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13 You said in your heart,
    ‘I’ll ascend to heaven,
        above the stars of God.
I’ll erect my throne;
    I’ll sit[a] on the Mount of Assembly
        in the far reaches of the north;[b]
14 I’ll ascend above the tops of the clouds;
    I’ll make myself like the Most High.’
15 But you are brought down to join the dead,[c]
    to the far reaches of the Pit.[d]

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  1. Isaiah 14:13 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads and I will sit
  2. Isaiah 14:13 Lit. Zaphon; or the Sacred Mountain
  3. Isaiah 14:15 Lit. to Sheol, i.e. the realm of the dead
  4. Isaiah 14:15 I.e. the realm of punishment in the afterlife

13 You said in your heart,
    “I will ascend(A) to the heavens;
I will raise my throne(B)
    above the stars of God;
I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly,(C)
    on the utmost heights(D) of Mount Zaphon.[a]
14 I will ascend above the tops of the clouds;(E)
    I will make myself like the Most High.”(F)
15 But you are brought down(G) to the realm of the dead,(H)
    to the depths(I) of the pit.(J)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 14:13 Or of the north; Zaphon was the most sacred mountain of the Canaanites.