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And they said, ‘Come, let’s build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the sky.(A) Let’s make a name for ourselves; otherwise, we will be scattered throughout the earth.’

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12 Shining morning star,[a](A)
how you have fallen from the heavens!(B)
You destroyer of nations,
you have been cut down to the ground.
13 You said to yourself,
‘I will ascend to the heavens;(C)
I will set up my throne
above the stars of God.(D)
I will sit on the mount of the gods’ assembly,
in the remotest parts of the North.[b](E)
14 I will ascend above the highest clouds;
I will make myself like the Most High.’

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Footnotes

  1. 14:12 Or Day Star, son of the dawn
  2. 14:13 Or of Zaphon

16 As to the terror you cause,[a]
your arrogant heart has deceived you.
You who live in the clefts of the rock,[b]
you who occupy the mountain summit,
though you elevate your nest like the eagles,
even from there I will bring you down.
This is the Lord’s declaration.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 49:16 Lit Your horror
  2. 49:16 = Petra