Isaiah 14:13
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Isaiah 14:13
which he has made and set in the heavens, and preserves; meaning either the angels, ( Job 38:7 ) or rather the kings and princes of the earth, over whom he placed himself, having subdued them under him. It may be applied to ecclesiastical persons, pastors, and bishops of churches, compared to stars, ( Revelation 1:20 ) the third part of which the dragon drew with his tail, ( Revelation 12:4 ) and over whom the bishop of Rome has usurped an universal dominion. The Targum is,
the north:
that is, as some think, in the temple where the tribes of Israel gathered together for worship, which was built upon Mount Zion; which, as Kimchi says, lay north of Jerusalem; see ( Psalms 48:2 ) so the tabernacle is often called the tabernacle of the congregation; but, as Cocceius and Vitringa observe, Mount Zion was not to the north, but to the south of Jerusalem; wherefore not that mount, but Mount Moriah, which was to the north of Mount Zion, is designed; however, not Babylon is here meant, as R. Joseph Kimchi thought; called, as he supposes, "the mount of the congregation", because all the world were gathered thither to the king of Babylon; and a "mount", because a strong city; and said to be "in the sides of the north", because it lay north east to the continent; but, as one observes, he had no need to boast of sitting there, where he was already. Jarchi thinks the last clause refers to the north side of the altar, in the court, where the sacrifice was killed, ( Leviticus 1:11 ) and may point at the seat of the Romish antichrist, and the sacerdotal power usurped by him, to offer sacrifice for the sins of men, particularly the bloodless sacrifice of the Mass.
For thou hast said in thine heart
Which shows the pride and haughtiness that were in his heart; and were the cause and reason of his fall, for pride goes before a fall; it was the cause of the fall of angels, and of Adam, and of many kings and kingdoms; see ( Proverbs 16:18 ) with this compare ( Revelation 18:7 Revelation 18:8 ) : I will ascend into heaven;
be above all men, rule over the whole world; and so the Targum.
``I will ascend on high;''unless by it is meant the temple at Jerusalem, where Jehovah dwelt, an emblem of heaven, to which sense the following clauses incline; and so the Romish antichrist sits in the temple of God, and on his throne as if he was God, ( 2 Thessalonians 2:4 ) . I will exalt my throne above the stars of God;
which he has made and set in the heavens, and preserves; meaning either the angels, ( Job 38:7 ) or rather the kings and princes of the earth, over whom he placed himself, having subdued them under him. It may be applied to ecclesiastical persons, pastors, and bishops of churches, compared to stars, ( Revelation 1:20 ) the third part of which the dragon drew with his tail, ( Revelation 12:4 ) and over whom the bishop of Rome has usurped an universal dominion. The Targum is,
``over the people of God I will put the throne of my kingdom;''notoriously true of the man of sin: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of
the north:
that is, as some think, in the temple where the tribes of Israel gathered together for worship, which was built upon Mount Zion; which, as Kimchi says, lay north of Jerusalem; see ( Psalms 48:2 ) so the tabernacle is often called the tabernacle of the congregation; but, as Cocceius and Vitringa observe, Mount Zion was not to the north, but to the south of Jerusalem; wherefore not that mount, but Mount Moriah, which was to the north of Mount Zion, is designed; however, not Babylon is here meant, as R. Joseph Kimchi thought; called, as he supposes, "the mount of the congregation", because all the world were gathered thither to the king of Babylon; and a "mount", because a strong city; and said to be "in the sides of the north", because it lay north east to the continent; but, as one observes, he had no need to boast of sitting there, where he was already. Jarchi thinks the last clause refers to the north side of the altar, in the court, where the sacrifice was killed, ( Leviticus 1:11 ) and may point at the seat of the Romish antichrist, and the sacerdotal power usurped by him, to offer sacrifice for the sins of men, particularly the bloodless sacrifice of the Mass.