Isaiah 14:12 (WEB)
How you have fallen from heaven, shining one, son of the dawn! How you are cut down to the ground, who laid the nations low!
Fathers and councils · 9
Jerome
“…with folly, how much more them that dwell in houses of clay,” amongst whom are we, and made of the same clay too.“The life of man is a warfare upon earth.”Lucifer fell who was sending to all nations, and he who was nurtured in a paradise of delight as one of the twelve precious stones, was wounded and went down to…” — editor's note: Jerome blends two passages, Is. xiv. 12 (in which the Sept. reading is “that sendest to;” R.V. “didst lay low”) and Ezek. xxviii. 13 sq. In the passage from…
Read the whole comment“In the West the Sun of righteousness is even now rising; in the East, Lucifer, who fell from heaven, has once more set his throne above the stars.” — editor's note: Isa. xiv. 12.
Read the whole comment“Lucifer fell, Lucifer who used to rise at dawn; and he who was bred up in a paradise of delight had the well-earned sentence passed upon him, “Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the Lord.”” — editor's note: Isa. xiv. 12.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
- Athanasius of Alexandria, Against the Arians III.3Discourse III
“He, for instance, who did not remain, but went astray, heard the words, ‘How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning?’” — editor's note: Is. xiv. 12.
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences I–X VIII.8Conference VIII
“I will be like the Most High.”” — editor's note: Is. xiv. 12–14.
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Origen
“And I shall rise against them, saith the Lord of hosts, and I shall cause their name to perish, and their remains, and their seed.”” — editor's note: Isa. xiv. 12–22.
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Augustine of Hippo
“Ye shall die like men,” and shall fall like the devil.” — editor's note: [Dan. x. 13. “Princes” understood of angels. Then, Isa. xiv. 12. So Shaks.: “He falls like Lucifer,” etc.—C.]
Read the whole comment“…proofs,—either what Isaiah says when he represents the devil under the person of the king of Babylon, “How art thou fallen, O Lucifer, son of the morning!” or what Ezekiel says, “Thou hast been in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering,” where it is meant that he was some time without sin;…” — editor's note: Isa. xiv. 12.
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Hippolytus of Rome
“Prepare thy children for slaughter, for the sins of thy father, that they rise not, neither possess my land.”” — editor's note: Isa. xiv. 4–21.
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Cross-references · 13
Cited together in Conferences I–X VIII.8.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VIII.8.
Cited together in The City of God XI.15 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VIII.8.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VIII.8.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VIII.8.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VIII.8.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VIII.8.
Cited together in The City of God XI.15.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VIII.8.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VIII.8.
Cited together in Conferences I–X VIII.8.
Cited together in The City of God XI.15.