The Taunt-Song Against the King of Babylon (14:3-23). 

        This taunt-song (not proverb or parable, ver. 4) is one of the finest poems in the Old Testament, and must be interpreted as poetry. A fine translation is given by G. A. Smith. It is not dear whether some definite king is here intended, or whether Babylon is being personified in its king. In either case, reference to the fall of Satan is intended. Lucifer (14:12) means the morning star. The application of the name to Satan is due to patristic exegesis: king’s overweening pride (14:13) makes him a type of Satan — “the Mount of congregation in the uttermost north” is the home of the gods in Babylonian mythology.