4883. This mountain seems to be what is what is called "the mount of the congregation, the sides of the north," Isa. 14:13. Lucifer is self-love; he makes himself God the Father above the mountain. Therefore it is said that he says in his heart, "I will be like the Most High," ibid. vers. 14. Lucifer is Babel.
4883. (That mountain seems to be the one which is called the "mount of assembly, in the sides of the north" (Isaiah 14:13). Lucifer is self-love, which makes itself God the Father, on the mountain; wherefore it is said, that he says in his heart, I shall become like the Most High (ibid. verse 14). Lucifer is Babel.)
4883. Ille mons videtur esse qui vocatur mons conventus, in lateribus septentrionis, Es. XIV: 13, Lucifer est amor sui, qui supra montem facit se Deum Patrem, quare dicitur, quod dicat corde suo, similis fiam altissimo, ibid. vers. 14, Lucifer est Babel.