Isaiah 14:15

14:15 But you were brought down ¹  to Sheol,

to the remote slopes of the pit. ² 

Isaiah 14:13

14:13 You said to yourself, ³ 

“I will climb up to the sky.

Above the stars of El ⁴ 

I will set up my throne.

I will rule on the mountain of assembly

on the remote slopes of Zaphon. ⁵ 

Isaiah 37:24

37:24 Through your messengers you taunted the sovereign master, ⁶ 

‘With my many chariots I climbed up

the high mountains,

the slopes of Lebanon.

I cut down its tall cedars

and its best evergreens.

I invaded its most remote regions, ⁷ 

its thickest woods.

[14:15]  ¹ tn The prefixed verb form is taken as a preterite. Note the use of perfects in v. 12 to describe the king’s downfall.

[14:15]  ² tn The Hebrew term בּוּר (bor, “cistern”) is sometimes used metaphorically to refer to the place of the dead or the entrance to the underworld.

[14:13]  ³ tn Heb “you, you said in your heart.”

[14:13]  ⁴ sn In Canaanite mythology the stars of El were astral deities under the authority of the high god El.

[14:13]  ⁵ sn Zaphon, the Canaanite version of Olympus, was the “mountain of assembly” where the gods met.

[37:24]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew term translated “sovereign master” here is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).

[37:24]  ⁶ tn Heb “the height of its extremity”; ASV “its farthest height.”