Isaiah 14:12

Morning star, son of the dawn, how you have fallen from heaven! Destroyer of nations, you have been cut down to the ground!

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In The King James Version

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!

In Context

11Your pride is now buried with you in the grave, along with the harp music you loved. Maggots are the bed you lie on, and worms are your blanket.’

13You said to yourself: ‘I will ascend to heaven. I will raise my throne above the stars of God. I will sit enthroned on the mountain of meeting, the summit of the northern mountain.

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Cross References

Isaiah 13:10The stars in the constellations of heaven above will not shine. When the sun rises it will stay dark. The moon will give no light.

Isaiah 34:4The sun, moon, and stars of heaven will fade away, and the skies will be rolled up like a scroll. All the stars will fall like dried-up leaves from a vine, like dried-up figs from a fig tree.

Jeremiah 51:20You are my war club, the weapon I use in battle. I use you to destroy nations; I use you to destroy kingdoms.

Luke 10:18Jesus replied, “I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.

2 Peter 2:4For God didn't even spare the angels when they sinned. He threw them into Tartarus, holding them in dark pits ready for judgment.

Revelation 8:10The third angel blew his trumpet. A great star fell from heaven, blazing brightly. It fell on a third of the rivers and springs of water.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 14:5-24

The Doom of the King of Babylon. ( b. c. 739.) 4 That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased! 5 The Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers. 6 He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth. 7 The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing. 8 Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of… Read the whole commentary →

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