Isaiah 14:1
For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.
- Prophecy for the Millennium
- They went back to their land in 1948
- Thus far, no strangers have ever really joined with them, not even the U.S., for long
Isaiah 14:2
And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.
- Here enemies will finally serve them
- Their wars will be over for good, at least for a thousand years.
- At that time, God will again, for the last time, fight it for them
Revelation 20:7-9 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.
Isaiah 14:3
And it shall come to pass in the day that the LORD shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve,
- All that Israel ever wanted, bargained for, gave away land for, gave away prisoners for, gave away financial support for, freely given to them by their God
- This is the perfect example of works versus grace
Isaiah 14:4
That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased!the golden city ceased!
- This reference can be either Nebuchadnezzar or the anti-Christ, as the king of Babylon is a type of the anti-Christ and the Babylonian kingdom was very much like it:
- Gold, for a head in Daniel
- The Golden City of Babylon will exist, either as Rome, or not. Nevertheless, it will be the same city of mystery religions, as Mystery Babylon, and thus destroyed
Daniel 2:32
This image's head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass,
The head was Babylon.
Daniel 2:37-38
Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory. And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.
MYSTERY BABYLON:
Revelation 17:4
And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:
Isaiah 14:5
The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers.
- The ability to persecute and the very supports holding up Babylon, destroyed by God
- Once that happens, the kingdom is done.
THE STAFF OF BABYLON: BROKEN
STAFF, n. plu. [G., a bar, a rod. The primary sense is to thrust, to shoot. See Stab.]- A stick carried in the hand for support or defense by a person walking; hence, a support; that which props or upholds. Bread is the proverbially called the staff of life.
- The boy was the very staff of my age.
Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me. Psa 23. - A stick or club used as a weapon.
With forks and staves the felon they pursue. - A long piece of wood; a stick; the long handle of an instrument; a pole or stick, used for many purposes.
- The five lines and the spaces on which music is written.
- An ensign of authority; a badge of office; as a constables staff.
- The round of a ladder.
- A pole erected in a ship to hoist and display a flag; called a flag-staff. There is also a jack-staff, and an ensign-staff.
- In military affairs, an establishment of officers in various departments, attached to an army. The staff includes officers not of the line, as adjutants, quarter-masters, chaplain, surgeon, _c. The staff is the medium of communication from the commander in chief to every department of an army.
- A stanza; a series of verses so disposed that when it is concluded, the same order begins again. Cowley found out that no kind of staff is proper for a heroic poem, as being all too lyrical.
- Stave and staves, plu. of staff. [See Stave.]
Isaiah 14:6
He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth.
- When God brings down the wicked, their allies are helpless and scatter like rats
- Besides, like it says, who can stop God?
Isaiah 14:7
The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing.
- This has never happened in man's long history after the Fall
- Spontaneous worship erupts
- Peace followed by praise, because of the knowledge of the LORD
Isaiah 14:8
Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us.
- No more complete deforesting just for the sake of huge castles!
For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
Isaiah 14:9
Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
- The anti-Christ defeated, he shows up with the rest of the lost men, kings and all, in hell.
- Just another eternal prisoner with a number....
Isaiah 14:10
All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us?
- All of this time men on earth believed the anti-Christ was a supernatural wonder, only to find out he as just flesh and bones, destined for hell
- They still marvel and wonder, hence the questions......
Isaiah 14:11
Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.
- Appearance and noise is all that he was-all just show
- Worms, eating him alive, forever
Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire:
Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
Isaiah 14:12
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!
- This is the only occurrence of the word "Lucifer" in the Scriptures
- Lucifer is well known among satanists, New Agers, but not found in many versions of the Bible
- Instead, he is referred to here as "the morning star", which is doctrinally incorrect, as the Morning Star is the LORD Jesus Christ Himself
I 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.
Isaiah 14:13-14
For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
- The enemy's issue with God is the same as man's, authority, sovereignty, power, rule
- The intense blindness it took to think that a created thing can rise above its Creator
- "Rise above", "Ascent into Heaven", "Exalt my throne", "Sit upon the mount", "Sit in the sides of the north", "above the heights of the clouds" (specifically above all of the earth-God's focus, all galaxies, celestial beings), "be like the Most High"- be just like God
- All as a mere created being-this is the source of sinful pride and arrogance in man also
Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
Thou 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.
Thou 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.
Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.
Ezekiel 28:16 By 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. Ezekiel 28:17 Thine 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. Ezekiel 28:18 Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee. Ezekiel 28:19 All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more.
INIQ'UITY, n. [L. iniquitas; in and oequitas, equity.]- Injustice; unrighteousness; a deviation from rectitude; as the iniquity of war; the iniquity of the slave trade.
- Want of rectitude in principle; as a malicious prosecution originating in the iniquity of the author.
- A particular deviation from rectitude; a sin or crime; wickedness; any act of injustice. Your iniquities have separated between you and your God. Isa 59.
- Original want of holiness or depravity.
I was shapen in iniquity. Psa 51.
Isaiah 14:15
Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
- This is for whom hell was made
- Sides..............different sides, not the sides of the north, but of th south
Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
Luke 13:27
But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.
Isaiah 14:16
They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;
- In the end, the enemy will be reduced to less than man, powerless, weak, a marvel to look upon
- The thought that this was the being which tortured mankind for centuries, destroyed families, civilizations, kingdoms, lives, deceived so many-reduced to nothing
Isaiah 14:17
That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?
- The world untamed, wild, manmade objects destroyed, and imprisonment of men in their minds (false religion)and bodies, (captivity, war)-literally
- The original plan for mankind was to tame the land, as a garden. That was universal, not just local
- Mankind likes to call it "lion country", bear territory", etc., thinking he is so righteous in "preserving the wild"
- Being stewards is not destruction, but being preservationists is, as wild beast kill people, lack of cultivation starves people
Genesis 1:28
And God blessed them (all of mankind, represented by Adam and Eve), and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
Isaiah 14:18
All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house.
- Sepulchers, tombs, nice headstones neatly engraved for prominent people
- The lost have their homes after death, but it is not the grave
- The abominable branch is in contrast to the real branch, Jesus Christ
Isaiah 14:19
But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet.
- This is as opposed to the real Branch, of Righteousness, the LORD Jesus Christ Himself
Isaiah 11:1
And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:
Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned.
Isaiah 14:21
Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.
Isaiah 14:22
For I will rise up against them, saith the LORD of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith the LORD.
Isaiah 14:23
I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the LORD of hosts.
FOCUS SWITCH: "THE ASSYRIAN"
Isaiah 14:24
The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:
Isaiah 14:25
That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders.
- "The Assyrian" is possibly, probably a title of the 10: Micah 5, Zephaniah 2
Isaiah 10:24
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt.
Isaiah 30:31
For through the voice of the LORD shall the Assyrian be beaten down, which smote with a rod.
This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations.
- This is the whole earth, the empire of the anti-Christ
- This is the Day of the LORD, not Assyria's empire
danl 11 isa 30 micah 5, daniel 8
Isaiah 14:27For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
- The implied answer is, "No one can!"
Isaiah 14:28
In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden.
AHAZ: a RECAP
- Son of Jotham (Isaiah 1:1)
- King of Judah
- Made his son pass through the fire
- Burnt incense in the high places
- Beseiged by Rezin (Syria) and Pekah (Israel)
- Used God's treasury to get help from Tiglath-Peleser to defeat the above two
FOCUS SWITCH AGAIN: PALESTINE
Isaiah 14:29Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent.
- The seed of the serpent, now the ROOT of the serpent
Genesis 3:15
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety: and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay thy remnant.
Isaiah 14:31
Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, art dissolved: for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall be alone in his appointed times.
Isaiah 14:32
What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.
