Isa 14:13 | NETfull | STEP | You said to yourself, “I will climb up to the sky. Above the stars of El I will set up my throne. I will rule on the mountain of assembly on the remote slopes of Zaphon.

Isaiah 14:13

13 You said to yourself, ^{▼▼ Heb “you, you said in your heart.”}
“I will climb up to the sky.
Above the stars of El ^{▼▼ In Canaanite mythology the stars of El were astral deities under the authority of the high god El.}
I will set up my throne.
I will rule on the mountain of assembly
on the remote slopes of Zaphon. ^{▼▼ Zaphon, the Canaanite version of Olympus, was the “mountain of assembly” where the gods met.}