Jesaja 14:14

14 ich will mich setzen auf den Berg der Versammlung in der fernsten Mitternacht; ich will über die hohen Wolken fahren und gleich sein dem Allerhöchsten."

Jesaja 14:14 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 14:14

I will ascend above the heights of the clouds
Which are the chariots of God, and in which he rides, and so this proud monarch affected to be as he; perhaps some reference is had to the cloud in which Jehovah dwelt in the temple. The Targum is,

``I will ascend above all people,''

compared to clouds for their multitude. In the mystical sense, the true ministers of the word may be meant, so called for their height, motion, swiftness, and fulness of Gospel doctrine, compared to rain; see ( Isaiah 5:6 ) ( Revelation 11:6 Revelation 11:7 ) . I will be like the most High;
so Satan affected to be, and this was the bait he laid for our first parents, and with which they were taken; and nothing less than deity could satisfy some ambitious princes, as Caligula, and others; and this was what the Babylonish monarch aspired to, and ordered to be ascribed to him, and be regarded as such, either while living, or at least after death, which was what had been done to many Heathen princes. So antichrist is represented as showing himself to be God, ( 2 Thessalonians 2:4 ) by calling and suffering himself to be called God; by assuming all power in heaven and in earth; taking upon him to depose kings and dispose of kingdoms at pleasure; dispensing with the laws of God, and making new ones; absolving men from their oaths, pardoning their sins, setting up himself as infallible, as the sole interpreter of Scripture, and judge of controversies. The Targum is,

``I will he higher than them all;''

than the kings of the earth, and all other bishops.

Jesaja 14:14 In-Context

12 Wie bist du vom Himmel gefallen, du schöner Morgenstern! Wie bist du zur Erde gefällt, der du die Heiden schwächtest! {~} {~}

13 Gedachtest du doch in deinem Herzen: "Ich will in den Himmel steigen und meinen Stuhl über die Sterne Gottes erhöhen;

14 ich will mich setzen auf den Berg der Versammlung in der fernsten Mitternacht; ich will über die hohen Wolken fahren und gleich sein dem Allerhöchsten."

15 Ja, zur Hölle fährst du, zur tiefsten Grube.

16 Wer dich sieht, wird dich schauen und betrachten und sagen: "Ist das der Mann, der die Erde zittern und die Königreiche beben machte?