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13 You said in your heart,
    ‘I will go up to the heavens.
I’ll raise my throne
    above the stars of God.
I’ll sit as king on the mountain where the gods meet.
    I’ll set up my throne on the highest slopes of Mount Zaphon.
14 I will rise above the tops of the clouds.
    I’ll make myself like the Most High God.’
15 But now you have been brought down to the place of the dead.
    You have been thrown into the deepest part of the pit.

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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.