Isaiah 10 - 15

It becomes apparent that Isaiah is a prophet of God as his attention focuses on Babylon its great destruction. Babylon at Isaiah's time had not yet developed to it's ancient greatness. Assyria was the nation that yet would come and conquer the northern nation of Israel. Isaiah saw Babylon in it's greatness and writes -

"That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!" (Old Testament Isaiah 14:4)

He begins to compare Babylon to the wickedness of the world including that in latter-days saying -

"The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers.
6 He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth." (Old Testament Isaiah 14:5 - 6)

You can understand his comparision of Babylon and the world today of it's eventual destruction as he follows -

"The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing.
8 Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us." (Old Testament Isaiah 14:7 - 8)

Isaiah understood that righteousness brings strength as he wrote -

"...in the LORD have I righteousness and strength..." (Old Testament Isaiah 45:24)

And wickedness brings weakness -

"All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us?
11 Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee." (Old Testament Isaiah 14:10 - 11)

Isaiah writes of the great weakness of Satan -

"How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High." (Old Testament Isaiah 14:12 - 14)

As Satan tries to convince men of his great power, all men will come to recognize otherwise -

"Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.
16 They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms;
17 That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners?" (Old Testament Isaiah 14:15 - 17)

Even though it is difficult to understand Isaiah, I can testify that the Spirit testifies his words are true.