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Isaiah 14:13

You said in your heart: “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God. I will sit on the mount of assembly, in the far reaches of the north.

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ASV

And thou saidst in thy heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; and I will sit upon the mount of congregation, in the uttermost parts of the north;

KJV

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:

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Original language & word study

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְאַתָּ֞הve.'a.Tahand youH859 →
אָמַ֤רְתָּ'a.Mar.tayou saidH559 →
בִֽלְבָבְךָ֙vil.va.ve.Khain heart yourH3824 →
הַשָּׁמַ֣יִםha.sha.Ma.yimthe heavensH8064 →
אֶֽעֱלֶ֔ה'e.'e.LehI will ascendH5927 →
מִמַּ֥עַלmi.Ma.'alfrom aboveH4605 →
לְכֽוֹכְבֵי־le.khokh.vei-<to> [the] stars ofH3556 →
אֵ֖ל'elElH410 →
אָרִ֣ים'a.RimI will raiseH7311 →
כִּסְאִ֑יkis.'Ithrone myH3678 →
וְאֵשֵׁ֥בve.'e.Shevso I may sitH3427 →
בְּהַר־be.har-on [the] mountain ofH2022 →
מוֹעֵ֖דmo.'Edappointed meetingH4150 →
בְּיַרְכְּתֵ֥יbe.yar.ke.Teiin [the] remotest parts ofH3411 →
צָפֽוֹן׃tza.FonZaphonH6828 →

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Daniel 8:10–12It grew as high as the host of heaven, and it cast down some of the host and some of the stars to the earth, and trampled them.Ezekiel 28:2“Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre that this is what the Lord GOD says: Your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods in the heart of the sea.’ Yet you are a man and not a god, though you have regarded your heart as that of a god.Ezekiel 28:12–16“Son of man, take up a lament for the king of Tyre and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You were the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.Daniel 11:36Then the king will do as he pleases and will exalt and magnify himself above every god, and he will speak monstrous things against the God of gods. He will be successful until the time of wrath is completed, for what has been decreed must be accomplished.Daniel 11:37He will show no regard for the gods of his fathers, nor for the one desired by women, nor for any other god, because he will magnify himself above them all.Daniel 8:10It grew as high as the host of heaven, and it cast down some of the host and some of the stars to the earth, and trampled them.Psalms 10:2In pride the wicked pursue the needy; let them be caught in the schemes they devise.Ezekiel 29:3Speak to him and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Pharaoh king of Egypt, O great monster who lies among his rivers, who says, ‘The Nile is mine; I made it myself.’2 Thessalonians 2:4He will oppose and exalt himself above every so-called god or object of worship. So he will seat himself in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.Daniel 5:22–23But you his son, O Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, even though you knew all this.Ezekiel 40:2In visions of God He took me to the land of Israel and set me on a very high mountain, on whose southern slope was a structure that resembled a city.Isaiah 26:5For He has humbled those who dwell on high; He lays the lofty city low. He brings it down to the ground; He casts it into the dust.Zephaniah 2:15This carefree city that dwells securely, that thinks to herself: “I am it, and there is none besides me,” what a ruin she has become, a resting place for beasts. Everyone who passes by her hisses and shakes his fist.Matthew 11:23And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day.Ezekiel 27:3Tell Tyre, who dwells at the gateway to the sea, merchant of the peoples on many coasts, that this is what the Lord GOD says: You have said, O Tyre, ‘I am perfect in beauty.’Isaiah 2:2In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to it.Isaiah 47:7–10You said, ‘I will be queen forever.’ You did not take these things to heart or consider their outcome.Psalms 48:2Beautiful in loftiness, the joy of all the earth, like the peaks of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the great King.

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About Isaiah

The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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