“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!”
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!—the application of cosmic imagery to the fall of the Babylon king, with the comparison to the fall of the morning star (Lucifer). The reference to weakening nations suggests that the king's power extended even to destabilizing the cosmic order. This verse elevates the taunt-song to mythological heights, comparing the fall of the king to the fall of a heavenly being.
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