Isaiah 14:13

For thou hast said in thine lev, 1 I will ascend into Shomayim, 1 I will exalt my kisse 1 above the kokhavim (stars) of El (G-d); 1 I will sit also upon the har mo'ed (mount of assembly), 1 on yarketei Tzafon (on the heights of Tzafon); 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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:

In Context

12How art thou fallen from Shomayim, 1 O Heilel Ben Shachar (Bright One of the Dawn, Day Star, Lucifer)! 1 How art thou cast down to the earth, 1 thou, which hast laid low the Goyim! 1

14I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; 1 I will make myself like Elyon (the Most High). 1

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Cross References

Job 20:6Though his excellency mount up to Shomayim, 1 and his rosh reach unto the clouds; 1

Isaiah 2:2And it shall come to pass in the acharit hayamim, 1 that the Har Beis Hashem shall be established 1 as the rosh of the mountains, 1 and shall be exalted above the hills; 1 and all the Goyim shall flow unto it. 1

Ezekiel 27:3And say unto Tzor (Tyre), 1 O thou that dwell at the entrance of the yam, 1 which art a merchant of the peoples for many coastlands, 1 Thus saith Adonoi Hashem; 1 O Tzor (Tyre), thou hast said, 1 I am perfect in beauty. 1

Ezekiel 28:9Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, 1 Elohim ani? 1 But thou art adam, and no El, 1 in the yad of him that slayeth thee. 1

Ezekiel 28:14Thou art the keruv mimshach (anointed cherub) that guardeth; 1 and I have set thee so; 1 thou wast upon the Har Kodesh Elohim; 1 thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of eish. 1

Daniel 4:30The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nevukhadnetzar, and he was driven from anashim, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hair had grown like eaglesʼ feathers, and his nails like birdsʼ claws.

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 →

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