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NASB | Isaiah 14:12 "How you have fallen from heaven, O star of the morning, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the earth, You who have weakened the nations! |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Isaiah 14:12 "How you have fallen from heaven, O 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]! |
Subject: Did this occur before Gen 1:1 or after? |
Bible Note: Hi Ron, You did not offend me and you don't need to apologize. But I am glad that you see that capitalization makes a difference and can put things in perspective. That there is a difference between the Son and the son of the morning for instance. Here is what MacArthur's study bible says for Isaiah 14:12-14 fallen from heaven...be like the Most High. "Jesus' use of v.12 to describe Satan's fall (Luke 10:18, cf Rev. 12:8-12) has led many to see more than a reference to the king of Babylon. Just as the Lord addressed Satan in His words to the serpent (Gen. 3:14,15), this inspired dirge speaks to the king of Babylon and to the devil who energized him. See Ezek.28:12-17 for similar language to the king of Tyre and Satan behind him." So here is a comparison of them: Isaiah 14:4, "...that you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon, and say, "How the oppressor has ceased, And how fury has ceased! The *Lord has broken the staff of the wicked, The scepter of rulers...How you have FALLEN FROM HEAVEN, O star of the morning, son of the dawn!" Luke 10:18, "And He said to them, "*I was watching Satan FALL FROM HEAVEN like lightning." Ezekiel 28:14, "You were the anointed cherub who covers, And I placed you there. You were on the holy mountain of *God; you walked in the midst of the stones of fire. Revelation 12:13, "And when the dragon saw that he was thrown down to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male child [Child, NKJ]...And the dragon was enraged with the woman, and went off to make war with the rest of her offspring, who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of *Jesus." From the heart, Ray |