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14 I’ll ascend above the tops of the clouds;
    I’ll make myself like the Most High.’
15 But you are brought down to join the dead,[a]
    to the far reaches of the Pit.[b]

16 “Those who see you will stare at you.
    They will wonder about you:
‘Is this the man who[c] made the earth tremble,
    who made kingdoms quake,

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 14:15 Lit. to Sheol, i.e. the realm of the dead
  2. Isaiah 14:15 I.e. the realm of punishment in the afterlife
  3. Isaiah 14:16 So 1QIsaa LXX; the Heb. lacks who

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

16 Those who see you stare at you,
    they ponder your fate:(G)
“Is this the man who shook(H) the earth
    and made kingdoms tremble,

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