See Hans Wildberger, Isaiah 13–27 (Minneapolis: Fortress, 1997), pp. 54–55. It is perhaps best to agree with the words of Robert H. O’Connell: “A precise identification of a particular historical figure seems unlikely” (“Isaiah xiv 4b–23: Ironic Reversal Through Concentric Structure and Mythic Allusion,” Vetus Testamentum 38:4 [1988], p. 417).