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Isaiah 14

Isa. 14:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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How art thou fallen
naphal (Hebrew #5307)
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
KJV usage: be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for 6419), lay (along), (cause to) lie down, light (down), be (X hast) lost, lying, overthrow, overwhelm, perish, present(-ed, -ing), (make to) rot, slay, smite out, X surely, throw down.
Pronounce: naw-fal'
Origin: a primitive root
from heaven
shamayim (Hebrew #8064)
from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
KJV usage: air, X astrologer, heaven(-s).
Pronounce: shaw-mah'-yim
Origin: dual of an unused singular shameh {shaw-meh'}
, O βLucifer
heylel (Hebrew #1966)
the morning-star
KJV usage: lucifer.
Pronounce: hay-lale'
Origin: from 1984 (in the sense of brightness)
, son
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
of the morning
yalal (Hebrew #3213)
to howl (with a wailing tone) or yell (with a boisterous one)
KJV usage: (make to) howl, be howling.
Pronounce: yaw-lal'
Origin: a primitive root
shachar (Hebrew #7837)
dawn (literal, figurative or adverbial)
KJV usage: day(-spring), early, light, morning, whence riseth.
Pronounce: shakh'-ar
Origin: from 7836
! how art thou cut down
gada` (Hebrew #1438)
to fell a tree; generally, to destroy anything
KJV usage: cut (asunder, in sunder, down, off), hew down.
Pronounce: gaw-dah'
Origin: a primitive root
to the ground
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
, which didst weaken
chalash (Hebrew #2522)
to prostrate; by implication, to overthrow, decay
KJV usage: discomfit, waste away, weaken.
Pronounce: khaw-lash'
Origin: a primitive root
the nations
gowy (Hebrew #1471)
apparently from the same root as 1465 (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
KJV usage: Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
Pronounce: go'-ee
Origin: rarely (shortened) goy {go'-ee}
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or, daystar.

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Heaven,
lucifer

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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How art thou fallen.
Isa. 13:10• 10For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine. (Isa. 13:10)
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Isa. 34:4• 4And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree. (Isa. 34:4)
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Ezek. 28:13‑17• 13Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.
 14Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.
 15Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.
 16By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.
 17Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee. (Ezek. 28:13‑17)
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Luke 10:18• 18And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. (Luke 10:18)
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2 Peter 2:4• 4For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment; (2 Peter 2:4)
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Rev. 12:7‑10• 7And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels,
 8And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven.
 9And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
 10And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. (Rev. 12:7‑10)
Lucifer.
or, day-star.
2 Peter 1:19• 19We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: (2 Peter 1:19)
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Rev. 2:28• 28And I will give him the morning star. (Rev. 2:28)
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Rev. 22:16• 16I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star. (Rev. 22:16)
weaken.
Isa. 14:4‑6• 4That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!
 5The Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers.
 6He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth. (Isa. 14:4‑6)
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Jer. 50:23• 23How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations! (Jer. 50:23)
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Jer. 51:20‑24• 20Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms;
 21And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider;
 22With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the maid;
 23I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I break in pieces captains and rulers.
 24And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, saith the Lord. (Jer. 51:20‑24)
• But in verses 12-15 we seem to pass from the visible king to Satan, whose nominee he is to be. Satan, whose original sin was an attempt at self-exaltation unto equality with God, is to be “brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit”, as we also see in Revelation 20. (“Isaiah 14” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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How art thou fallen from heaven, Luciferc, son of the morning! Thou art cut down to the ground, that didst prostrate the nations!

JND Translation Notes

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Or "Brilliant Star."