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All the kings of the nations. Who shook kingdoms,
10 They all shall speak and say to you: 17 Who made the world as a wilderness
‘Have you also become as weak as we? And destroyed its cities,
Have you become like us? Who did not open the house of his
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Your pomp is brought down to Sheol, prisoners?’
And the sound of your stringed 18
instruments; “All the kings of the nations,
The maggot is spread under you, All of them, sleep in glory,
And worms cover you.’ Everyone in his own house;
19 But you are cast out of your grave
12 “How you are fallen from heaven, Like an abominable branch,
O Lucifer, son of the morning! Like the garment of those who are slain,
How you are cut down to the ground, Thrust through with a sword,
You who weakened the nations! Who go down to the stones of the pit,
13 For you have said in your heart: Like a corpse trodden underfoot.
‘I will ascend into heaven, 20 You will not be joined with them in
I will exalt my throne above the stars burial,
of God; Because you have destroyed your land
I will also sit on the mount of the And slain your people.
congregation The brood of evildoers shall never be
On the farthest sides of the north; named.
14 I will ascend above the heights of the 21 Prepare slaughter for his children
clouds, Because of the iniquity of their fathers,
I will be like the Most High.’ Lest they rise up and possess the land,
And fill the face of the world with cities.”
22 “For I will rise up against them,” says
the LORD of hosts,
14:12–14 fallen from heaven,…be like the “And cut off from Babylon the name
Most High. Jesus’ use of v. 12 to describe
and remnant,
Satan’s fall (Luke 10:18; Rev. 12:8–10) has led And offspring and posterity,” says the
many to see more than a reference to the king
of Babylon.Just as the Lord addressed Satan in 23 LORD.
His words to the serpent (Gen. 3:14,15), this “I will also make it a possession for the
inspired dirge speaks to the king of Babylon porcupine,
and to the devil who energized him. See And marshes of muddy water;
Ezekiel 28:12–17 for similar language to the I will sweep it with the broom of
king of Tyre and Satan behind him. destruction,” says the LORD of
hosts.
14:12 heaven.The scene suddenly shifts from
24 The LORD of hosts has sworn, saying,
the underworld to heaven to emphasize the
unbridled pride of the king and Satan energiz- “Surely, as I have thought, so it shall
ing him.Lucifer,son of the morning. Literally, come to pass,
“Lucifer” means “shining one,” but translators And as I have purposed, so it shall
have often rendered it “morning star.” stand:
Tradition of the time saw the stars as repre- 25 That I will break the Assyrian in My
senting gods battling among themselves for land,
places of preeminence. And on My mountains tread him
underfoot.
14:13,14 I will. Five “I wills” emphasize the Then his yoke shall be removed from
arrogance of the king of Babylon and of Satan them,
from whom he takes his cue.
And his burden removed from their
shoulders.
26 This is the purpose that is purposed
15 Yet you shall be brought down to
Sheol, against the whole earth,
To the lowest depths of the Pit. And this is the hand that is stretched
out over all the nations.
“Those who see you will gaze at you, For the LORD of hosts has purposed,
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And consider you, saying: And who will annul it?
‘Is this the man who made the earth His hand is stretched out,
tremble, And who will turn it back?”

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