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Text -- Isaiah 14:12-32 (NET)
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14:12 Look how you have fallen from the sky , O shining one, son of the dawn ! You have been cut down to the ground , O conqueror of the nations !
14:13 You said to yourself , “I will climb up to the sky . Above the stars of El I will set up my throne . I will rule on the mountain of assembly on the remote slopes of Zaphon .
14:14 I will climb up to the tops of the clouds ; I will make myself like the Most High !”
14:15 But you were brought down to Sheol , to the remote slopes of the pit .
14:16 Those who see you stare at you, they look at you carefully , thinking: “Is this the man who shook the earth , the one who made kingdoms tremble ?
14:17 Is this the one who made the world like a desert , who ruined its cities , and refused to free his prisoners so they could return home ?”’
14:18 As for all the kings of the nations , all of them lie down in splendor , each in his own tomb .
14:19 But you have been thrown out of your grave like a shoot that is thrown away . You lie among the slain , among those who have been slashed by the sword , among those headed for the stones of the pit , as if you were a mangled corpse .
14:20 You will not be buried with them, because you destroyed your land and killed your people . The offspring of the wicked will never be mentioned again.
14:21 Prepare to execute his sons for the sins their ancestors have committed. They must not rise up and take possession of the earth , or fill the surface of the world with cities .”
14:22 “I will rise up against them,” says the Lord who commands armies . “I will blot out all remembrance of Babylon and destroy all her people , including the offspring she produces,” says the Lord .
14:23 “I will turn her into a place that is overrun with wild animals and covered with pools of stagnant water . I will get rid of her, just as one sweeps away dirt with a broom ,” says the Lord who commands armies .
14:24 The Lord who commands armies makes this solemn vow: “Be sure of this: Just as I have intended , so it will be ; just as I have planned , it will happen .
14:25 I will break Assyria in my land , I will trample them underfoot on my hills . Their yoke will be removed from my people, the burden will be lifted from their shoulders .
14:26 This is the plan I have devised for the whole earth ; my hand is ready to strike all the nations .”
14:27 Indeed , the Lord who commands armies has a plan , and who can possibly frustrate it? His hand is ready to strike , and who can possibly stop it?
The Lord Will Judge the Philistines
14:28 In the year King Ahaz died , this message was revealed :
14:29 Don’t be so happy , all you Philistines , just because the club that beat you has been broken ! For a viper will grow out of the serpent’s root , and its fruit will be a darting adder .
14:30 The poor will graze in my pastures; the needy will rest securely . But I will kill your root by famine ; it will put to death all your survivors .
14:31 Wail , O city gate ! Cry out , O city ! Melt with fear, all you Philistines ! For out of the north comes a cloud of smoke , and there are no stragglers in its ranks .
14:32 How will they respond to the messengers of this nation ? Indeed , the Lord has made Zion secure; the oppressed among his people will find safety in her.
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NET Notes -> Isa 14:12; Isa 14:12; Isa 14:12; Isa 14:12; Isa 14:13; Isa 14:13; Isa 14:13; Isa 14:14; Isa 14:14; Isa 14:15; Isa 14:15; Isa 14:16; Isa 14:17; Isa 14:17; Isa 14:18; Isa 14:18; Isa 14:18; Isa 14:18; Isa 14:19; Isa 14:19; Isa 14:19; Isa 14:19; Isa 14:19; Isa 14:20; Isa 14:21; Isa 14:21; Isa 14:21; Isa 14:22; Isa 14:22; Isa 14:23; Isa 14:23; Isa 14:24; Isa 14:25; Isa 14:25; Isa 14:25; Isa 14:26; Isa 14:27; Isa 14:27; Isa 14:28; Isa 14:28; Isa 14:29; Isa 14:29; Isa 14:30; Isa 14:30; Isa 14:31; Isa 14:31; Isa 14:32
NET Notes: Isa 14:12 In this line the taunting kings hint at the literal identity of the king, after likening him to the god Helel and a tree. The verb גָ...
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NET Notes: Isa 14:13 Zaphon, the Canaanite version of Olympus, was the “mountain of assembly” where the gods met.
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NET Notes: Isa 14:14 Normally in the OT the title “Most High” belongs to the God of Israel, but in this context, where the mythological overtones are so strong...
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NET Notes: Isa 14:15 The Hebrew term בּוּר (bor, “cistern”) is sometimes used metaphorically to refer to the place of the dead or...
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NET Notes: Isa 14:16 The word “thinking” is supplied in the translation in order to make it clear that the next line records their thoughts as they gaze at him...
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NET Notes: Isa 14:17 Heb “and his prisoners did not let loose to [their] homes.” This really means, “he did not let loose his prisoners and send them bac...
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NET Notes: Isa 14:18 Heb “house” (so KJV, ASV), but in this context a tomb is in view. Note the verb “lie down” in the preceding line and the refer...
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NET Notes: Isa 14:21 J. N. Oswalt (Isaiah [NICOT], 1:320, n. 10) suggests that the garrison cities of the mighty empire are in view here.
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NET Notes: Isa 14:24 Having announced the downfall of the Chaldean empire, the Lord appends to this prophecy a solemn reminder that the Assyrians, the major Mesopotamian p...
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NET Notes: Isa 14:25 Heb “and his [i.e., Assyria’s] yoke will be removed from them [the people?], and his [Assyria’s] burden from his [the nation’s...
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NET Notes: Isa 14:29 Heb “flying burning one.” The designation “burning one” may allude to the serpent’s appearance or the effect of its pois...
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NET Notes: Isa 14:31 Heb “and there is no one going alone in his appointed places.” The meaning of this line is uncertain. בּוֹד&...
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