New Living Translation
Isaiah 14:12
12“How you are fallen from heaven, O shining star, son of the morning! You have been thrown down to the earth, you who destroyed the nations of the world.
Isaiah 14:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
- New International Version (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!
- English Standard Version (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!
- New King James Version (NKJV)“How you are fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How you are cut down to the ground, You who weakened the nations!
Context of Isaiah 14:12
10With one voice they all cry out, ‘Now you are as weak as we are! 11Your might and power were buried with you. The sound of the harp in your palace has ceased. Now maggots are your sheet, and worms your blanket.’ “How you are fallen from heaven, O shining star, son of the morning! You have been thrown down to the earth, you who destroyed the nations of the world. 13For you said to yourself, ‘I will ascend to heaven and set my throne above God’s stars. I will preside on the mountain of the gods far away in the north. 14I will climb to the highest heavens and be like the Most High.’
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אֵ֛יךְ נָפַ֥לְתָּ מִשָּׁמַ֖יִם הֵילֵ֣ל בֶּן־שָׁ֑חַר נִגְדַּ֣עְתָּ לָאָ֔רֶץ חוֹלֵ֖שׁ עַל־גּוֹיִֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- How art thou fallenנָפַלnâphal · to fall: fallH5307
- from heavenשָׁמַיִםshâmayim shâmeh · heavenH8064
- O Luciferהֵילֵלhêylêl · Day StarH1966
- sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
- of the morningיָלַלyâlal · to wailH3213
- of the morningשַׁ֫חַרshachar · dawnH7837
- art thou cut downגָּדַעgâda‛ · to cut down/offH1438
- to the groundאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: soilH776
- which didst weakenחָלַשׁchâlash · to weakenH2522
- the nationsגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
Cross-references for Isaiah 14:12
- Isaiah 13:10The heavens will be black above them; the stars will give no light. The sun will be dark when it rises, and the moon will provide no light.
- Isaiah 34:4The heavens above will melt away and disappear like a rolled-up scroll. The stars will fall from the sky like withered leaves from a grapevine, or shriveled figs from a fig tree.
- Ezekiel 28:13You were in Eden, the garden of God. Your clothing was adorned with every precious stone— red carnelian, pale-green peridot, white moonstone, blue-green beryl, onyx, green jasper, blue lapis lazuli, turquoise, and emerald— all beautifully crafted for you and set in the finest gold. They were given to you on the day you were created.
- Luke 10:18“Yes,” he told them, “I saw Satan fall from heaven like lightning!
- 2 Peter 2:4For God did not spare even the angels who sinned. He threw them into hell, in gloomy pits of darkness, where they are being held until the day of judgment.
- Revelation 12:7Then there was war in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon and his angels.
- 2 Peter 1:19Because of that experience, we have even greater confidence in the message proclaimed by the prophets. You must pay close attention to what they wrote, for their words are like a lamp shining in a dark place—until the Day dawns, and Christ the Morning Star shines in your hearts.
- Revelation 2:28They will have the same authority I received from my Father, and I will also give them the morning star!
- Revelation 22:16“I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you this message for the churches. I am both the source of David and the heir to his throne. I am the bright morning star.”
- Isaiah 14:4you will taunt the king of Babylon. You will say, “The mighty man has been destroyed. Yes, your insolence is ended.
- Jeremiah 50:23Babylon, the mightiest hammer in all the earth, lies broken and shattered. Babylon is desolate among the nations!
- Jeremiah 51:20“You are my battle-ax and sword,” says the Lord. “With you I will shatter nations and destroy many kingdoms.
Commentaries on Isaiah 14:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12O Lucifer, son of the morning - The Versions in general agree in this translation, and render הילל heilel as signifying Lucifer, , the morning star, whether Jupiter or Venus; as these are both bringers of the morning light, or morning stars, annually in their turn. 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…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12How art thou fallen from heaven - A new image is presented here. It is that of the bright morning star; and a comparison of the once magnificent monarch with that beautiful star. He is now exhibited as having fallen from his place in the east to the earth. His glory is dimmed; his brightness quenched. Nothing can be more poetic and beautiful than a comparison of a magnificent monarch with the bright morning star! Nothing more striking in representing his…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12fallen from heaven, O day star: These words refer to a well-known Canaanite story. In that story, the god Helel rebelled against the god El, who was the chief god of the Canaanite people. Helel was cast down from heaven. Isaiah uses this image to describe the fall of the king of Babylon. Some interpret the fall of the king of Babylon as symbolizing the fall of Satan (see Ezekiel 28; Luke 10:18; Revelation 12:9). However, there is little evidence that…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. Lucifer--"day star." A title truly belonging to Christ (Re 22:16), "the bright and morning star," and therefore hereafter to be assumed by Antichrist. Gesenius, however, renders the Hebrew here as in Eze 21:12; Zec 11:2, "howl." weaken--"prostrate"; as in Ex 17:13, "discomfit."Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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