And they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the sky.(A) Let us make a name for ourselves; otherwise, we will be scattered over the face of the whole earth.”

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And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.

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13 You said to yourself:
“I will ascend to the heavens;(A)
I will set up my throne
above the stars of God.(B)
I will sit on the mount of the gods’ assembly,
in the remotest parts of the North.[a](C)
14 I will ascend above the highest clouds;
I will make myself like the Most High.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 14:13 Or of Zaphon

13 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:

14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.

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Your presumptuous heart has deceived you,(A)
you who live in clefts of the rock[a][b](B)
in your home on the heights,
who say to yourself,
“Who can bring me down to the ground?”(C)
Though you seem to soar[c] like an eagle(D)
and make your nest among the stars,(E)
even from there I will bring you down.
This is the Lord’s declaration.

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Footnotes

  1. Obadiah 1:3 Or in Sela; probably = Petra
  2. Obadiah 1:3 Probably Petra
  3. Obadiah 1:4 Or to build high

The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?

Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the Lord.

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