Isaiah 14:12-14

Israel's Remnant Taunts Babylon

12 "How l you are fallen from heaven,
O 1 Lucifer, 2 son of the morning!
How you are cut down to the ground,
You who weakened the nations! 13 For you have said in your heart:
m 'I will ascend into heaven,
n I will exalt my throne above the stars of God;
I will also sit on the o mount of the congregation
p On the farthest sides of the north; 14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds,
q I will be like the Most High.'

  1. Cross References
    Isaiah 34:4
    All the host of heaven shall be dissolved, And the heavens shall be rolled up like a scroll; All their host shall fall down As the leaf falls from the vine, And as fruit falling from a fig tree.
    Luke 10:18
    And He said to them, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.
    Revelation 12:7 - 9
    And war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought.
  2. Cross References
    Ezekiel 28:2
    Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Because your heart is lifted up, And you say, 'I am a god, I sit in the seat of gods, In the midst of the seas,' Yet you are a man, and not a god, Though you set your heart as the heart of a god
    Matthew 11:23
    And you, Capernaum, who are exalted to heaven, will be brought down to Hades; for if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.
  3. Cross References
    Daniel 8:10
    And it grew up to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and some of the stars to the ground, and trampled them.
    2 Thessalonians 2:4
    Who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.
  4. Cross References
    Ezekiel 28:14
    You were the anointed cherub who covers; I established you; You were on the holy mountain of God; You walked back and forth in the midst of fiery stones.
  5. Cross References
    Psalms 48:2
    Beautiful in elevation, The joy of the whole earth, Is Mount Zion on the sides of the north, The city of the great King.
  6. Cross References
    Isaiah 47:8
    Therefore hear this now, you who are given to pleasures, Who dwell securely, Who say in your heart, 'I am, and there is no one else besides me; I shall not sit as a widow, Nor shall I know the loss of children'.
    2 Thessalonians 2:4
    Who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is worshiped, so that he sits as God in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.
New King James Version (NKJV) Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.