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Even though they mount up high as the heavens
    and their head reaches to the clouds,(A)

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Though the pride(A) of the godless person reaches to the heavens(B)
    and his head touches the clouds,(C)

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13 You said to yourself,
    “I will ascend to heaven;
I will raise my throne
    above the stars of God;
I will sit on the mount of assembly
    on the heights of Zaphon;[a](A)
14 I will ascend to the tops of the clouds;
    I will make myself like the Most High.”(B)
15 But you are brought down to Sheol,
    to the depths of the Pit.(C)

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  1. 14.13 Or assembly in the far north

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]
14 I will ascend above the tops of the clouds;(E)
    I will make myself like the Most High.”(F)
15 But you are brought down(G) to the realm of the dead,(H)
    to the depths(I) of the pit.(J)

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

“Alas for you who get evil gain for your house,
    setting your nest on high
    to be safe from the reach of harm!”(A)

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“Woe to him who builds(A) his house by unjust gain,(B)
    setting his nest(C) on high
    to escape the clutches of ruin!

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