13 “But you said in your heart,
‘I will (A)ascend to heaven;
I will (B)raise my throne above the stars of God,
And I will sit on the mount of assembly
In the recesses of the north.

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13 You said in your heart,
    “I will ascend(A) to the heavens;
I will raise my throne(B)
    above the stars of God;
I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly,(C)
    on the utmost heights(D) of Mount Zaphon.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 14:13 Or of the north; Zaphon was the most sacred mountain of the Canaanites.

15 “Nevertheless you (A)will be thrust down to Sheol,
To the recesses of the pit.

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15 But you are brought down(A) to the realm of the dead,(B)
    to the depths(C) of the pit.(D)

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20 then I will bring you down with those who (A)go down to the pit, to the people of old, and I will make you dwell in the (B)lower parts of the earth, like the ancient waste places, with those who go down to the pit, so that you will not [a]be inhabited; but I will set (C)glory in the land of the living.

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  1. Ezekiel 26:20 Or return

20 then I will bring you down with those who go down to the pit,(A) to the people of long ago. I will make you dwell in the earth below, as in ancient ruins, with those who go down to the pit, and you will not return or take your place[a] in the land of the living.(B)

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  1. Ezekiel 26:20 Septuagint; Hebrew return, and I will give glory

14 so that all the trees by the waters may not be exalted in their stature, nor set their top among the [a]clouds, nor their [b]well-watered mighty ones stand erect in their height. For they have all been given over to death, to the (A)earth beneath, among the sons of men, with those who go down to the pit.”

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  1. Ezekiel 31:14 Or thick boughs
  2. Ezekiel 31:14 Lit drinkers of water

14 Therefore no other trees by the waters are ever to tower proudly on high, lifting their tops above the thick foliage. No other trees so well-watered are ever to reach such a height; they are all destined(A) for death,(B) for the earth below, among mortals who go down to the realm of the dead.(C)

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18 “Son of man, (A)wail for the hordes of Egypt and (B)bring it down, her and the daughters of the powerful nations, to the (C)nether world, with those who go down to the pit;

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18 “Son of man, wail for the hordes of Egypt and consign(A) to the earth below both her and the daughters of mighty nations, along with those who go down to the pit.(B)

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24 (A)Elam is there and all her hordes around her grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who went down uncircumcised to the (B)lower parts of the earth, who instilled their terror in the (C)land of the living and (D)bore their disgrace with those who went down to the pit.

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24 “Elam(A) is there, with all her hordes around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword.(B) All who had spread terror in the land of the living(C) went down uncircumcised to the earth below. They bear their shame with those who go down to the pit.(D)

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