Commentaire sur Isaïe 14:12

Lucifer, the morning star This is Venus, which gives light as the morning star, הֵילֵל being derived from יהל, to shed light. This is the lamentation over the heavenly prince of Babylon, who will fall from heaven.

הילל Very probably Lucifer, as בן שחר morning star proves. It is seen on certain days a little before dawn, and of all the host of heaven there is no star that shines with such brilliancy as this; its name is therefore הילל (lit., splendour); comp. יחלו They shall cause to shine (13:11).

You have been cut down to earth You, Nebuchadnezzar, who would cast lots on nations. You would cast lots on them, on the kings, who of them would serve you on such and such a day, and who on such and such a day. Our Rabbis, however, expounded this to mean that he would cast lots on the kings for purposes of pederasty.

חולש Who didst weaken. Comp. ויחלוש And he defeated (Exod. 17:13). According to others: Who didst cast lots;⁹Comp. חלשים Lots. See Kashi ad locum. Talm. Babl. Shabbath, 149. comp. קלקל בחצים He divined by arrows (Ez. 21:26).¹⁰This is said of the king of Babylon, when he came to attack Jerusalem.