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The prophesied destruction of Babylon in Isaiah 13 symbolizes what will happen to those who fight against the people of God and those whose hearts are set upon the things of the world instead of the things of God. Isaiah 14 is more especially about the king of Babylon, whom Isaiah compared to Lucifer, or Satan. Because of the writings in this ...
Dec 21, 2020 · That king of Isaiah 14:4 KJV perfectly fits Titus. He was that King of Babylon, diverse from, and extended by changes to the little Horn of Daniel. He is the eleventh king of the powerful world-order of Rome, being the natural born son of, and natural heir to Vespasian--the tenth king--who was destroyed neither in anger, nor in battle. Daniel ...
- The Song1
- The Heart of The King
- The King
- Conclusion
Isaiah 14 is a prophetic song of God’s victory over evil. Its opening informs the reader that the Lord has promised to give rest to His people, explaining the circumstances under which this rest and its commemorative song should be remembered (v. 3). The song then elaborates on how He will achieve this. In verse 4, the construction “take up + prove...
When observing the parallelism within the poem, something distinctive happens in the two central verses. After an introduction (“For you have said in your heart,” verse 13, NASB), a series of seven parallel phrases describe the king’s desire to elevate himself. Since all other forms of parallelism found in the song involve only two elements, this c...
The designation of the king of Babylon as “morning star, son of dawn” in verse 12 (NASB) has led many com-mentators to the ancient Near East, where astronomy and astrology often played central roles.12 Some associate the title with Canaanite mythology13 because the information was found in the Ras Shamra texts,14though, as Watts points out, “no suc...
Isaiah 14 was written first and fore-most with the promise of release from the Babylonian exile in sight. At the same time, we notice that there are some aspects that are very hard to explain on a historical level, leading many authors to maintain the impossibility of identifying the king with one historical figure.22A linguistic study of the passa...
12. “How you have fallen from heaven, O [ a]star of the morning [light-bringer], son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, You who have weakened the nations [king of Babylon]! 13. “But you said in your heart, ‘I will ascend to heaven; I will raise my throne above the stars of God;
Babylon and Lucifer A. The fall of the King of Babylon. 1. (Isaiah 14:1-2) Judgment on Babylon means mercy on Israel. For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will still choose Israel, and settle them in their own land. The strangers will be joined with them, and they will cling to the house of Jacob.
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a. For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob: Isaiah 13 ended with the desolation and gloom that would come upon Babylon. Since Babylon was Judah’s great enemy, any judgment on Babylon was an expression of mercy to Israel. So, Isaiah followed the pronouncement of judgment on Babylon with the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will still choose ...
Few English readers realise the fact that it is the king of Babylon, and not the devil, who is addressed as Lucifer. While this has been the history of the Latin word, its Greek and English equivalents have risen to a higher place, and the "morning star" has become a name of the Christ ( Revelation 22:16 ).
