Isaiah 14:13

Isaiah 14:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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:
• New International Version (NIV)You said in your heart, “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God; I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly, on the utmost heights of Mount Zaphon.
• English Standard Version (ESV)You said in your heart, 'I will ascend to heaven; above the stars of God I will set my throne on high; I will sit on the mount of assembly in the far reaches of the north;
• New King James Version (NKJV)For you have said in your heart: ‘I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will also sit on the mount of the congregation On the farthest sides of the north;

Context of Isaiah 14:13

11Your pomp is brought down to Sheol with the music of your harps. Maggots are spread out under you, and worms cover you.” 12How you have fallen from heaven, O brightstar, son of the dawn! How you are cut down to the earth, you who made the nations prostrate! You said in your heart: “I will ascend to heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God. I will sit upon the mount of meeting, in the uttermost parts of the north. 14I will ascend above the high places of the clouds— I will make myself like Elyon.” 15Yet you will be brought down to Sheol, to the lowest parts of the Pit.

Isaiah 14:13 word by word

וְאַתָּ֞ה אָמַ֤רְתָּ בִֽלְבָבְךָ֙ הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם אֶֽעֱלֶ֔ה מִמַּ֥עַל לְכֽוֹכְבֵי־אֵ֖ל אָרִ֣ים כִּסְאִ֑י וְאֵשֵׁ֥ב בְּהַר־מוֹעֵ֖ד בְּיַרְכְּתֵ֥י צָפֽוֹן׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For thou hast saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• in thine heartלֵבָבlêbâb · heartH3824
• I will ascendעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• into heavenשָׁמַיִםshâmayim shâmeh · heavenH8064
• I will exaltרוּםrûm · to exaltH7311
• my throneכִּסֵּאkissê' kissêh · throneH3678
• aboveמַ֫עַלma‛al · aboveH4605
• the starsכּוֹכָבkôkâb · starH3556
• of Godאֵל'êl · GodH410
• I will sitיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• also upon the mountהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• of the congregationמוֹעֵדmô‛êd mô‛êd mô‛âdâh · meetingH4150
• in the sidesיַרְכָהyerêkâh · flankH3411
• of the northצָפוֹןtsâphôn tsâphôn · ZaphonH6828

Cross-references for Isaiah 14:13

• Isaiah 47:7You said, “Forever, I will be the eternal mistress-queen!” You did not lay these things to heart or remember their end.
• Ezekiel 27:3Say to Tyre, dwelling at the entrance of the sea, the merchant to the people of many coastlands, thus says Adonai Elohim: ‘Tyre, you said: “I am perfect in beauty!’
• Ezekiel 28:2“Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, thus says Adonai Elohim: ‘So your heart is exalted and you say, “I am a god! I sit in the seat of the gods in the heart of the seas!” Yet you are human, not a god, even if you set up your heart like the heart of a god.
• Ezekiel 29:3speak and say, thus says Adonai Elohim: ‘Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh King of Egypt, the great crocodile lying in his rivers, who says: “My Nile is my own —I made it for myself.”
• Daniel 4:30Immediately the word about Ne­buchadnezzar was fulfilled. He was driven away from men, ate grass like an ox, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven, until his hair had grown like eagles’ feathers and his nails like birds’ claws.
• Zephaniah 2:15This is the exultant city, dwelling securely, saying in her heart, ‘It’s me--no one else but me!’ How did she become a ruin, an abode for wild beasts? Everyone who passes by her hisses and shakes his fist.
• Revelation 18:7As she has exalted herself and indulged herself in luxury, so give her the same measure of torment and grief! For in her heart she says, ‘I sit as a queen— I am no widow; I shall never see grief.’
• Ezekiel 28:9Will you still say, ‘I am a god’ before the one who slays you? Yet you are man, and not a god, in the hand of those who pierce you.
• Daniel 8:10It grew as high as the host of heaven and hurled some of the host and the stars down to the earth and trampled them.
• Isaiah 2:2It will come to pass in the last days that the mountain of Adonai’s House will stand firm as head of the mountains and will be exalted above the hills. So all nations will flow to it.
• Psalms 48:2Great is Adonai, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God —His holy mountain.

Commentaries on Isaiah 14:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13I will ascend into heaven - I will get the empire of the whole world. I will exalt my throne above the stars of God - above the Israelites, who are here termed the stars of God. So the Targum of Jonathan, and R. D. Kimchi. This chapter speaks not of the ambition and fall of Satan, but of the pride, arrogance, and fall of Nebuchadnezzar. The mount of the congregation "The mount of the Divine Presence" - It appears plainly from Exodus 25:22, and Exodus…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13For thou hast said in thine heart - It was thy purpose or design. I will ascend into heaven - Nothing could more strikingly show the arrogance of the monarch of Babylon than this impious design. The meaning is, that he intended to set himself up as supreme; he designed that all should pay homage to him; be did not intend to acknowledge the authority of God. It is not to be understood literally; but it means that he intended “not” to acknowledge any…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13This verse refers to a Canaanite belief about the gods. The Canaanites believed that their chief god, El, ruled from Mount Zaphon. This mountain was in the north (see Psalm 48:2; in the New Testament, similar language appears in Matthew 11:23; Luke 10:15).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. above ... God--In Da 8:10, "stars" express earthly potentates. "The stars" are often also used to express heavenly principalities (Job 38:7). mount of the congregation--the place of solemn meeting between God and His people in the temple at Jerusalem. In Da 11:37, and 2Th 2:4, this is attributed to Antichrist. sides of the north--namely, the sides of Mount Moriah on which the temple was built; north of Mount Zion (Psa 48:2). However, the parallelism…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 14:13

• Ambition
• Babylon
• Isaiah
• Presumption
• Pride
• Rulers

In the dictionaries

• God
• Mount of the congregation
• Besom
• Congregation, mount of the
• Fall
• Fashion
• Feller
• Hard
• Heaven
• Lie

Commentaries on Isaiah 14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings