14:12
“How you are fallen from heaven, morning star, son of the dawn!” (NIV), ESV has “O Day Star, son of Dawn”, and NKJV has “O Lucifer, son of the morning”. This passage is often taken as talking about the fall of Satan, of his being cast out of heaven. In its immediate context it is about the fall of Babylon, but there is a Biblical pattern of immediate historical events and people being used as types of Christ (David, Cyrus etc), so it is possible that Babylon is being used as a type, reflecting some of the things that apply to Satan. Lucifer means “light bearer”. In Rev 22:16 Jesus is referred to as the Morning Star, so ESV or NKJV seem eminently preferable to the NIV translation.
14:13
The king of Babylon had enormously lofty ideas for himself, something that has been repeated many times in history. He thought he was all powerful, but we all know that pride comes before a fall. When someone starts boasting we can expect their fall to come quite soon. However, there will be a time when they seem to succeed. In Daniel 4 we read of Nebuchadnezzar exalting himself and then being humbled.Zaphon was the most sacred mountain of the Canaanites.
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