Isaiah 14:13
You had said in your heart, 'I will ascend into heaven, 1 I will exalt my throne above the stars of God, 1 and I will sit on the mount of assembly, in the far reaches of the north. 1
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In Context
14I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High God.' 1
Cross References
Job 20:6Though his height reaches up to the heavens, 1 and his head reaches to the clouds, 1
Isaiah 2:2It will be in the last days 1 that the mountain of Yahweh's house 1 will be established as the highest of the mountains, 1 and it will be raised up above the hills, 1 and all the nations will flow to it. 1
Ezekiel 27:3and say to Tyre, who lives within the gates of the sea, merchants of peoples to many islands, the Lord Yahweh says this to you: 1 Tyre, you have said, 'I am perfect in beauty.' 1
Ezekiel 28:9Will you truly say, “I am a god” to the face of one who kills you? You are a man and not God, and you will be in the hand of the one who pierces you.
Ezekiel 28:14I placed you on the holy mountain of God as the cherub I anointed to guard mankind. You were in the midst of the fiery stones where you walked about.
Daniel 4:30and he said, “Is this not the great Babylon, which I have built for my royal residence, 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 →