall fulfil exhaustively all the lineaments here given.12.
Gesenius, however, renders the Hebrew here as in Eze 21:12; Zec 11:2, "howl. The living, the living, he shall praise thee. The strangers will be joined with them, and they will cling to the house of Jacob. 149. [2] 4 And thus our two first parents stood Till sin The next attribute is God's power. & Maimon.
He is strong.' And although the context speaks explicitly concerning Nebuchadnezzar, yet this has been, I know not why, applied to the chief of the fallen angels, who is most incongruously denominated Lucifer, (the bringer of light!)
They that shall see thee, shall turn toward thee, and behold thee. All this, according to the letter, is spoken of the king of Babylon. Lucifer - Margin, 'Day-star' (הילל hēylēl, from הלל hâlal, "to shine"). “How you are fallen from heaven, O Day Star, son of Dawn! Sabbat, fol. I may seem to have taken a strange text on which to speak,--a mournful, a seemingly hopeless text.
The grave cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. The origin of Sargon II. 1. God has both. --Revolt of Syria, Iaubidi of Hamath and Hannon of Gaza--Bocchoris and the XXIVth Egyptian dynasty; the first encounter of Assyria with Egypt, the battle of Raphia (720 B.C.). Isaiah 14:1-12 New King James Version (NKJV) Mercy on Jacob. Isaiah 14:12-15 illustrates the process of Satan's thinking that led to his fall.
3 ['Twas sin that hurl'd him from his throne, Grov'ling in fire the rebel lies: "How art thou sunk in darkness down, "Son of the morning, from the skies!" In this chapter is a magnificent description of God's power.
alluding to the star Venus, which is the phosphorus or morning star, which ushers in the light of the morning, and shows that day is at hand; by which is meant, not Satan, who is never in Scripture called Lucifer, though he was once an angel of light, and sometimes transforms himself into one, and the good angels are called morning stars, "how art thou fallen from on high, who was shining among the sons of men, as the star Venus among the stars.'' 13.
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