Isaiah 14:13
And thou said 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 outermost parts of the north.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
14I will ascend above the heights of the clouds. I will make myself like the Most High.
Cross References
Job 20:6Though his height mounts up to the heavens, and his head reaches to the clouds,
Isaiah 2:2And it shall come to pass in the latter days, that the mountain of LORD's house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills, and all nations shall flow to it.
Ezekiel 27:3and say to Tyre, O thou that dwells at the entry of the sea, that is the merchant of the peoples to many isles, thus says lord LORD: Thou, O Tyre, have said, I am perfect in beauty.
Ezekiel 28:9Will thou yet say before him who slays thee, I am God? But thou are man, and not God, in the hand of him who wounds thee.
Ezekiel 28:14Thou were the anointed cherub who covers. And I set thee, [so that] thou were upon the holy mountain of God. Thou have walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.
Daniel 4:30The king spoke and said, Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for the royal dwelling-place by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 14:5-24
The Doom of the King of Babylon. ( b. c. 739.) 4 That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased! 5 The Lord hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers. 6 He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth. 7 The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing. 8 Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of… Read the whole commentary →