14:13 You said to yourself, 1
“I will climb up to the sky.
Above the stars of El 2
I will set up my throne.
I will rule on the mountain of assembly
on the remote slopes of Zaphon. 3
45:20 Gather together and come!
Approach together, you refugees from the nations!
Those who carry wooden idols know nothing,
those who pray to a god that cannot deliver.
48:14 All of you, gather together and listen!
Who among them 4 announced these things?
The Lord’s ally 5 will carry out his desire against Babylon;
he will exert his power against the Babylonians. 6
1 tn Heb “you, you said in your heart.”
2 sn In Canaanite mythology the stars of El were astral deities under the authority of the high god El.
3 sn Zaphon, the Canaanite version of Olympus, was the “mountain of assembly” where the gods met.
4 sn This probably refers to the idol gods (see v. 5).
5 tn Or “friend,” or “covenant partner.”
6 tn Heb “and his arm [against] the Babylonians.”