Isaiah 14:13
Yet, thou, didst say in thy heart—The heavens, will I ascend, Above the stars of GOD, will I lift up my throne,—That I may sit in the Mount of Assembly In the Recesses of the North:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
14I will mount on the hills of the clouds, I will match the Most High!
Cross References
Job 20:6Though his elevation mount up to the heavens, and, his head, to the clouds, doth reach,
Isaiah 2:2But it shall come to pass, in the afterpart of the days, That the mountain of the house of Yahweh Shall be, set up, as the head of the mountains, And be exalted above the hills,—And all the nations, shall stream thereunto;
Ezekiel 27:3And thou shalt say unto Tyre, O thou that dwellest by the entrances of the sea, Thou merchant of the peoples unto many shores,— Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, O Tyre, Thou saidst, I, am the perfection of beauty!
Ezekiel 28:9Wilt thou really say, God, am I, before him who is slaying thee; When, thou, art a man and not a God, in the hand of them who are piercing thee?
Ezekiel 28:14Thou, wast the anointed cherub that covered,— When I appointed thee, in the holy mount of God, thou wast, Amid stones of fire, thou didst walk to and fro:
Daniel 4:30the king spake and said, Is not, this, Babylon the great,—which, I myself, have built as the home of the kingdom, by the might of my power, and for the dignity 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 →