Lucifer in Hebrew is helel (הֵילֵל), shining one. Isaiah gives the king of Babylon the title helel ben shahar, “shining one, son of the dawn”, the morning star thrown down from the sky (Isaiah 14:12). The Hebrew Bible never says Lucifer. That is the Latin Bible’s word for helel, and it became a name for the devil only later. Isaiah’s song is mockery, and the picture is sharp. A king had said in his heart, “I will ascend into heaven,…

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