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12 You were like the morning star,
    but you have fallen from the sky.
In the past, all the nations on earth bowed down before you,
    but now you have been cut down.
13 You always told yourself,
    “I will go to the skies above.
I will put my throne above God’s stars.
    I will sit on Zaphon,[a] the holy mountain where the gods meet.
14 I will go up to the altar above the tops of the clouds.
    I will be like God Most High.”

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  1. Isaiah 14:13 Zaphon This Hebrew word literally means “north” or “hidden.”

12 How you have fallen(A) from heaven,
    morning star,(B) son of the dawn!
You have been cast down to the earth,
    you who once laid low the nations!(C)
13 You said in your heart,
    “I will ascend(D) to the heavens;
I will raise my throne(E)
    above the stars of God;
I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly,(F)
    on the utmost heights(G) of Mount Zaphon.[a]
14 I will ascend above the tops of the clouds;(H)
    I will make myself like the Most High.”(I)

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Footnotes

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