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Isaiah 14:11-13
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
Isaiah 14:11-13
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
11 Your pomp and magnificence are brought down to Sheol (the underworld), along with the sound of your harps; the maggots [which prey upon dead bodies] are spread out under you and worms cover you [O Babylonian rulers].
12 How have you fallen from heaven, O [a]light-bringer and daystar, son of the morning! How you have been cut down to the ground, you who weakened and laid low the nations [O blasphemous, satanic king of Babylon!]
13 And you said in your heart, I will ascend to heaven; I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will sit upon the mount of assembly in the uttermost north.
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- Isaiah 14:12 The Hebrew for this expression—“light-bringer” or “shining one”—is translated “Lucifer” in The Latin Vulgate, and is thus translated in the King James Version. But because of the association of that name with Satan, it is not now used in this and other translations. Some students feel that the application of the name Lucifer to Satan, in spite of the long and confident teaching to that effect, is erroneous. The application of the name to Satan has existed since the third century a.d., and is based on the supposition that Luke 10:18 is an explanation of Isa. 14:12, which many authorities believe is not true. “Lucifer,” the light-bringer, is the Latin equivalent of the Greek word “Phosphoros,” which is used as a title of Christ in II Pet. 1:19 and corresponds to the name “radiant and brilliant Morning Star” in Rev. 22:16, a name Jesus called Himself. This passage here in Isa. 14:13 clearly applies to the king of Babylon.
Isaiah 14:11-13
New International Version
Isaiah 14:11-13
New International Version
11 All your pomp has been brought down to the grave,(A)
along with the noise of your harps;(B)
maggots are spread out beneath you
and worms(C) cover you.(D)
12 How you have fallen(E) from heaven,
morning star,(F) son of the dawn!
You have been cast down to the earth,
you who once laid low the nations!(G)
13 You said in your heart,
“I will ascend(H) to the heavens;
I will raise my throne(I)
above the stars of God;
I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly,(J)
on the utmost heights(K) of Mount Zaphon.[a]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 14:13 Or of the north; Zaphon was the most sacred mountain of the Canaanites.
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